Yasue Maetake: Three-Legged Idols

Yasue Maetake, 鍾乳洞 (shōsnyūdō), 2022-2023, Casted aluminum, crab shell, polyester resin coated chiyogami and lily yarn, and steel, 29.5 x 8.5 x 11 in.
Yasue Maetake, 鍾乳洞 (shōsnyūdō), 2022-2023, Casted aluminum, crab shell, polyester resin coated chiyogami and lily yarn, and steel, 29.5 x 8.5 x 11 in.

Yasue Maetake: Three-Legged Idols

Exhibition Library

December 4th, 2023 – January 6th, 2024

Opening Reception: Monday, December 4th, 6-8pm

Extended Hours: December 5th –  9th, 10am-6pm

Nina Johnson is pleased to announce Three-Legged Idols, a solo exhibition of new mixed-media sculptures by New York-based artist Yasue Maetake, opening December 4th in the Exhibition Library. The exhibition highlights Maetake’s skillful technique of melding various materials including animal bones, seashells, coral, resin, metal, and glass to create abstract shapes that evoke both ancient archetypal elements and futuristic aesthetics.

About Yasue Maetake

Yasue Maetake is a Tokyo-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; and Queens Art Museum, Queens, NY; 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.

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