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Rinko Kawauchi
Untitled, from 'Illuminance' – Rinko Kawauchi, Water, Sun, Birds, Doves, Sea

2011

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RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'Illuminance' 2011 C–type print Sheet 103 x 103 cm (40 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.) Edition of 6; Ed. no. 3/6 print only Reminiscent of Japanese photography of the 1960s Rinko Kawauchi’s work is the search for the sublime amid the banal. Her series ‘HANABI’ (Japanese term for ‘firework’) depicts the photographer's vision of a fireworks show. The breezes of summer nights, the footsteps of children running alongside a riverbank, clouds portending warm showers and the sweet smell of apple candy are at powerfully nostalgic, at once both beautiful and melancholy. We are drawn in by a dance of lights and colors, and in the blink of an eye, an elegant and sensory party draws to a close, leaving us wondering what Kawauchi saw in the fireworks, and what lies beyond them. Kawauchi, currently one of the most famed contemporary female Asian artists, is a recipient the eminent Annual Infinity Award (2009) from New York’s International Centre of Photography, in the category Art, and similarly was shortlisted in 2012 for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. She has joined and held many group and solo shows both at home and abroad, with major solo exhibitions in the Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain in Paris, London’s The Photographers’ Gallery, the Hasselblad Centre in Gothenburg, Semear Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Shizuoka, or Brussels’ ARGOS Centre for Art & Media. Major group exhibitions to date include those at Munich’s Haus der Kunst, the Huis Marseille in Amsterdam, Museum of Contemporary Art, inTokyo, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in Aichi, or the Brighton Photo Biennial 2010: New Documents. Her unique approach is like a “drawing senses”, embracing motifs of every day details as well as cycle of life and its transience, and has been admired by art lovers all over the world. – Photography, Light, Water, Colour, Birds, Doves, Animals, Nature, Reflection
  • Creator:
    Rinko Kawauchi (1972, Japanese)
  • Creation Year:
    2011
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40.56 in (103 cm)Width: 40.56 in (103 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Zurich, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU128015908142

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