Press Release
Hiroyuki Matsuura
SUPER ACRYLIC SKIN - Origination
April 15th (sat) – June 6 th（sun）, 2023
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP | Beijing
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (Beijing) is pleased to announce Hiroyuki Matsuura’s solo exhibition SUPER ACRYLIC SKIN
— Origination, from April 15 (Saturday). This is Matsuura’s second solo exhibition in Beijing, thirteen years apartfrom his first exhibition.

Hiroyuki Matsuura was born in 1964 in Tokyo. His solo exhibition Super Acrylic Skin at Tokyo Gallery in 2005
marked his turn from designer to artist, and he has since expanded his art form to include painting, sculpture, andprints, presenting his works in Japan and abroad. In the 2017 exhibition Cool Japan: World Fascination in Focus
held in the Netherlands at Museum Volkenkunde (Leiden) and Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam), and in Belgium atMuseum aan de Stroom (Antwerp), he presented Uki-uki (2012), a four-meter-high large-scale work that wasused as the key visual of the exhibition. In 2020, he held a solo exhibition entitled SUPER ACRYLIC SKIN—Quiet World at Eslite Gallery in Taipei, attracting significant interest as a response to the quiet world of theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The diverse characters that appear in Matsuura’s works, are captured in bold close-up compositions that fill thepainting. They reside there with a suggestive expression, at times flattering, at times provocative, and at times
casting a cold gaze at us. In today’s world where images are reproduced in massive quantities, characters inundate
everyday life through the marketplace. For Matsuura, whose job was to create such characters who are consumed
and forgotten day by day, they constituted a familiar presence despite being imaginary. With their “Super AcrylicSkin,” the characters appear in the paintings with an inner life that cannot be seen from the outside, asserting
their existence that goes beyond mere empty anthropomorphic images.
The exhibition title SUPER ACRYLIC SKIN—Origination reflects the artist’s wish, twenty-three years after
turning to art, to go back to his point of origin to reflect on his current work. This exhibition showcases aroundthirty new works, including paintings, a 3D printed work, and model figures. The 3D printed work builds on
Windy Bunny, which Matsuura created in 2007. The young child in a rabbit costume will make its reappearance
after a sixteen-year absence. The new series PICTO inspired by pictograms and the large-scale work Uki-uki(2012) that received critical acclaim in the Cool Japan: World Fascination in Focus exhibition will also bepresented.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
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＜Girl with Neckerchief＞ (2022)

Acrylic, canvas, 117 × 117 cm＜Windy Bunny 2022＞ (2022)＜Smoke Blue＞ (2022)

Acrylic, canvas, 195 × 130 cm

Acrylic, canvas, 117 × 117 cm

(Upper Left)＜‘PICTO’ Windy Bunny＞ (2022)(Upper Right)＜‘PICTO’ Apollo＞ (2022)(Lower Left)＜‘PICTO’ Stray Doggie＞ (2022)(Lower Right)＜‘PICTO’ 3rd Eye＞

(2022)

Acrylic, canvas, 162 × 81 cm

Acrylic, canvas, 162 × 81 cm
Acrylic, canvas, 162 × 81 cm

Acrylic, canvas, 162 × 81 cm

＜Windy Bunny 2022（Figure）＞ (2022)

Synthetic Resin, 25 x 8.1 × 95 cm, Ed.120