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Yuriko Takagi "Parallel World"
Nijo-jo Castle
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Yuriko Takagi
Having studied fashion and graphic design in Japan, Yuriko Takagi was working in Europe as a fashion designer when, on one of many trips to Morocco, she became fascinated with the medium of photography.
Like the simultaneous existence of two different worlds, which the title Parallel World suggests, this exhibition comprises two different series shown in parallel in the Nijo-jo Castle Ninomaru Palace Daidokoro Kitchen and Okiyodokoro Kitchen. One focuses on Takagi’s project ‘Threads of Beauty,’ for which she traveled to twelve countries, photographing people who wear traditional clothes as part of their daily lives. The other series is dedicated to high-end fashion created between the 1980s and today, with clothes by designers such as Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, and John Galliano, as well as new work shot for Dior.
In Iran, Takagi met people from nomadic tribes who possessed only the few precious clothes they were able to carry. Whenever they migrated, they wore all the clothing they owned, in layers.
For Dior, Takagi photographed haute couture items, bringing out the exceptional beauty of these clothes that exist thanks to the serious skill and craftsmanship of the manufacturers and the sincere passion of the clients who order them. Even though high-end fashion may seem to exist in a completely different universe than the traditional clothes worn by the nomadic tribespeople, her photographs reveal a love and affection that is common to both.
Featuring original prints, oversized digital prints, works colored by the artist, and works printed on photographic paper, washi, cotton paper, plaster, and other materials, this exhibition explores the depth and diversity of photographic expression.
“I believe that fashion and photography help people dream,” says Takagi. Visitors to Parallel World traverse freely between two different worlds of fashion. As the boundaries between the two slowly begin to disappear, they make way for fundamental questions that usually stay hidden away in daily life: What are clothes? What is photography? And what is happiness?
Venue: Ninomaru Palace Daidokoro Kitchen and Okiyodokoro Kitchen
Like the simultaneous existence of two different worlds, which the title Parallel World suggests, this exhibition comprises two different series shown in parallel in the Nijo-jo Castle Ninomaru Palace Daidokoro Kitchen and Okiyodokoro Kitchen. One focuses on Takagi’s project ‘Threads of Beauty,’ for which she traveled to twelve countries, photographing people who wear traditional clothes as part of their daily lives. The other series is dedicated to high-end fashion created between the 1980s and today, with clothes by designers such as Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, and John Galliano, as well as new work shot for Dior.
In Iran, Takagi met people from nomadic tribes who possessed only the few precious clothes they were able to carry. Whenever they migrated, they wore all the clothing they owned, in layers.
For Dior, Takagi photographed haute couture items, bringing out the exceptional beauty of these clothes that exist thanks to the serious skill and craftsmanship of the manufacturers and the sincere passion of the clients who order them. Even though high-end fashion may seem to exist in a completely different universe than the traditional clothes worn by the nomadic tribespeople, her photographs reveal a love and affection that is common to both.
Featuring original prints, oversized digital prints, works colored by the artist, and works printed on photographic paper, washi, cotton paper, plaster, and other materials, this exhibition explores the depth and diversity of photographic expression.
“I believe that fashion and photography help people dream,” says Takagi. Visitors to Parallel World traverse freely between two different worlds of fashion. As the boundaries between the two slowly begin to disappear, they make way for fundamental questions that usually stay hidden away in daily life: What are clothes? What is photography? And what is happiness?
Venue: Ninomaru Palace Daidokoro Kitchen and Okiyodokoro Kitchen
Schedule | Apr 15 (Sat) 2023-May 14 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥800, Students ¥600 For more information about Kyotographie Passport, please visit the official website. | ||
| Website | https://www.kyotographie.jp/en/programs/2023/yuriko-takagi/ | ||
| Venue | Nijo-jo Castle https://nijo-jocastle.city.kyoto.lg.jp/?lang=en | ||
| Location | 541 Nijo-jo-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-0831 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 2 at Nijojo-mae Station on the Tozai subway line, 15 minute walk from the East exit of Nijo Station on the JR Sagano line; From JR Kyoto Station, take the #9, #50 or #101 bus and get off at Nijojo Mae. | ||
| Phone | 075-841-0096 | ||
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