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Naoki Ishikawa “Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet”
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
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Naoki Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Morinaga
This is the first large-scale solo exhibition by Naoki Ishikawa, a photographer who is active around the globe. Ishikawa completed a human-powered journey from the North Pole to the South Pole at the age of 22, succeeded in summiting the Seven Summits at 23, and continues to journey to diverse places. He has drawn much attention by shedding new light on our everyday and on the world through his unique style of photography, which integrates the perspectives of anthropology and folklore.
In this exhibition Ishikawa’s early works through the present—numerous series including ones on polar regions, Himalayan eight-thousanders and old-growth forests in New Zealand; Corona, in which he visited Polynesian islands as if guided by the stars; New Dimension, in which he visited cave paintings around the world; and Archipelago, in which he explored the islands that spread north–south in the Japanese archipelago, among others—are introduced in a comprehensive fashion, interwoven with his unpublished works.
Throughout his career Ishikawa has shown a strong interest in technique and wisdom for living—the art of living—handed down for generations in various areas around the globe. He has also consistently explored the organic network of places that divisions such as borders cannot fully capture. Ishikawa’s extensive quest with his eyes and feet is an anthropological fieldwork and at the same time can be seen as an endless journey to pursue art, whose original meaning is “technique.”
Through the footsteps of Naoki Ishikawa as a guide, we believe this exhibition will constitute an opportunity for us to see this planet called Earth from another perspective, distinctively different from the world map we are familiar with.
In this exhibition Ishikawa’s early works through the present—numerous series including ones on polar regions, Himalayan eight-thousanders and old-growth forests in New Zealand; Corona, in which he visited Polynesian islands as if guided by the stars; New Dimension, in which he visited cave paintings around the world; and Archipelago, in which he explored the islands that spread north–south in the Japanese archipelago, among others—are introduced in a comprehensive fashion, interwoven with his unpublished works.
Throughout his career Ishikawa has shown a strong interest in technique and wisdom for living—the art of living—handed down for generations in various areas around the globe. He has also consistently explored the organic network of places that divisions such as borders cannot fully capture. Ishikawa’s extensive quest with his eyes and feet is an anthropological fieldwork and at the same time can be seen as an endless journey to pursue art, whose original meaning is “technique.”
Through the footsteps of Naoki Ishikawa as a guide, we believe this exhibition will constitute an opportunity for us to see this planet called Earth from another perspective, distinctively different from the world map we are familiar with.
Schedule | Dec 17 (Sat) 2016-Feb 26 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥900; High School Students and Under, Seniors 70 & Over, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||||
| Website | http://www11.arttowermito.or.jp/gallery_en/gallery02.html?id=455 | ||||||
| Venue | Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito https://www.arttowermito.or.jp/english/ | ||||||
| Location | 1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki 310-0063 | ||||||
| Access | 20 minute walk from the North exit of JR Mito Station; From the North exit of JR Mito Station, take the Ibaraki Kotsu bus and get off at Izumicho-itchome. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. | ||||||
| Phone | 029-227-8111 | ||||||
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