Exhibition/event has ended.
Michio Yamauchi “Tokyo 2”
Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film
Finished
SHARE
Artists
Michio Yamauchi
The exhibition marks the artist’s second solo presentation at Taka Ishii Gallery and features approximately 12 works comprising early black and white photographs from 1980-1990, and recent color snapshots from 2016-2017, all of which capture scenes of Tokyo- a subject Yamauchi has engaged with as his lifework since the very beginning of his career. Since the early 1980s, Yamauchi has continued to capture people, streets, and the times through photographic expressions appropriating light and shadow. He intently walks the streets and releases the shutter as if to simply accept his own physical response to the fragments of reality he encounters. Such a method of practice is founded upon his thoughts regarding the reproducibility of the photograph; recognizing how it is not only limited to accumulating a pure record of what would later come to form history, but also harbors potential as the sole means of expression that is capable of capturing the universal truth that lies within the city. The series of works permeate with a powerful sense of tension as a manifestation of the photographer’s way of life. From them, viewers can observe his inquisitive gaze against the changing/unchanging features of the people and the streets in response to various times and place, as well as the underlying wonders and ways of the world, which might be called as “the law of all things.”
Schedule | Nov 17 (Sat) 2018-Dec 22 (Sat) 2018 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 17 (Sat) 2018 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/24569/ | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film http://www.takaishiigallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 2F Axis Bldg., 5-17-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 8 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. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6447-1035 | ||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
Back to Articles
SHARE
No comments yet