Tesseract
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Akio Nagasawa Gallery Ginza is pleased to announce Tesseract, a solo exhibition by TAKAY. This exhibition, TAKAY's first solo presentation in three years, features his work that captures the transient movements and changes of the human physique through his unique approach. By expressing the body's presence and exploring various silhouettes, TAKAY visually reconstructs its latent power through photography, inviting audiences to a new sense of perception. In conjunction with the exhibition, Akio Nagasawa Publishing will release a same-titled photobook.
The moving body changes its shape by the second, whenever one motion ceases and instantly connects to the flow of another.
The idea behind this exhibition of photographs was to try and frame these instances of transformation through lights and shadows, and dismantle movements and reassemble them from new points of view.
Muscles create powerful silhouettes when strained, while momentary shapes emerge when they are casually relaxed.
Seizing the recurring moments in this chain of actions, and reconnecting the scattered pieces, resulted in images that vividly highlight the energy and potential of the human body.
Formation – Variation – Recombination
This very process is what these photographs depict.
− TAKAY
Artist
TAKAY
TAKAY
Born in 1973, Takay began his career in 1996 after moving to the United Kingdom, working with the British fashion magazine i-D. He is currently based in Tokyo and New York, contributing to a wide range of international publications such as Harper’s Bazaar Germany and L’Uomo Vogue, as well as producing advertising work for global brands including Armani Jeans and Y-3.
His major exhibition includes participation in the expanded edition of Bravehearts: Men in Skirts, originally held at the Victoria and Albert Museum and later showcased at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (2003); CULTURE CHANEL (2011, MoCA Shanghai), which explored the history and creative essence of the CHANEL brand; The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, a traveling exhibition that toured 12 cities worldwide from 2011 to 2016; and PUNK: Chaos to Couture (2013, The Metropolitan Museum of Art), among many others.
His publications include ECHOS (2016) and Fluence: The Continuance of Yohji Yamamoto (2020).
Publication
Tesseract
Estimated Shipping: Late-April
The moving body changes its shape by the second, whenever one motion ceases and instantly connects to the flow of another.
The idea behind this exhibition of photographs was to try and frame these instances of transformation through lights and shadows, and dismantle movements and reassemble them from new points of view.
Muscles create powerful silhouettes when strained, while momentary shapes emerge when they are casually relaxed.
Seizing the recurring moments in this chain of actions, and reconnecting the scattered pieces, resulted in images that vividly highlight the energy and potential of the human body. Formation – Variation – Recombination
This very process is what these photographs depict.
− TAKAY
《Exhibition Information》
TAKAY『Tesseract』
2025.04.17 - 05.31
@AKIO NAGASAWA Gallery Ginza
IN PRAISE OF SHADOW (HOMAGE TO TADAO ANDO)
▶︎Artist Statement
Being instantly captivated by the beautiful curved and straight lines, the exquisitely calculated balance of light and shade, and the various contrasts of all of these in this architectural structure designed by Tadao Ando, I couldn’t take my finger from the release button.
It felt as if I was pulled into the finely honed space that minutely orchestrates the very “shades of gray” that I generally value in my own black-and-white photographs. I was also deeply impressed to see how the building was designed to change its appearance in various ways according to the season and the time of day.
I hope that this work manages, at least to some extent, to mirror the “praise of shadows” that Ando expressed through the architecture of the Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum.
– TAKAY
TOKYO HANABI
A collaboration book of TAKAY's photographs and YOSHIROTTEN's graphics.
A limited edition of 1,000 copies will be published in conjunction with the exhibition "TOKYO HANABI" (December 9, 2022 - January 28, 2023) at Akio Nagasawa Gallery Aoyama. A limited number of copies signed by both artists will be available.
TOKYO HANABI (Special Edition) A
This is the special edition of the book TOKYO HANABI with one original print (Archival Pigment Print) included.
Photobook and print are signed and numbered.
TOKYO HANABI (Special Edition) B
This is the special edition of the book TOKYO HANABI with one original print (Archival Pigment Print) included.
Photobook and print are signed and numbered.
TOKYO HANABI (Special Edition) C
This is the special edition of the book TOKYO HANABI with one original print (Archival Pigment Print) included.
Photobook and print are signed and numbered.