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From the Cave
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
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Ken Kitano, Rieko Shiga, Fiona Tan, Osamu James Nakagawa, John Herschel, Gerhard Richter
In this exhibition presents photographic and video works that employ a ‘cave’ as a motif or metaphor to attempt to rethink the way in which images or perceptions are created. The use of a ‘cave’ as a motif to explore the origins of cognition has an unexpectedly wide application.
The works in this exhibition are extremely diverse. There is a drawing of a cave by the 19th-century chemist and photographic pioneer who first coined the term, ‘photography’, John Herschel, which was created using a camera lucida, in an effort to satisfy his desire to capture the view he could see in front of his eye to transmit to others.
Osamu James Nakagawa presents an installation, fusing contemporary technology and his own original techniques to present a visualization of an Okinawan cave (gama), overlapping history with his own identity. Ken Kitano’s new photograms of babies, which are being shown here for the first time, encouraging people to think of their bodies or existences as being similar to the existence of a cave. Lieko Shiga presents a recent work that forces people to reconsider their identity. Fiona Tan’s video work starts with the view from a cave in a bay, dexterously weaving together various old news films to create a prediction of the future. Finally, there is the work by Gerhard Richter that forces people to reconsider the fact that their image comprises of a complicated structure resembling a cave.
The works in this exhibition are extremely diverse. There is a drawing of a cave by the 19th-century chemist and photographic pioneer who first coined the term, ‘photography’, John Herschel, which was created using a camera lucida, in an effort to satisfy his desire to capture the view he could see in front of his eye to transmit to others.
Osamu James Nakagawa presents an installation, fusing contemporary technology and his own original techniques to present a visualization of an Okinawan cave (gama), overlapping history with his own identity. Ken Kitano’s new photograms of babies, which are being shown here for the first time, encouraging people to think of their bodies or existences as being similar to the existence of a cave. Lieko Shiga presents a recent work that forces people to reconsider their identity. Fiona Tan’s video work starts with the view from a cave in a bay, dexterously weaving together various old news films to create a prediction of the future. Finally, there is the work by Gerhard Richter that forces people to reconsider the fact that their image comprises of a complicated structure resembling a cave.
Schedule | Oct 1 (Tue) 2019-Nov 24 (Sun) 2019 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥800, University Students ¥700, Junior High and High School Students and 65 and older ¥600 | ||||
| Website | http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-3442.html | ||||
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html | ||||
| Location | Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from the East exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote and Saikyo lines, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Ebisu Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3280-0099 | ||||
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