Artist Research - Yuji Agematsu

Written By Kim Fifield

no time, no location, 2013-16, mixed media on painted cork tabletop, steel frame, 46 3/16 x 60 x 30 inches (117.3 x 152.4 x 76.2 cm)

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Yuji Agematsu creates small sculptures which are formed from discarded objects placed within a cellophane packages. The objects are collected during Agematsu’s daily walks and are put together as a daily record. The sculptural assemblages are then displayed in a calendar like grid where sculptures are placed in a position that marks the day it was made. Think they would be quite interesting to look at in real life

Looking at Agematsu’s work enabled me make that connection to assemblage. I have been collecting from the beach and the lakes and creating work with those objects - an assemblage encased within bioplastic.

Yuji Agematsu, zip: 04.01.20 . . . 04.30.20, 2020, 2020, mixed media in cigarette pack cellophane wrappers (30 units) on wood backed acrylic shelf, latex paint wrappers, each approximately 2.5 × 2.25 × 1 inches, shelving unit: 26.5 × 34.25 × 5.25 inches. Photo by Stephen Faught.

Detail of Yuji Agematsu, zip: 07.01.20 . . . 07.31.20, 2020, 2020, mixed media in cigarette pack cellophane wrappers (31 units) on wood backed acrylic shelf, latex paint wrappers, each approximately 2.5 × 2.25 × 1 inches, shelving unit: 26.5 × 34.25 × 5.25 inches. Photo by Stephen Faught.

Yuki Agematsu photographed on February 12, 2017, in his studio in the Dumbo neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Katherine McMahon

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