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This will be Robert Lyons's first solo exhibition in Japan. Lyons began his artistic career in the 1970s while still in college and received his MFA from Yale University in 1979. He established and served as director of the International Limited Residency Photography MFA program at the University of Hartford Art School, and has been involved in photography education at institutions in Europe and the United States.
As a photographer, Lyons has published two books of photographs on Egypt, "Egyptian Time" in 1992 and "Another Africa" in 1998. Both books are "personal" and "poetic" documentary photographs that address the vague images that Western society has of Egypt and Africa as a non-Western cultural sphere.
Lions' masterpiece, "Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide," published in 2006, is the result of many years of photographing on the African continent. The black-and-white portraits of murderers, accomplices, and victims of the genocide between Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda are not captioned, leaving the reader to flip through the pages without identifying who is the perpetrator and who is the victim. Because the book includes an interview with Scott Strauss, a researcher on violence in Africa, the reader can read from the text what happened in Rwanda and what each person experienced.
In recent years, Lyons has published a series of photographs taken on U.S. soil. "Pictures From The Next Day" (2017) is a color portrait of an elderly man, his home, his personal belongings, and the model airplane that adorns his room. "One Eye Crying" (2018) presents color portraits, landscapes, and still lifes in the northeastern United States, a place that is dear to his heart and known to have inspired the Hudson River School painters. The works are color portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes. The "Rubber Soul/Redux" works in this exhibition were photographed in Japan. Lyons has visited Japan many times with students as far afield as the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda and the Tutsi people in the United States. This series of black-and-white photographs capture the striking sights and sounds of these visits.
Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world, and foreign photographers have left behind a dizzying array of images. Characteristic of Lions' work is a calm and sober observation of light and its environment, freezing the image as if it were an eternity, even as it is happening at the moment. The gray tones of the photographs have the power to hold our eyes for an extended period, prompting us to ponder the meaning of what is captured in the frame.
This style of photography is the very culture that the American documentary has created, and Robert Lyons is an artist in that tradition. What did Lyons see in the Japanese urban landscape and what did he try to express? In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be an online conversation between the artist and the gallery director, as well as a one-day workshop for a small group of participants.
As a photographer, Lyons has published two books of photographs on Egypt, "Egyptian Time" in 1992 and "Another Africa" in 1998. Both books are "personal" and "poetic" documentary photographs that address the vague images that Western society has of Egypt and Africa as a non-Western cultural sphere.
Lions' masterpiece, "Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide," published in 2006, is the result of many years of photographing on the African continent. The black-and-white portraits of murderers, accomplices, and victims of the genocide between Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda are not captioned, leaving the reader to flip through the pages without identifying who is the perpetrator and who is the victim. Because the book includes an interview with Scott Strauss, a researcher on violence in Africa, the reader can read from the text what happened in Rwanda and what each person experienced.
In recent years, Lyons has published a series of photographs taken on U.S. soil. "Pictures From The Next Day" (2017) is a color portrait of an elderly man, his home, his personal belongings, and the model airplane that adorns his room. "One Eye Crying" (2018) presents color portraits, landscapes, and still lifes in the northeastern United States, a place that is dear to his heart and known to have inspired the Hudson River School painters. The works are color portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes. The "Rubber Soul/Redux" works in this exhibition were photographed in Japan. Lyons has visited Japan many times with students as far afield as the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda and the Tutsi people in the United States. This series of black-and-white photographs capture the striking sights and sounds of these visits.
Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world, and foreign photographers have left behind a dizzying array of images. Characteristic of Lions' work is a calm and sober observation of light and its environment, freezing the image as if it were an eternity, even as it is happening at the moment. The gray tones of the photographs have the power to hold our eyes for an extended period, prompting us to ponder the meaning of what is captured in the frame.
This style of photography is the very culture that the American documentary has created, and Robert Lyons is an artist in that tradition. What did Lyons see in the Japanese urban landscape and what did he try to express? In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be an online conversation between the artist and the gallery director, as well as a one-day workshop for a small group of participants.
Schedule | Apr 4 (Tue) 2023-Apr 21 (Fri) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.igpg.jp/exhibition/robertlyons23.html | ||||
| Venue | IG Photo Gallery | ||||
| Location | 302 Tatsunaka Bldg., 3-13-17 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0036 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit A7 at Higashi-ginza Station on the Hibiya or Toei Asakusa line. | ||||
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