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Daido Moriyama

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b. 1938, Japan

Daido Moriyama's work has been exhibited internationally for the last half-century, leaving a lasting impression on countless generations of artists and the medium as a whole. His decades of visual and literary work is noteworthy for its depiction of the disintegration of traditional values in post-war Japan; drawing upon his early experience working as assistant to Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe as well as the voices of his notable contemporaries, namely William Klein and Andy Warhol. He is well-recognised as one of few living modern masters of photography from Japan. Beginning his career as a freelance photographer in 1964, he continues to create new work to this day. The gallery's forthcoming solo exhibition devoted to Moriyama's immeasurable impact on the world of fine art and photography will be presented in the fall of 2019, including a rich selection of both iconic black & white images and more recent colour work.

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In 1974, his work was included in the landmark exhibition New Japanese Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and traveled on to several destinations across the U.S. beginning to cement the enduring legacy of Moriyama as well as several of his contemporary Japanese artists in the American visual lexicon. As part of the avant-garde Provoke movement of the late 1960s, his characteristic grainy style captured the effects of industrialisation on his native country in the post-war era, defining a time and place all its own.

Major solo exhibitions of his work include William Klein + Daido Moriyama, Tate Modern, London (2012), On the Road, The National Museum of Art, Osaka (2011), Daido Retrospective 1965-2005 / Daido Hawaii, The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2008), Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla (2007), Foam, Amsterdam (2006); Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris (2016 & 2003); Fotomuseum Winterthur (2000); San Francisco Museum of Modern and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1999). Moriyama's work is represented in countless private and public collections of cultural institutions worldwide.

Born in Osaka, Japan, Moriyama currently lives and works in Tokyo. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the 28th Annual Infinity Awards from International Center of Photography, New York (2012); The Culture Award from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Cologne (2004); The Photographic Society of Japan Lifetime Achievement Award (2004); the Mainichi Art Award (2003) and the Japan Photo Critics Association Newcomer’s Award (1967).

Text courtesy Bruce Silverstein.

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, 20th Anniversary Show at Bruce Silverstein, New York, USA Closed 16 December 2021–19 February 2022 Group Exhibition 20th Anniversary Show

Recent Artworks

Provoke No. 2 by Daido Moriyama contemporary artwork photography
Daido Moriyama Provoke No. 2, 1969 Gelatin silver print
20 x 24 inches
Bruce Silverstein Contact Gallery
Eros or Something Other than Eros by Daido Moriyama contemporary artwork photography
Daido Moriyama Eros or Something Other than Eros, 1969 Gelatin silver print, printed 2010
12 x 18.75 inches
Bruce Silverstein Contact Gallery
Color by Daido Moriyama contemporary artwork photography
Daido Moriyama Color, 2013 Digital chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, printed 2017
52.5 x 39 inches
Bruce Silverstein Contact Gallery
Color by Daido Moriyama contemporary artwork photography
Daido Moriyama Color, 2016 Digital chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, printed 2017
39 x 52.5 inches
Bruce Silverstein Contact Gallery
Tights by Daido Moriyama contemporary artwork photography
Daido Moriyama Tights, 2017 Gelatin silver print
15 x 22.75 inches
Bruce Silverstein Contact Gallery
Memory of a Dog 2 by Daido Moriyama contemporary artwork photography
Daido Moriyama Memory of a Dog 2, 1981 Gelatin silver print, printed 1981
13 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
Bruce Silverstein Contact Gallery

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Provoke: Revolutionary Gestures by Tokyo’s Avantgarde Group Ocula Feature Provoke: Revolutionary Gestures by Tokyo’s Avantgarde Group By Christine Han, Taipei

At the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, PROVOKE – Opposing Centrism unfurls the history of the renowned post-war avantgarde artist group Provoke, which included figures like Daido Moriyama.

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Taipei Dangdai Launches Digital Platform With Ocula Ocula News Taipei Dangdai Launches Digital Platform With Ocula Taipei, 23 April 2020

Taipei Connections seeks to build a bridge between galleries and collectors separated by COVID-19.

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At Art Taipei, Galleries Adapt to Regional Politics Ocula Feature At Art Taipei, Galleries Adapt to Regional Politics By Sam Gaskin, Tapiei

The longest-running art fair in Asia returned to Taipei's World Trade Center for its 26th edition in October.

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Daido Moriyama: The Erotics of Photography Ocula Feature Daido Moriyama: The Erotics of Photography By Tianyuan Deng, Tokyo

Daido Moriyama is one of the most influential avantgarde photographers to emerge out of postwar Japan.

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Daido Moriyama: An interview with Bree Zucker Related Press Daido Moriyama: An interview with Bree Zucker 9 January 2017, BOMB Magazine

'The street is always interesting because any world of images I construct is promptly dismissed once I go outside.'

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Tokyo: photogenic to its very core Related Press Tokyo: photogenic to its very core 14 December 2016, The Japan Times

With Tokyo being the object of so many excellent photographers’ interest over the last 150 odd years, it’s entirely legitimate that the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum should be bringing it home.

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The urban chaos of Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama Related Press The urban chaos of Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama 30 May 2016, Art Radar Journal

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris launched a major show of the Japanese photographer’s most recent work in February 2016. Charting some of Moriyama’s most significant oeuvre of the past decade, the exhibition brings to the fore the artist’s lesser-known colour photography as well as a new body of...

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Eroticism in Japanese photography Related Press Eroticism in Japanese photography 17 May 2016, China Daily Asia

Eroticism in Japanese photography - a talk about the male gaze and more with two female Japanese photographers - Tokyo Rumando and Hideka Tonomura - about their photographic work, currently on show along side work of 11 other renowned Japanese artists at Blindspot gallery in Hong Kong. Curated by Mimi Chun and Mark Pearson

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Daido Moriyama In Video & Audio

Daido Moriyama: The Mighty Power Related Video & Audio Daido Moriyama: The Mighty Power 20 December 2014, Nowness / 11 December 2012

Acclaimed Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama's sensual approach to the urban landscape is revealed in this edifying short by the Hong Kong-based filmmaker Ringo Tang. Now in his 70s, Moriyama shot to fame when his grainy black-and-white images depicting a post-war Japan in flux won the country's New Artist Award in 1967 and has since had major...

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