- 24.10.11
[MIHONCHO HONTEN] The light of paper The mark of light Exhibition
Dates: September 30th, 2024 (Mon.) - November 22nd, 2024 (Fri.)
11:00–18:00
closed on Saturday, Sunday and official holidays
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This exhibition presents the work of five photographers, Masumi Ishida, Seiji Kumagai, Rika Noguchi, Yuji Hamada and Ayaka Yamamoto. The photographers have carefully selected fine paper that harmonizes with the light from the perspective of color, stiffness, and heft. Scenes that they have captured are printed exquisitely on paper using printing technology that achieves rich gradation, depth, and vividness. MonographMonographs made by the photographers expressly for this exhibition will also be on sale. Experience light standing up as physical material.
* This exhibition is being held concurrently at two venues—Takeo’s MIHONCHO HONTEN in Kanda Nishiki-cho, Tokyo and Hyogen Kobo on the first and B1 floors of the DNP Group’s DNP Plaza in Ichigaya, Tokyo. * Note that specific times and days depend on the venue.
DNP Plaza venue Hyogen Kobo on the first and B1 floors of DNP Plaza 10:00-20:00 (Closed Sundays) DNP Ichigayatamachi Building, 1-14-1 Ichigayatamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843 (Map) Tel: 080-2388-5523 * See the DNP Plaza website for details.
Participating artists (Japanese name order)
Masumi Ishida Born in 1998. Held her first solo exhibition, GINGER ALE, in May 2017. Published her first monograph, Light Years, through TISSUE PAPERS in February 2018. Published her second and third monograph, everything will flow and echo, through the same publisher in August 2019 and March 2021, respectively. Held exhibition at Ichihara Lakeside Museum in Chiba Prefecture in July 2024. http://masumiishida.com/
Seiji Kumagai Born in Hokkaido in 1966. Lives and works in Tokyo. Graduated from Nihon Kogakuin College. Photographer, mainly creating photographic works and photo collections. Opened studio in 2020, teaching classes on color darkroom techniques and 8 x 10 cameras. Solo exhibitions include Morito de Janeiro; I Went to Bright Place; Spring, 2011; Each Little Thing; Re Form; Kokoro; and Anata. Has published many monographs. Operates Bookshop Marukuma label at: https://kumagaiseiji.buyshop.jp/
Rika Noguchi Born in Saitama in 1971. Lives and works in Okinawa. Graduated from the Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University. Began producing photographic art in university, and has been active since then throughout the world, mainly holding exhibitions. Has taken part in many international contemporary art exhibitions. Major solo exhibitions include NOGUCHI RIKA: a feeling of something happening (Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001), I Dreamt of Flying: Noguchi Rika (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004), Light Reaching the Future (Izu Photo Museum, 2011), and Small Miracles (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2022). Works held in the collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Guggenheim Museum, and Centre Pompidou. https://noguchirika.com/
Yuji Hamada Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1979, and raised in Nara Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University. Presents his art throughout the world, based in Tokyo. Constructs concepts based on the principles of photography and creates performative works rooted in the various expressive functions of photography through his own memories and coincidences. Published monographs include light there (Fragile Books, 2023), Primal Mountain (torch press, 2019), C/M/Y (Fw:Books, 2015), and photograph (lemon books, 2014). http://hamadayuji.com/
Ayaka Yamamoto Born in Kobe Prefecture in 1983. Graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art (oil painting) from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art, Kyoto Seika University. Travels to unfamiliar countries and regions, photographing young women encountered there, attempting to capture in her photography the memory of those places that lies within their bodies, and the emptiness of the human body. Recent exhibitions include Memories Penetrate the Ground and Permeate the Wind—Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol. 18 (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2021) and the solo exhibition We are Made of Grass, Soil, Trees, and Flowers (Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, 2021). Received the Photo City Sagamihara newcomer award in 2018. https://ayakayamamoto.com/
| Joint organizers: | DNP Media Art Co., Ltd., TAKEO Co., Ltd. |
| Graphic design: | Yoko Inoue |
| Venue design (MIHONCHO HONTEN venue): | Yusuke Yamagiwa |
| Cooperation: | Taka Ishii Gallery, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography/Film |
Items on sale
A limited number of the photographers’ monographs will be on sale at the venue during the exhibition.