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April 2017
Exhibition Tour: “Strategies of a Master” With Curator William Ewing and the artist’s son David Newman
Please join us to discuss in depth Newman’s ideas, working methods and strategies as one of the 20th century’s most influential portraitists. We will be looking closely at the photographer’s life and his unique approach to his art, what has been called ‘environmental portraiture’. A lively conversation will also trace a brief history of the portrait in photography, noting Newman’s innovations. We will also analyze in depth certain iconic images. Lastly, we will discuss the arc of his career, his…
In Conversation with Zanele Muholi with Claude Grunitzky
Please join visual activist Zanele Muholi and TRUE Africa editor-in-chief Claude Grunitzky for a conversation about Zanele’s career in advocacy. Claude Grunitzky Claude Grunitzky is the founder of TRACE and TRUE Africa, a media platform. Claude was raised between Togo, Paris and London. A graduate of MIT, Claude is also a curator working across three continents. He sits on the board of MASS MoCA and the Watermill Center, a laboratory of inspiration and performance, founded by theater and visual artist…
Family Talk: A Famillia Album
A special event for families. Come and explore Isabel Munoz’s ‘Family Album’. In this event Muñoz will share her special moments, she will take you though her process and share how she came to photograph the animals. This event is full. Thank you for many applications![/column_2] [Related Exhibition] Isabel Muñoz | Family Album／Love and Ecstasy [fee] FREE [language] English with Japanese translation [Program name for reservation] Family Talk: A Famillia Album Supported by PETIT BATEAU [/column_2]
“The Elusive Chauvet-Partd’ Arc Cave” with Raphaël Dallaporta & Chihiro Minato
Please join Raphaël Dallaporta & Chihiro Minato to discuss “The Elusive Chauvet-Partd’ Arc Cave” and its specific landscape, marked by engravings and paintings dated 36,000 BC, along with Dallaporta’s specific immersive visual approach, rendering flat the 360 degree views of the cave. IMAGE [/column_2] Chihiro Minato Born in 1960 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Photographer, visual anthropologist. Professor of information design at Tama Art University. His book, Memory: Powers of Creation and Remembering (Kodansha, 1996), was awarded the Suntory Prize for Social…
Meet TOILETPAPER!
“What is coming is better than what is gone”. Take this opportunity to meet with Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. Find out what makes a TOILETPAPER photo? Why TOILETPAPER started, and how the images are created. “We keep honing in on what a TOILETPAPER image is. Like distilling a perfume. It’s not about one particular style or time frame; what makes them TOILETPAPER is a special twist. An uncanny ambiguity” – Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari. This event is full.…
Artist Talk: From “The Songs of Mud” – Pictures of Chikako Yamashiro
The theme of “The Songs of Mud”, the latest work of Chikako Yamashiro covers not only Okinawa, but other East Asian regions such as Jeju Island in Korea, and Vietnam. Through this talk Yamashiro and Masashi Kohara the curator of her exhibition approach the undercurrent of her works which freely links different times and places through Okinawa today and its history of representations.[/column_1] [/column_2] Masashi Kohara As a researcher at Izu Photo Museum, Kohara has organised exhibitions by Nobuyoshi Araki,…
Exhibition Talk: ARAKI Today
Join us for an intimate insight into Since 1960s, Nobuyoshi ARAKI has been representing pioneering photographic works in Japan. Nevertheless, his status has begun to quake around the time of The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake And Tsunami. He received prostatectomy, lost his right eye view, beloved cat and moved into a new house. In spite of these tough accidents, his creative motivation is never seemed to be reduced, but to be highly promoted. Nobuyoshi Araki, what he thinks, where he goes,…
Exhibition Talk: René Groebli
Please join us for an intimate discussion on Groebli’s work with gallerist Esther Woerdehoff hosted in the NESPRESSO Lounge. This work is probably the last love story of this 90 year old photographer. This work started in 1953, when, on honeymoon in Paris and in the South of France with his wife Rita. This series of emotive images was published by the US Camera in 1955, and the famous photographer and curator of the museum of Modern Art Edward Steichen…
Artist Talk: Susan Barnett with Pascal Beausse
The “Love” series is part of the on-going project called “Not In Your Face” will be discussed in relationship to how the t-shirt can be an effective means of communication. The “Love” series photographs are about identity, validation and perception. Each one of the people photographed reveal a part of themselves that advertises their hopes, ideals, likes, dislikes, political views, and personal mantras. This talk will discuss how these environmental portraits can serve to ask questions about our own instincts,…
“L’image fantôme” Miquel Barcelo & Pascal Comelade Performance. Introduced by Yasuo Kobayashi
Miquel Barceló and Pascal Comelade present a unique performance for the first time in Japan, while Pascal Comelade improvises on the piano, Miquel Barceló cre- ates a unique, ephemeral work on canvas, created to disappear. Held in Nijo Castle, which is one of Japan’s most visited and loved National Treasure’s and a major KYOTOGRAPHIE venue. Miquel Barceló Born in Spain in 1957. is a contemporary Spanish artist known for his experimental approach to painting and sculpture. He studied briefly at…