Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
[Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography] Information on the exhibition “Gaze of Current Place: Japanese Emerging Artists vol. 21” The “Japan’s Emerging Artists” exhibition supports creative spirits who are challenging the possibilities of photography and video, and discovers promising artists. This 21st exhibition will introduce five artists: Emi Ota, Sayuri Kanno, Kenji Chiga, Shingo Kanagawa, and Hiroki Harada.
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Exhibition introduction page:
https://topmuseum.jp/contents/exhibition/index-4822.html
From Sayuri Kanno -New Standard Landscape- 2022 Collection of the artist (C)Sayuri Kanno
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography is pleased to announce the exhibition “Looking at Japan’s Emerging Artists from the Current Place vol. 21”.
The “Japan’s Emerging Artists” exhibition has been held since 2002 as a venue for the development of new creative activities, supporting creative spirits who are challenging the possibilities of photography and video, and discovering promising artists. It is being held. This 21st exhibition introduces the efforts of five artists who re-examine society, the environment, and the relationships between people from their own positions, and present fragments of the world through photography.
We live in a time of change, facing numerous events that shake the values we have taken for granted. The environment for photographic expression is also undergoing drastic changes as technology advances and spreads, and expression methods diversify. The artists
participating in this exhibition face the world according to their own sensibilities, deepen their thinking from unique perspectives, and present them as works of art. Emi Ota Kuro focuses on the small things around us, such as living things and everyday objects, and uses photography as a way to capture time.She dispassionately observes the ever-changing landscape of the land where she lives, which can be described as temporary. Sayuri Kanno, who continues to record, Kenji Chiga, who exposes reality with images that mix truth and fiction with a documentary perspective, and Shingo Kanagawa, who cuts out the distance and relationship between individuals without being bound by general concepts, scenes that someone once saw. Through his works, Hiroki Harada evokes memories in the viewer. The works of artists who choose photography as a method of expression and capture reality with a flexible gaze give those of us living in the present a perspective to see the world from a slightly different angle than usual. The diverse endeavors of these five artists will provide an opportunity to reconsider the possibilities of today’s and future perspectives. Artist biography
Otaguro Emi
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, and completed Master’s Course, Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2019, he received the Overseas Training Program for Emerging Artists from the Agency for Cultural Affairs and is based in Berlin. The unique landscapes created using a variety of techniques, including painting, photography, video, and installation, stimulate the viewer’s ambiguous senses. Major exhibitions include “Artist@TAD Emi Ota Kuro’s ‘Boiled Aqua'” TAD Gallery, 1st floor, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art (Toyama, 2024), “Neko no Hosomichi” Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi, 2023), “Food and Contemporary Art” Art Part 9-Food, Art, People and the City-” BankART1929 (Kanagawa, 2023), “DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition 2021” National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo, 2021), etc.
Emi Otaguro《sun bath》2023 Collection of the artist (C)Emi Otaguro Kanno Sayuri | Kanno Sayuri
Born in Miyagi Prefecture. Graduated from Tohoku University of Art and Design, Department of Information Design, Image Course (currently Department of Image Film). He has been creating works using digital cameras since he was a university student in the early 2000s, and in recent works he has been photographing provisional and temporary landscapes of the land where he lives. Major exhibitions include “T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO 2022 The Everyday – How fish learn about water -” (Tokyo, 2022), “2020 Young Artist Support Program Voyage Practicing Landscape” Shiogama Atsushi Sugimura Museum of Art (Miyagi) , 2021), “Using Photography: Toward a New Criticism” Tokyo Polytechnic University Nakano Campus Building 3 Gallery (Tokyo, 2015), etc.
From Sayuri Kanno -New Standard Landscape- 2022 Collection of the artist (C)Sayuri Kanno
Kenji Chiga
Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1982. Graduated from Osaka University Faculty of Engineering Science in 2008. Through detailed and long-term research, he creates images that combine a documentary perspective with fact and fiction, and exposes real social issues. Major exhibitions include “Kenji Senga Exhibition ‘First, Try It Yourself'” BUG (Tokyo, 2024), “Pri Pictet Japan Award ‘Fire & Water'” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Tokyo, 2022), “New Cosmos of Photography Exhibition” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Tokyo, 2021), “16th Photography ‘1_WALL’ Grand Prix Solo Exhibition” Guardian Garden (Tokyo, 2018), etc. Received the 16th Photo “1_WALL” Grand Prix, the 44th Canon New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Award, and the 8th Dali International Photo Exhibition Best New Photographer Award. His hand-bound books have received high praise, including being a finalist in the Dummy Book Awards 2019 and 2022 at the Arles International Photo Festival, and the Grand Prize in the Dummy Book Awards at the Singapore International Photo Festival.
From Kenji Chiga -HIJACK GENI- 2021 Collection of the artist (C)Kenji Chiga Kanagawa Shingo
Born in Kyoto in 1981. Graduated from the Department of Human Development Sciences, Faculty of Developmental Sciences, Kobe University in 2006, and completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2015. Beyond the normative roles in society, he expresses the fluid relationships between himself and others through photographs and texts based on his own perspective. Major exhibitions include “Roppongi Crossing 2022 Exhibition: Orai Alright!” (Mori Art Museum). Published “Father” (Seigensha) in 2016, “Long Time” (Nana Rui), and “My Father Who Hasn’t Gone” (Shobunsha) in 2023. Plans to publish “Prayer and Nagasaki (tentative title)” (published by Shoshi Kujuku), which focuses on Nagasaki’s Catholic culture, the peace statue, and his own faith. Received the 40th Photography Town Higashikawa Award for New Artist.
From Shingo Kanagawa -father- 2009 Collection of the artist (C)Shingo Kanagawa Yuki Harada
Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1989. In 2016, completed the master’s program at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in advanced art expression. Using insignificant visual culture as a motif, he uses technology and performance to express the true nature of society and individuals in the form of “landscapes” and “self-portraits.” Since 2019, he has lived in Hawaii
intermittently, focusing on transnational cultural motifs such as Pidgin English. In recent years, he has held solo exhibitions at the Japan-Hawaii Immigration Museum, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Kyoto Art Center, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and Atomic Bomb Museum Maruki Museum. His works are in the collections of Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan-Hawaii Immigration Museum, etc. Received the Yukie Kamiya Award at TERRADA ART AWARD 2023. His solo works include “Biography of Christian Lassen” (Chuokoron-Shinsha) and “Torunitaranai Art” (Ken Ere Books).
Yuki Harada《One Million Seeings》2019 Collection of the artist (C)Yuki Harada Number of exhibited works, main exhibited works (planned)
Approximately 130 points
Emi Ota Kuro -sun bath-
Kanno Sayuri -New Standard Landscape-
Kenji Senga -HIJACK GENI-, “First, try it yourself. 》
Shingo Kanagawa -father-, -Bright and Nice Room-
Hiroki Harada 《Mountain of Photographs》, 《One Million Seeings》 Exhibition catalog
“Looking at your current location: Upcoming Japanese writers vol. 21” B5 size, 160 pages, price undetermined, published by Tokyo
Photographic Art Museum
Contains essays and artist statements by Mederu Kiritori (art critic) and Maiko Kobayashi (curator of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography).
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Talks by exhibiting artists and guests
〇December 14th (Sat) 14:00-17:00
Sayuri Kanno (exhibiting artist) x Kenji Senga (exhibiting artist) x Shingo Kanagawa (exhibiting artist) x Kiritori Mederu (art critic) 〇Saturday, January 18, 2025 15:00-17:00
Emi Ota Kuro (exhibiting artist) x Hiroki Harada (exhibiting artist) x Fumiko Nakamura (chief curator, Nakanoshima Art Museum, Osaka) Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum 1st floor hall
Capacity: 190 people (admission in order of serial number/unreserved seating) Participation fee: Free
*Numbered tickets will be distributed at the general reception on the 1st floor from 10:00 on the day of the event.
Screenings by exhibiting artists
〇November 2nd (Sat) 15:00- Shingo Kanagawa《father 2011-2013》, 《father 2015.05.18》, 《father 2008.12.08》
〇January 11, 2025 (Sat) 15:00- Shingo Kanagawa new work screening Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum 1st floor hall
Capacity: 190 people (admission in order of serial number/unreserved seating) Participation fee: Free
*Numbered tickets will be distributed at the general reception on the 1st floor from 10:00 on the day of the event.
workshop
December 13th (Friday) 18:00-19:45 “Talk session while looking at photo album” Lecturer: Sayuri Kanno (exhibiting artist)
Capacity: 10 people (advance application required)
Participation fee: Free
*Please check our website for the application method.
Gallery talk by the curator in charge
November 1st (Friday) 14:00-
November 22nd (Friday) 14:00- Sign language interpretation included December 20th (Friday) 14:00- Sign language interpreter included *If you have a ticket valid for the day of the exhibition and are eligible for the free exhibition, please bring various documents with you and gather at the entrance of the exhibition room on the 3rd floor.
Event overview
Exhibition name | View of the current location: Upcoming Japanese artists vol. 21
Date: October 17, 2024 (Thursday) – January 19, 2025 (Sunday) Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 3rd floor exhibition room Sponsored by: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo Shimbun
Sponsored by: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Supporting Member Phone｜03-3280-0099 Web｜
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