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Kouta Kishi "Wound, The Eye that Saw"
Photographers' Gallery
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Kouta Kishi
There are numerous Japanese towns that have "yoseba" (sites where day laborers are contracted). Yanaka, Tokyo, Kotobuki-cho, Yokohama, and Kamagasaki, Osaka were particularly large. The artist has lived in "yoseba," commuted to "yoseba" and photographed the residents. Many people have recorded and publicized the human rights and labor issues that these towns have. The artist's reasons for exhibiting his photographs are not from a sense of reasoned righteousness but from his conviction of simple life in these towns with dirty walls and snotty old men. Human interest should start at human wounds. The artist continues to photograph wounds and life that we ignore or hesitate to see in our guarded society.
The series features photographs taken by walking the streets of Arakawa and Taito Wards in Tokyo Prefecture.
Works Exhibited: Approximately 60 framed silver gelatin prints, 279 x 356mm.
The series features photographs taken by walking the streets of Arakawa and Taito Wards in Tokyo Prefecture.
Works Exhibited: Approximately 60 framed silver gelatin prints, 279 x 356mm.
Schedule | May 25 (Fri) 2007-Jun 5 (Tue) 2007 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Venue | Photographers' Gallery | ||
| Location | 401, 2-16-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022 | ||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit C7 or C8 at Shinjuku-sanchome Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. | ||
| Phone | 03-5368-2631 | ||
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