Japanese Photography 1960s - present
The global recognition of Japanese art photography has grown dramatically since the 1990s. Audiences worldwide were interested in the way that Japanese photographers, although influenced by Western photographic expression, created their own unique contexts for their practice.
What began as interest in individual Japanese photographers expanded so that connections were made between the dots to create lines and overviews of Japanese photography transformed into systematic research of the same. In 2005, an exhibition on the history of Japanese photography was shown at the Houston International Photography Festival held in Texas, U.S.A., and deepened understanding of Japanese photography in America. In 2008, the Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan exhibition was held at the International Center of Photography in New York, and it introduced post-1990s trends in Japanese photography and contemporary art. For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography 1968-1979, held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2015, focused on Japan between the end of the 1960s and 1970s to provide an in-depth explanation of how photography was established in the context of contemporary Japanese art. As exhibitions of similar scope have not yet been organized in Europe, we propose an exhibition, although small, focusing on key works from the artists below that would allow viewers to read the trends of postwar Japanese photographic history.
The main wall, which will be approximately 10 meters long, will feature approximately 100 vintage prints organized chronologically. Rare photobooks and other materials will also be available for researchers to peruse.
We plan to exhibit works by the following artists: Hiroshi Hamaya, Shoji Ueda, Kansuke Yamamoto, Shomei Tomatsu, Eikoh Hosoe, Akira Sato, IkkoNarahara, Yutaka Takanashi, Takuma Nakahira, Daido Moriyama, Masahisa Fukase, Nobuyoshi Araki,Kiyoshi Suzuki, Hitoshi Tsukiji, Minoru Hirata, Ishiuchi Miyako, Tamiko Nishimura, Naoya Hatakeyama,Ryuji Miyamoto, Risaku Suzuki, Sakiko Nomura, Takashi Homma, Noguchi Rika, Erika Yoshino, MikaNinagawa, Lieko Shiga, Rinko Kawauchi, Daisuke Yokota, Yusuke Yamatani and Hanako Murakami.
And an exhibition of new and previously unexhibited works by the following gallery artists: Ei Arakawa, Tomoo Gokita, Nobuya Hoki, Sofu Teshigahara and Cerith Wyn Evans.
Venue
Messe Basel
Messeplatz 10 4058
Basel, Switzerland
Opening Hours
Private Days (by invitation only)
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 11am to 8pm
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 11am to 8pm
Vernissage (by invitation only)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 4pm to 8pm
Public Days
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Friday, June 14, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Saturday, June 15, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Sunday, June 16, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Taka Ishii Gallery represents these artists: