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[Image: Daido Moriyama, “Color”, 2016, twelve color silkscreen prints with adhesive backing, 90 x 67.5 cm each, edition of 23]

Daido Moriyama “Color + Tights”

Taka Ishii Gallery Kitasando
Finished

Artists

Daido Moriyama
Moriyama shot his “How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido” series in the early 1980s, after carrying out self-conscious visual experiments in Farewell to Photography (1972) and Light and Shadow (1982). The mesh pattern featured in this series is a recurring motif in Moriyama’s works. Underlying Moriyama’s photographs are scenes found while walking through the city that create a sense of déjà-vu and memories of formative scenes, which makes the repeated appearance of certain images unavoidable. The mesh pattern in particular shows Moriyama’s obsession for abstracting images into a highly anonymous aggregate.
Moriyama made silkscreen works from 12 images, which he selected from digital photographs he shot of Tokyo. These 12 pieces were exhibited in Art Basel (Switzerland) in June 2016 to great acclaim. Moriyama has noted, “Black and white images feel symbolic and abstract, while color images feel flat, pop, and vulgar.” This exhibition brings together these two divergent trajectories of his practice.
Moriyama will also participate in Taka Ishii Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, scheduled to open on October 21 (Fri) at its new space, complex 665, Roppongi. This exhibition will include Moriyama’s new series “Doll”, which also features the mesh motif.

Schedule

Oct 22 (Sat) 2016-Nov 19 (Sat) 2016 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-19:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays
FeeFree
VenueTaka Ishii Gallery Kitasando
http://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/
LocationB1F, 3-10-11 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051
Access2 minute walk from exit 2 at Kitasando Station on the Fukutoshin line, 7 minute walk from the West exit of Yoyogi Station on the JR Yamanote line, 11 minute walk from Minami Shinjuku Station on the Odakyu line.
Phone03-6434-7010
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