SHASHIN!
Japanese Photography Then/Now
26 June – 10 July 2015
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery
26 June – 10 July 2015
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Hong Kong Kiss [HK9001], 1997,
Platinum and palladium print, 76.2 x 111.8 cm Photo from Sotheby's |
Continuously breaking new ground since the seminal post-war period, contemporary Japanese photography presents extraordinary diversity in style, technique and philosophy. Artists from the 1960s to the present have built up a fascinating body of work – a fluid multiplicity of unique visual languages that collectively reflect, represent and reorient contemporary Japanese culture.
SHASHIN! brings together iconic vintage prints by the post-war greats, including Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama and Eikoh Hosoe. Taking the centre stage is the exclusive launch of Araki’s Hong Kong Kiss series taken during the artist’s first visit to the city shortly before the handover in 1997. These works of masters are placed in dialogue with dynamic creations by internationally acclaimed female photographers such as Mika Ninagawa and Rinko Kawauchi, as well as the next generation of rising stars including Yoshinori Mizutani, Maya Akashika, Kosuke and Nerhol.
What is Shashin?
Shashin simply means “photograph” in Japan and its usage in western parlance is also an attempt to consider photography from Japanese context. The intention is to look at photography from Japan on its own terms.
Nicolas Chow, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s Asia, said “SHASHIN! offers a kaleidoscopic view of Japanese photography in the last 50 years and we are particularly excited about showing for the first time exclusively Araki's Hong Kong Kiss series. The contemporary photography market is buoyant and we are committed to developing it here in Hong Kong.”
Sotheby’s S|2 is pleased to announce an exclusive launch of Nobuyoshi Araki’s platinum and palladium print
Hong Kong Kiss series taken during the artist’s first visit to the city in spring 1997, before its imminent handover from England to China. The series became a turning point in his career: inspired by his experience in Hong Kong, Araki subsequently travelled to other foreign countries to shoot his very own “Journey Photography”.
Printed on paper for the first time, 52 images from this defining series were carefully selected to present significant moments of the city in face of drastic socio-political changes. Araki’s lens vividly captures the changing cityscapes, recording the tearing down of old structures as well as the everyday lives of citizens.
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Yoshinori Mizutani
Colors 044
2013, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 145.6 x 97 cm Photo from Sotheby's |
Contemporary Photography
The contemporary section in SHASHIN! charts a broad range of works varying in style and concept, with each of the young artists conjuring up distinctive and dynamic viewing experience. The selection is led by Mika Ninagawa and Rinko Kawauchi, two female photographers who are well established on the national and international stage. Ninagawa breaks new ground with her rich and moody Noir series, tempering her usual euphoric hues to foreground subtler light and shade; while Kawauchi continues to work magic with texture, light and composition, capturing the quietly exquisite moments of the everyday.
Contributions by the younger artists demonstrate both conceptual and aesthetic strength, including Yoshinori Mizutani’s Colors series depicting the quiet relationships between surfaces, colours, and textures, and his award- winning Tokyo Parrots series that mesmerises with its surreal quirkiness. On the other hand, Kosuke’s masterful manipulation of multi-exposure and superimposition techniques results in uncanny, enigmatic and intense atmospheres; and time seems to run its own course in the images of Maya Akashika, whose everyday scenes are gently warped and suspended in a world separate from reality.
For works that pack a conceptual punch, highlights include Nerhol’s celebrated time-lapse series that seamlessly merges photography and sculpture to effect a multi-dimensional manipulation of temporality.
2015 年 6 月 26 日至 7 月 10 日
蘇富比 S|2 畫廊將與 amana (visual communication experts)^ 攜手合作, 於 6 月 26 日至 7 月 10 日在「香港蘇富比藝術空間」舉行「写真!日本攝影的歷史與當下」展售會。 本展匯聚逾 100 幅作品,全部出自過去 50 年的攝影名家之手,堪稱大中華地區最精彩絕倫的日本攝 影藝術展。
當代日本攝影藝術在戰後時期展現澎湃創造力,不斷破革立新,風格、技術及哲學概念層出不迭。自 1960 年代至今的攝影藝術家,貢獻為數豐富、多姿多彩的影像作品,獨特的視覺語言反映出當代日本 文化,甚至塑造了文化的潮流。
「写真!」搜羅戰後經典的原始沖印照片,包括荒木經惟(Nobuyoshi Araki)、森山大道(Daido Moriyama)和細江英公(Eikoh Hosoe)的作品。焦點乃首度推出的荒木經惟《香港之吻》(Hong Kong Kiss)系列,作品記錄了香港回歸前夕的重要片段,為攝影家 1997 年首度踏足香港時所拍攝,彌足珍 貴。此外,本展帶來多位備受國際肯定的女攝影家作品,例如蜷川實花(Mika Ninagawa)和川內倫子 (Rinko Kawauchi);亦精選一眾新世代後起之秀的攝影佳作,如水谷吉法(Yoshinori Mizutani)、赤鹿 麻耶(Maya Akashika)、Kosuke 以及攝影二人組合 Nerhol。
何謂「写真」?
「写真」在日語中解作「相片」,在西方語境下也試圖特指日本攝影,強調按照日本獨有的背景及方 式去觀察及理解「攝影」這概念。
蘇富比亞洲區副主席仇國仕(Nicolas Chow)表示:「『写真!』展現日本攝影過去五十年來繽紛燦爛 的面貌,展售會更首度呈獻荒木經惟的《香港之吻》系列作品,對此我們特別感到興奮。當代攝影市 場發展蓬勃,我們致力於香港拓展此藝術板塊,為區內藏家帶來探索及購藏當代攝影佳作的良機。」
荒木經惟《香港之吻》(Hong Kong Kiss)系列
蘇富比將隆重呈獻著名攝影師荒木經惟《香港之吻》(Hong Kong Kiss)系列。此系列採用鉑金塗相 印相技術印刷,展現其鏡頭下的城市異采。1997 年的春天,香港正經歷一場政治轉變,即將要從英國 回歸到中國。當時,荒木經惟首度踏足香港,拍攝了香港回歸前夕的歷史性重要時刻。此攝影系列成 為其藝術事業的轉捩點,啟發他其後走遍各大海外城市,拍下屬於自己的「旅遊攝影」。
本展悉心挑選來自此系列的 52 幅作品,並首次以紙本印製。這些珍貴照片記錄了香港回歸前夕的面 貌,在舊有建築正被摧毀的同時,記錄下城市景觀的轉變,並生動呈現人們的戲劇人生。
當代攝影
「写真!」的當代攝影作品部分展現多元的風格和藝術概念,一眾年青藝術家力求表現獨特新穎的視 覺設計,當中以兩位國際著名的日本女攝影師蜷川實花和川內倫子為首。蜷川邃濃深沉的《Noir》系列 著重柔和的光影效果,與其一貫鮮豔繽紛的格調大相迥異;川內繼續在質感、光線和構圖的之間變幻 遊走,捕捉平凡日子細妙的瞬間。
「写真!」的當代攝影作品部分展現多元的風格和藝術概念,一眾年青藝術家力求表現獨特新穎的視 覺設計,當中以兩位國際著名的日本女攝影師蜷川實花和川內倫子為首。蜷川邃濃深沉的《Noir》系列 著重柔和的光影效果,與其一貫鮮豔繽紛的格調大相迥異;川內繼續在質感、光線和構圖的之間變幻 遊走,捕捉平凡日子細妙的瞬間。
日本當代攝影的作品富具意念、勇於創新,例如二人組合 Nerhol 的人像攝影系列以時間流動為概念, 融合攝影和塑像,以層次分明的視覺效果演示人的暫存狀態。
The contemporary section in SHASHIN! charts a broad range of works varying in style and concept, with each of the young artists conjuring up distinctive and dynamic viewing experience. The selection is led by Mika Ninagawa and Rinko Kawauchi, two female photographers who are well established on the national and international stage. Ninagawa breaks new ground with her rich and moody Noir series, tempering her usual euphoric hues to foreground subtler light and shade; while Kawauchi continues to work magic with texture, light and composition, capturing the quietly exquisite moments of the everyday.
Contributions by the younger artists demonstrate both conceptual and aesthetic strength, including Yoshinori Mizutani’s Colors series depicting the quiet relationships between surfaces, colours, and textures, and his award- winning Tokyo Parrots series that mesmerises with its surreal quirkiness. On the other hand, Kosuke’s masterful manipulation of multi-exposure and superimposition techniques results in uncanny, enigmatic and intense atmospheres; and time seems to run its own course in the images of Maya Akashika, whose everyday scenes are gently warped and suspended in a world separate from reality.
For works that pack a conceptual punch, highlights include Nerhol’s celebrated time-lapse series that seamlessly merges photography and sculpture to effect a multi-dimensional manipulation of temporality.
蘇富比 S|2 畫廊隆重呈獻 写真!
日本攝影的歷史與當下
日本攝影的歷史與當下
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荒木經惟,《香港之吻》 [HK9001] ,
攝於 1997 年,鉑金塗相,
76.2 x 111.8 公分
相片由蘇富比提供
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蘇富比 S|2 畫廊將與 amana (visual communication experts)^ 攜手合作, 於 6 月 26 日至 7 月 10 日在「香港蘇富比藝術空間」舉行「写真!日本攝影的歷史與當下」展售會。 本展匯聚逾 100 幅作品,全部出自過去 50 年的攝影名家之手,堪稱大中華地區最精彩絕倫的日本攝 影藝術展。
當代日本攝影藝術在戰後時期展現澎湃創造力,不斷破革立新,風格、技術及哲學概念層出不迭。自 1960 年代至今的攝影藝術家,貢獻為數豐富、多姿多彩的影像作品,獨特的視覺語言反映出當代日本 文化,甚至塑造了文化的潮流。
「写真!」搜羅戰後經典的原始沖印照片,包括荒木經惟(Nobuyoshi Araki)、森山大道(Daido Moriyama)和細江英公(Eikoh Hosoe)的作品。焦點乃首度推出的荒木經惟《香港之吻》(Hong Kong Kiss)系列,作品記錄了香港回歸前夕的重要片段,為攝影家 1997 年首度踏足香港時所拍攝,彌足珍 貴。此外,本展帶來多位備受國際肯定的女攝影家作品,例如蜷川實花(Mika Ninagawa)和川內倫子 (Rinko Kawauchi);亦精選一眾新世代後起之秀的攝影佳作,如水谷吉法(Yoshinori Mizutani)、赤鹿 麻耶(Maya Akashika)、Kosuke 以及攝影二人組合 Nerhol。
何謂「写真」?
「写真」在日語中解作「相片」,在西方語境下也試圖特指日本攝影,強調按照日本獨有的背景及方 式去觀察及理解「攝影」這概念。
蘇富比亞洲區副主席仇國仕(Nicolas Chow)表示:「『写真!』展現日本攝影過去五十年來繽紛燦爛 的面貌,展售會更首度呈獻荒木經惟的《香港之吻》系列作品,對此我們特別感到興奮。當代攝影市 場發展蓬勃,我們致力於香港拓展此藝術板塊,為區內藏家帶來探索及購藏當代攝影佳作的良機。」
荒木經惟《香港之吻》(Hong Kong Kiss)系列
蘇富比將隆重呈獻著名攝影師荒木經惟《香港之吻》(Hong Kong Kiss)系列。此系列採用鉑金塗相 印相技術印刷,展現其鏡頭下的城市異采。1997 年的春天,香港正經歷一場政治轉變,即將要從英國 回歸到中國。當時,荒木經惟首度踏足香港,拍攝了香港回歸前夕的歷史性重要時刻。此攝影系列成 為其藝術事業的轉捩點,啟發他其後走遍各大海外城市,拍下屬於自己的「旅遊攝影」。
本展悉心挑選來自此系列的 52 幅作品,並首次以紙本印製。這些珍貴照片記錄了香港回歸前夕的面 貌,在舊有建築正被摧毀的同時,記錄下城市景觀的轉變,並生動呈現人們的戲劇人生。
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水谷吉法(Yoshinori Mizutani)
《彩色 044》2013 年作,
顏料墨水打印於 哈內姆勒硫化鋇藝術紙,
145.6 x 97 公分
相片由蘇富比提供
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「写真!」的當代攝影作品部分展現多元的風格和藝術概念,一眾年青藝術家力求表現獨特新穎的視 覺設計,當中以兩位國際著名的日本女攝影師蜷川實花和川內倫子為首。蜷川邃濃深沉的《Noir》系列 著重柔和的光影效果,與其一貫鮮豔繽紛的格調大相迥異;川內繼續在質感、光線和構圖的之間變幻 遊走,捕捉平凡日子細妙的瞬間。
「写真!」的當代攝影作品部分展現多元的風格和藝術概念,一眾年青藝術家力求表現獨特新穎的視 覺設計,當中以兩位國際著名的日本女攝影師蜷川實花和川內倫子為首。蜷川邃濃深沉的《Noir》系列 著重柔和的光影效果,與其一貫鮮豔繽紛的格調大相迥異;川內繼續在質感、光線和構圖的之間變幻 遊走,捕捉平凡日子細妙的瞬間。
日本當代攝影的作品富具意念、勇於創新,例如二人組合 Nerhol 的人像攝影系列以時間流動為概念, 融合攝影和塑像,以層次分明的視覺效果演示人的暫存狀態。
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