Gak Yamada "Life, Cosmic Flower"

Hosoo Gallery

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Artists

Gak Yamada

Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1973, Gak Yamada became interested in photography during his student days and began to travel around the world to take photographs. His fascination with Buddhism led him to visit Nepal and India, after which he suddenly began seeing visions overflowing with color and turned to painting. Encountering Daido Moriyama’s photobook Farewell Photography, Yamada found his interest in photography rekindled and has since been taking photographs influenced by his experiences as a painter. His creative endeavors are wide-ranging, also including video direction for the stage, recitations, and sound performances. In 2015 at the Parasophia Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture, he opened the ‘Miwa Yanagi Stage Trailer Project’ with a sound and reading performance.

In 2022, Yamada was selected from the Kyotographie International Portfolio Review applicants as the winner of the ‘Ruinart Japan Award.’ In the fall of the same year, he visited France to participate in Ruinart’s artist residency program, during which he created a new series utilizing photographs of grapes and leaves picked in Ruinart vineyards, stones found in the fields, champagne, and foil he brought from Kyoto. In addition to his photographic works, Yamada’s Kyotographie exhibition will include a video installation featuring sounds recorded in a champagne chalk cellar.

Schedule

Apr 15 (Sat) 2023-May 14 (Sun) 2023