Angel Pocket

Urara Tsuchiya

17 Goulston St

Preview : 12 April 2024, 6–8pm

Urara Tsuchiya (b. 1979, Japan) lives and works between Glasgow and London. The artist’s expansive practice– spanning intricately constructed ceramics, immersive installations, costume, performance and video– is united by its subversion of kitsch or quotidian objects. Her work seemingly playful at first, has undercurrents questioning boundaries of acceptability, tensions in relationships, and traditional patriarchal structures. She has found inspiration everywhere from a naturist sauna, seedy hotel rooms, or interactions on dating apps. By adopting narratives from personal conversations and experiences, and popular culture, Tsuchiya is concerned with story telling and making us question our own concepts of what is or isn't acceptable.

Urara Tsuchiya, 'Angel Pocket', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific. Courtesy: Union Pacific Gallery

Polly Pocket Horse Stable, 2024, glazed stoneware, top piece: 18.5 x 17 x 7.2 cm, bottom piece: 18.4 x 17.4 x 4.7 cm

Urara Tsuchiya, 'Angel Pocket', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific. Courtesy: Union Pacific Gallery

Untitled, 2024, glazed porcelain, 44 x 19 x 5 cm

Urara Tsuchiya, 'Angel Pocket', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific. Courtesy: Union Pacific Gallery

Dog Chew, 2024, glazed stoneware, 22.5 x 21.5 x 19.5 cm

Urara Tsuchiya, 'Angel Pocket', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific. Courtesy: Union Pacific Gallery

Polly Pocket Fifi's Paris Apartment, 2024, glazed stoneware, top piece: 43 x 43 x 10 cm, bottom piece: 42 x 40 x 11.4 cm

Polly Pocket Alpine Chalet, 2024, glazed stoneware, top piece: 19 x 16.5 x 6.5 cm, bottom piece: 18.5 x 17.6 x 4.5 cm

Urara Tsuchiya, 'Angel Pocket', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific. Courtesy: Union Pacific Gallery

Untitled, 2024, glazed porcelain, 3 x 23 x 14.8cm

Polly Pocket Club Med, 2024, glazed stoneware, 54 x 51 x 23 cm

Titanic, 2024, glazed stoneware, 16.8 x 24 x 20 cm

Untitled, 2024, glazed porcelain, 36 x 18 x 4.5 cm

Urara Tsuchiya, 'Angel Pocket', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific. Courtesy: Union Pacific Gallery

Smirnoff, 2024, glazed stoneware, 11.2 x 24.7 x 25cm

Untitled, 2024, glazed porcelain, 4 x 26 x 18.5cm