Wynn Bullock Exhibition
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At Photo Gallery International
Media: Photography
Wynn Bullock is one of the representative photographers of the American West Coast. "Child in Forest," the prologue work of the legendary 1955 MoMA exhibition "The Family of Man", made a strong impression in people's minds as did "Let There Be Light" that was displayed during the same time.
The artist, who was a tenor singer, started taking photographs in his thirties and immersed himself in photography after meeting photographer Edward Weston. For 20 years until his death at 73 in the 1950s, he photographed nudes in nature and natural scenes in the unspoiled beauty of Monterey, California. He created peaceful, dense masterpieces that express the concepts of time and space by taking in nature and quietly observing human beings.
The gallery has held Wynn Bullock exhibitions regularly since it opened in 1979, and this year an exhibition to celebrate 105 years since Bullock's birth will start on his birthday, April 18th. Approximately 20 works taken after 1951 such as "Child in Forest" and "Stark Tree" will be on display, allowing the audience to experience the artist's photographic world through extremely dense, 8x10 inch prints.
Schedule
From 2007-04-18 To 2007-05-31
Gallery closed April 29th through May 6th.
Artist(s)
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Fee
Free
Venue Hours
From 11:00 To 19:00
saturdays closing at 18:00
Closed on Sundays, Holidays
Access
10 minutes walk from the Shibaura exit of JR Tamachi station, 15 minutes walk from Shibaura Futoh station on the Yurikamome line.
Address
4-12-32 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023
Phone: 03-3455-7827 Fax: 03-3455-8143
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Second-guessing ‘straight’ photography
Photographic history remembers Wynn Bullock, though a latecomer, as one of the big three from the ‘West Coast School’ of landscape photographers, after Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.
Gorgeous exhibition, as often at the PGI.
Bullock was a true romantic both in a literary sense in his search for magic and beauty, and in his sense of sensuality. He was also obviously a master printer, and the prints you will see at the gallery have nothing to do with the reproductions that one finds in books. The prints by Adams and Cunningham exhibited on the ground floor of the gallery are probably there as an introduction to that art of printing.
Oh, and by the way, Wynn is short for Percy Wingfield, so it's a "he", not "she" ;)...
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Venue: Photo Gallery International
Schedule: From 2007-04-18 To 2007-05-31
Gallery closed April 29th through May 6th.
Address: 4-12-32 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023
Phone: 03-3455-7827 Fax: 03-3455-8143
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