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[Image: Tomoki Imai, “Untitled”, 2016, C-print © Tomoki Imai]

Tomoki Imai Exhibition

Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film
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Artists

Tomoki Imai
This exhibition by Tomoki Imai, which will be his third solo show at the gallery, and his first there in four years, will feature 13 works all shot after 2014.
Throughout his career, Imai has used the medium of photography to earnestly examine what it means to see. Looking daily at the world in front of us, he captures subjects that exert an irresistible presence and naturally draw the eye. At the same time, he carefully and consistently considers the gaps between what is visible and what becomes so; the conscious and unconscious; and the perspectives of the self and other, to come to terms with his relation to his subjects in each place and time.
Following his representative series “Mahiru - In the Middle of the Day” (2001) and “Light and Gravity” (2009), Imai has continued to train his gaze on everyday landscapes in his new works. His gaze remains strong, but has grown more intimate. He photographs scenes that might otherwise be overlooked, capturing them as if he was carefully scooping them up to save them from oblivion. The title of the exhibition, “Remains to be seen,” suggests Imai’s desire to devote his gaze to the trivial and commonplace, his collection of things that suggest potential comprehension but remains incomprehensible, and his search for a place for those scenes within his memory. His gaze, which aims to not only understand that which is visible, but also see through and grasp all of the time and memory accumulated within his subjects, arouses viewers’ memories and presents a universal experience of seeing.

Schedule

Nov 18 (Sat) 2017-Dec 22 (Fri) 2017 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
12:00-19:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays

Opening Reception Nov 18 (Sat) 2017 18:00 - 20:00

FeeFree
Websitehttp://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/22477/
VenueTaka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film
http://www.takaishiigallery.com/
Location2F Axis Bldg., 5-17-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Access8 minute walk from exit 3 at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line, 8 minute walk from exit 1 at Roppongi-itchome Station on the Namboku line.
Phone03-6447-1035
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