Duet— Asian Contemporary
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Toshiya Murakoshi, Wang Tuo, Sui Taca, Luo Yang, Jiang Pengyi, Fumiko Imano
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is pleased to present Duet: Asian Contemporary. Featuring contemporary photography and moving image works from China and Japan, the exhibition is the second in a series that began with I Know Something About Love: Asian Contemporary Photography (2018), and was conceived in collaboration with Teng Qingyun, executive director of the Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre.
Founded in Beijing in 2007 by the internationally recognized photographer duo RongRong & inri, the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre has played a vital role as a multipurpose facility devoted to photography. A new location opened in Xiamen, Fujian Province, in 2015 and has since become a vital hub for bringing Chinese photography to audiences in China and abroad.
The exhibition presents works by six artists: Murakoshi Toshiya, Wang Tuo, Sui Taca, Luo Yang, Jiang Pengyi, and fumiko imano. Their work ranges widely, from landscapes shot as if tracing memories of a place’s past, to moving image works that retell history, photographs taken while exploring mountains and rivers with ancient literary texts as a guide, portraits of young people today, experimental images made without a camera, and collages composed of self-portraits.
A duet is, in its original sense, music performed by two people. Its structure, in which distinct voices or melodies answer one another to shape a single composition, echoes the dialogue among the artists in this exhibition. Taking the word “duet” as its point of departure, the exhibition explores the relationships and resonances that arise when works informed by different perspectives and backgrounds share the same space, bringing multiple viewpoints, cultures, times, and personal experiences into contact. We hope that encounters with the works on view will offer visitors an occasion to reflect on the richness of the photographic and moving image practices now emerging in Asia.
Founded in Beijing in 2007 by the internationally recognized photographer duo RongRong & inri, the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre has played a vital role as a multipurpose facility devoted to photography. A new location opened in Xiamen, Fujian Province, in 2015 and has since become a vital hub for bringing Chinese photography to audiences in China and abroad.
The exhibition presents works by six artists: Murakoshi Toshiya, Wang Tuo, Sui Taca, Luo Yang, Jiang Pengyi, and fumiko imano. Their work ranges widely, from landscapes shot as if tracing memories of a place’s past, to moving image works that retell history, photographs taken while exploring mountains and rivers with ancient literary texts as a guide, portraits of young people today, experimental images made without a camera, and collages composed of self-portraits.
A duet is, in its original sense, music performed by two people. Its structure, in which distinct voices or melodies answer one another to shape a single composition, echoes the dialogue among the artists in this exhibition. Taking the word “duet” as its point of departure, the exhibition explores the relationships and resonances that arise when works informed by different perspectives and backgrounds share the same space, bringing multiple viewpoints, cultures, times, and personal experiences into contact. We hope that encounters with the works on view will offer visitors an occasion to reflect on the richness of the photographic and moving image practices now emerging in Asia.
ScheduleNow in session | Sep 30 (Wed) 2026-Jan 17 (Sun) 2027 85 days left Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥900; University Students ¥720; High School Students, Senior 65 & Over ¥420; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 2 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://topmuseum.jp/exhibition/5421/ | ||||
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html | ||||
| Address | 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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