Tsubasa Kawaguchi "Breathless" 川口翼 『心臓』

Photographer: Tsubasa Kawaguchi website

Publisher: Fugensha, 2023

Photography begins with a photograph. Rejecting all forms of expression or description, I want a photograph to simply be a photograph from beginning to end. This is ultimately a matter of purity, and not anything that can be achieved through things like image quality, tonality, theme, or concept. -Tsubasa Kawaguchi

Tsubasa Kawaguchi’s debut photobook Breathless is a gasp of fresh air against the pursuit of technical perfection and labored expressive intent. Winner of the second Fugensha Photo Award, this collection of magenta-tinged scruffy jpegs hits the heart. 

My article for this book can be found here.

Available online at Shashasha here

雑誌「写真」。 届きました。 ボリュームたっぷりで、 フムフムとなったり フム？となって読み返したり 読み込み度の高い本。 そうやって ビジュアルも見ながら 読んでいると 頭の中が 写真の事で埋めつくされて よい時間を過ごせます。 👽👽 #utsunomiya #宇都宮 #栃木県 #ShaShinMagazine #marikatayama #片山真理 #モザイク #mosaic #kotaroiizawa #satoshimachiguchi #shunuchibayashi #kaoruwatanabe #fugensha #photography #shashin #magazine #artbook #photobook #tokyo #雑誌写真 #ふげん社 #写真 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgNvtCEPENi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Takeshi Mizukoshi (1938) - Surface of Lake Kussharo, Hokkaidō, 2010. ©Takeshi Mizukoshi. Fugensha Communication Gallery.

Takeshi Mizukoshi (1938) - Surface of Lake Kussharo, Hokkaidō, 2010. ©Takeshi Mizukoshi. Fugensha Communication Gallery.

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Ryuji Watanabe Exhibition

Ryuji Watanabe Exhibition at Communication Gallery Fugensha Media: Painting - Talks (2021-11-04 - 2021-11-21)

This exhibition features a total of 32 spore print paintings from the collection of the Philia Museum and the artist, some of which will be on sale. One day, Watanabe came across a spore pattern formed by white spores falling from the underside of a mushroom umbrella and called the spore pattern “my icon (sacred painting)”. The spore pattern paintings are created by borrowing the accidental products of a fungus that operates at the intersection of life and death, away from one’s own abilities and consciousness. [Related Event] Gallery Talk Gallery Talk: Ryuji Watanabe × Kotaro Iizawa Date: Sunday, November 21, 14:00-15:30 Fee: 1000 yen Venue: Gallery, Online Please refer to the official website to register.

from TAB Events - Most Popular https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2021/297E

Ryuji Watanabe Exhibition at Communication Gallery Fugensha Media: Painting - Talks (2021-11-04 - 2021-11-21)

This exhibition features a total of 32 spore print paintings from the collection of the Philia Museum and the artist, some of which will be on sale. One day, Watanabe came across a spore pattern formed by white spores falling from the underside of a mushroom umbrella and called the spore pattern “my icon (sacred painting)”. The spore pattern paintings are created by borrowing the accidental products of a fungus that operates at the intersection of life and death, away from one’s own abilities and consciousness. [Related Event] Gallery Talk Gallery Talk: Ryuji Watanabe × Kotaro Iizawa Date: Sunday, November 21, 14:00-15:30 Fee: 1000 yen Venue: Gallery, Online Please refer to the official website to register.

https://www.tokyoartbeat.com//media/event/2021/297E-80 via Art Japan

Wang Lu “Frozen are the Winds of Time”

Wang Lu “Frozen are the Winds of Time” at Communication Gallery Fugensha Media: Photography (2021-09-16 - 2021-10-03)

Wang Lu is a photographer, born in 1989 in Shanxi, China, graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Imaging Arts and Design, and is currently a graduate student at Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Advanced Art Expression. In 2019, Wang was selected as a finalist for the 20th edition of “Wall”, an honorable mention for Canon New Cosmos of Photography, and was selected for the 2nd edition of “Shines”. In 2020, she was selected by Aperture Magazine for “Critics’ Choice 2020” hosted by LensCulture. Wang’s father, who lives in his hometown, suffered severe brain damage in an accident when Wang was 12 years old. His intelligence has been reduced to the level of a young child, and his perception of his closest family members has been compromised. The diary of a confused and anguished mother who suddenly finds herself in such a situation with her growing daughter is vivid and heartbreaking. On the other hand, Wang’s hometown, Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, China, has developed at a high speed in recent years due to the urban development plan promoted by the mayor. Seeing the familiar scenery of high-rise buildings, new roads, well-developed parks, and rubble under construction being urbanized so quickly, she said that every time he returned home, she felt like she was in a foreign country. However, the people who live there still speak and dress the same as before, creating an incongruous contrast with the urbanized environment. With Wang’s hometown, a provincial city in China undergoing urban development, as a backdrop, this exhibition uses photographs of her own father and mother, as well as her mother’s diary, as clues to create a portrait of a family.

from TAB Events - Most Popular https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2021/509A

Wang Lu “Frozen are the Winds of Time” at Communication Gallery Fugensha Media: Photography (2021-09-16 - 2021-10-03)

Wang Lu is a photographer, born in 1989 in Shanxi, China, graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Imaging Arts and Design, and is currently a graduate student at Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Advanced Art Expression. In 2019, Wang was selected as a finalist for the 20th edition of “Wall”, an honorable mention for Canon New Cosmos of Photography, and was selected for the 2nd edition of “Shines”. In 2020, she was selected by Aperture Magazine for “Critics’ Choice 2020” hosted by LensCulture. Wang’s father, who lives in his hometown, suffered severe brain damage in an accident when Wang was 12 years old. His intelligence has been reduced to the level of a young child, and his perception of his closest family members has been compromised. The diary of a confused and anguished mother who suddenly finds herself in such a situation with her growing daughter is vivid and heartbreaking. On the other hand, Wang’s hometown, Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, China, has developed at a high speed in recent years due to the urban development plan promoted by the mayor. Seeing the familiar scenery of high-rise buildings, new roads, well-developed parks, and rubble under construction being urbanized so quickly, she said that every time he returned home, she felt like she was in a foreign country. However, the people who live there still speak and dress the same as before, creating an incongruous contrast with the urbanized environment. With Wang’s hometown, a provincial city in China undergoing urban development, as a backdrop, this exhibition uses photographs of her own father and mother, as well as her mother’s diary, as clues to create a portrait of a family.

https://www.tokyoartbeat.com//media/event/2021/509A-80 via Art Japan

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