Toshiyuki Nanjo "Hakusha-Seisho - White Sands, Green Pines"
HRD Fine Art
Starts 4/12
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Toshiyuki Nanjo
HRD Fine Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Toshiyuki Nanjo titled "Hakusha-Seisho - White Sands, Green Pines" from April 12 through May 31, 2025. First time since 2020, this exhibition will mark his 4th solo exhibition presented at HRD Fine Art. It is also an affiliated program of KG+ 2025, a satellite event of Kyotographie International Photography Festival.
Born in Tokyo in 1972, Nanjo has been avidly working on landscape and nature photographs, producing refined and quietly rigorous works that, at the same time, leave poetic reverberations. This exhibition showcases his photographic works from the two series he has been focusing on in recent years: "shelterbelt" and "In Search of Hedorah."
"shelterbelt" is a series of photographs that capture artificial sand-fence forests on the coastline throughout Japan. Shelterbelts started to be built in early modern Japan for the purpose of protecting agricultural lands and residential areas from the sand and wind from the sea, mainly planting pine trees. However, in the contemporary era some of them have lost their original socio-economic functionality and are even being protected and preserved for aesthetic and environmental reasons. The shape of the pine tree branches, twisted and deformed due to wind, seems to reflect human desires to put nature under control.
"In Search of Hedorah" is a relatively new series that has derived from his long-standing "suns" series where Nanjo captures the traces of sunlight reflected on the surface of water. By photographing slimy sludges in river waters, he looks for Hedorah, a Japanese movie monster emerging from waste water as a metaphor of human-induced environmental pollution. Through these works, the artist quietly exposes an inherent contradiction in the relationship between human society and natural environment.
Born in Tokyo in 1972, Nanjo has been avidly working on landscape and nature photographs, producing refined and quietly rigorous works that, at the same time, leave poetic reverberations. This exhibition showcases his photographic works from the two series he has been focusing on in recent years: "shelterbelt" and "In Search of Hedorah."
"shelterbelt" is a series of photographs that capture artificial sand-fence forests on the coastline throughout Japan. Shelterbelts started to be built in early modern Japan for the purpose of protecting agricultural lands and residential areas from the sand and wind from the sea, mainly planting pine trees. However, in the contemporary era some of them have lost their original socio-economic functionality and are even being protected and preserved for aesthetic and environmental reasons. The shape of the pine tree branches, twisted and deformed due to wind, seems to reflect human desires to put nature under control.
"In Search of Hedorah" is a relatively new series that has derived from his long-standing "suns" series where Nanjo captures the traces of sunlight reflected on the surface of water. By photographing slimy sludges in river waters, he looks for Hedorah, a Japanese movie monster emerging from waste water as a metaphor of human-induced environmental pollution. Through these works, the artist quietly exposes an inherent contradiction in the relationship between human society and natural environment.
Schedule | Apr 12 (Sat) 2025-May 31 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Apr 12 (Sat) 2025 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://hrdfineart.com/exb-nanjo25-e.html | ||||
| Venue | HRD Fine Art http://hrdfineart.com/ | ||||
| Location | 494-1 Kamigoryotatemachi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-0896 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 1 at Kuramaguchi Station on the Karasuma subway line. | ||||
| Phone | 09090156087 | ||||
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