Tuesday February 23, 7:30pm ET
Artist Talk: Yasue Maetake
In conversation with Paul D’Agostino
Live discussion and Q&A
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Live Q&A with Yasue Maetake
Microscope is very pleased to present an artist talk with Yasue Maetake in connection with her current solo exhibition at the gallery “Transmutations,” which continues through March 14th. Maetake will be joined in conversation by artist and critic Paul D’Agostino. The discussion will be freely accessible and viewable live on Tuesday February 23rd at 7:30pm ET on this page.
Maetake will discuss her new sculptures on view including various materials and processes employed and within the broader context of her work. Among the materials that Maetake uses in her sculptures are resin, synthetic clay, seashells, granite, assorted animal bones and reflective metals including silver, steel, copper, and brass that together suggest the archetypal and the futuristic. In her latest two series Maetake is especially interested in the way a “material’s physical presence” can be viewed as a living agent — such as energy converters, molecule’s circulation, living cells or catalyst — rather than as a still or static object.
More information about Maetake and her solo exhibit “Transmutations” is available here.
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Yasue Maetake is a Toyko-born artist living and working in New York. Her work has been exhibited extensively in the US and abroad including at Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Harris Lieberman, New York; Espacio 1414, The Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Queens Art Museum, Queens, NY; and Fredric Snitzer, Miami, FL, among many others. Maetake’s work has been reviewed in Artforum, The New York Times, Art in America, FlashArt, and others. Maetake was recently named as one of “20 international women advancing the field of sculpture” by Artsy. In the summer 2021, Maetake’s work will be featured in Sculpture Magazine. Maetake was a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Sculpture and an artist residency in the studio of El Anatsui in Ghana with a research grant from the Agency for Japanese Cultural Affairs. Yasue Maetake earned her MFA from Columbia University in New York.
Paul D’Agostino is an artist, writer, translator and curator. He contributes critical writings on art, film and books to various publications on a freelance basis, and he works part-time as MFA Writing Advisor at NYSS and PAFA. He still wants to be a sports journalist when he grows up.