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Risaku Suzuki "Winter to Spring"
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Risaku Suzuki
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to present “Winter to Spring,” an exhibition of works by Risaku Suzuki, from June 4 to July 2, 2022. This marks the artist’s first solo presentation with the gallery in six years and will feature a new composition of subjects that he has continued to photograph.
Throughout his practice, Risaku Suzuki has channeled his interests toward the nature of photography and vision, using photography as a device to question and examine “the experience of looking.” He believes that the continuous experience of “looking” in photography is sustained by a combination of the photographer’s eye; the camera as an optical machine that captures its subject as is; light, which acts as a medium connecting the two; changes in the environment that remain outside the photographer’s consciousness; and the sequence of the printed photographs. This exhibition features subjects of cherry blossoms, snow, and water mirrors, which Suzuki has continued to photograph. While each exists as fragments, the gaze and focus of attention are brought to the time and space that is created through their juxtaposition. Due to the time and seasonal changes that occur between the photographs, the photographs placed side by side come to resonate with one another through those who view them, beginning to take motion as physical experiences that unfold within the mind of each viewer. The act of mechanically documenting the light, air, temperature, and their transitions that are perceived by the artist through the use of a camera, perhaps shares ties with the work of painters who had endeavored to capture each and every particle of light extending before their eyes so as to create scenes that appear to continuously change forever. For viewers who relive this process within a sustained period of time, it becomes a fundamental act of questioning what reality is and what it means for one to look at things. In this manner, viewers will be able to find clues to contemplate such issues in the place the artist himself refers to as the “fleeting realm between.”
Throughout his practice, Risaku Suzuki has channeled his interests toward the nature of photography and vision, using photography as a device to question and examine “the experience of looking.” He believes that the continuous experience of “looking” in photography is sustained by a combination of the photographer’s eye; the camera as an optical machine that captures its subject as is; light, which acts as a medium connecting the two; changes in the environment that remain outside the photographer’s consciousness; and the sequence of the printed photographs. This exhibition features subjects of cherry blossoms, snow, and water mirrors, which Suzuki has continued to photograph. While each exists as fragments, the gaze and focus of attention are brought to the time and space that is created through their juxtaposition. Due to the time and seasonal changes that occur between the photographs, the photographs placed side by side come to resonate with one another through those who view them, beginning to take motion as physical experiences that unfold within the mind of each viewer. The act of mechanically documenting the light, air, temperature, and their transitions that are perceived by the artist through the use of a camera, perhaps shares ties with the work of painters who had endeavored to capture each and every particle of light extending before their eyes so as to create scenes that appear to continuously change forever. For viewers who relive this process within a sustained period of time, it becomes a fundamental act of questioning what reality is and what it means for one to look at things. In this manner, viewers will be able to find clues to contemplate such issues in the place the artist himself refers to as the “fleeting realm between.”
Schedule | Jun 4 (Sat) 2022-Jul 2 (Sat) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/32243/ | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery http://www.takaishiigallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 3F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hbiya or Toei Oedo line, 8 minute walk from exit 7 at Azabu-juban Station on the Nanboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6434-7010 | ||||
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