YOKOTA TOKYO is pleased to present Carrying Far, the first solo exhibition of work by Soutome Teppei at the gallery.
Stand before Soutome’s paintings, the eye is naturally drawn into the depths of each picture. Geometrically divided fields. Forms that seem familiar yet whose names never quite settle. Colours that ought not to sit beside one another. Look closely, and a sense of layering emerges across the works, taking different forms through their materials and processes.

Forms and scenes suspended in the darkness; at times people and vehicles, flames or still lifes. Drawn from familiar things, these images stand at a certain remove from reality, remaining on the surface of the paintings like the reverberation left after a sound has faded. Beneath them lie a measured gaze, an affection for things long familiar to the artist, and perhaps a touch of humour.

Open, horizontal expanses. Shifting daylight. Lights beyond the evening darkness, and days of snow…
The scenery of the place where the artist grew up, and a daily life in which painting, and those who painted, were always close at hand, appear as images within the work, at a different remove.

Carrying Far.

Landscapes, things once close at hand, the air of a particular moment. These become paintings, and may one day reach someone the artist has yet to meet. Something of this lies behind the title of the exhibition.
The exhibition offers an opportunity to trace Soutome Teppei's work to date while looking towards the distance. We hope you will join us at the gallery.