TOKYO
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Akio Nagasawa Gallery Ginza is pleased to present TOKYO, a solo exhibition by Daido Moriyama starting January 11.
In 2021, Daido Moriyama and Shomei Tomatsu had a duo exhibition titled Moriyama - Tomatsu: Tokyo at MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie) in Paris. The following year, the exhibition traveled to the MAXXI (Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI) in Rome under the title TOKYO REVISITED: Daido Moriyama with Shomei Tomatsu with a reinterpreted installation. This show will feature Daido Moriyama's selected works from these exhibitions, which is a rare opportunity to present in Japan.
Publications of the artist will be also available for sale at the venue. We look forward to your visit.
Artist
Daido MORIYAMA
森山大道
Born 1938 in Osaka. After working as an assistant for photographers Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe, he went independent in 1964. He has been publishing his works in photography magazines among others, and received a New Artist Award from the Japan Photo Critics Association for Japan: A Photo Theater in 1967. Between 1968 and ’70 he was involved in the photo fanzine Provoke, and his style of grainy, high-contrast images that came to be referred to as “are, bure, boke” (grainy, blurry, out-of-focus) made an impact on the realm of photography. Solo shows at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris solidified Moriyama’s worldwide reputation, and in 2012, he became the first Japanese to be awarded in the category of Lifetime Achievement at the 28th Annual Infinity Awards hosted by the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. The “William Klein + Daido Moriyama” exhibition together with William Klein at London’s Tate Modern in 2012-13 was a showdown of two immensely popular photographers that took the world by storm.
Publication
Tokyo: Daido Moriyama, Shomei Tomatsu
The catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Moriyama – Tomatsu: Tokyo scheduled to be held at Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, June 2020. The exhibition has been repeatedly postponed due to the spread of Covid-19 in France.
For this reason Akio Nagasawa Publishing will start selling at its online shop the photo-book exceptionally prior to the opening of the Paris exhibition.
The catalogue is a set of 3 books including Daido Moriyama’s works, Shomei Tomatsu’s works and a textbook of written by both authors.
TOKYO REVISITED: Daido Moriyama with Shomei Tomatsu
The photography book produced for the exhibition 'TOKYO REVISITED.Daido Moriyama with Shomei Tomatsu' , which is installed at MAXXI (The National Museum of 21st Century Arts), Rome, Italy from April 14th to October 16th 2022.
This exhibition is a touring show of that was held at MEP (Museum of European Photography), Paris, France last year. This catalogue is an enlarged and revised edition of the MEP’s exhibition catalogue.
The catalogue includes three books: A collection of Daido Moriyama's work, a collection of Shomei Tomatsu’s works, and a textbook (English and Italian). The Maxxi version also contains Daido Moriyama's latest interview.