Miyako Yoshinaga opens last exhibition before closing gallery space
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Monday, October 14, 2024


Miyako Yoshinaga opens last exhibition before closing gallery space
Hitoshi Fugo, Kami 14, 2001. Gelatin silver print, printed in 2023. 21 3/8 x 16 7/8 in / 54.3 x 42.9 cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs © Hitoshi Fugo, Courtesy: MIYAKO YOSHINAGA, New York.



NEW YORK, NY.- Miyako Yoshinaga is presenting its final exhibition, KAMI by Hitoshi Fugo, before the gallery closes its door to the public on its 25th anniversary. The exhibition will be on view until June 1, 2024. Miyako Yoshinaga will continue representing its artists and further announcements will be made after June.

Japanese photographer Hitoshi Fugo (b. 1947)’s still-life studies explore a single subject’s nuanced multi-faceted expressions until the subject becomes detached from its category, meaning, or identity. He commits to an ongoing experimentation in dismantling these boundaries.

This exhibition features one of his most ambitious yet long-silenced projects. In 2001, Fugo began photographing the large burnt paper roll that had been sitting in the corner of his studio for six or seven years. One day around 1993, he walked past a printing factory destroyed by fire and saw cleaning workers leaving half-burnt rolls of paper on the ground. Fugo asked them not to throw them away and later brought them to his studio. The salvaged objects, destroyed by violence (fire) and too chaotic for human control, inspired the artist particularly after witnessing and photographing the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995.

Fugo decided to document each stage and progress of destruction, sometimes adding new physical forces such as cutting through a thick wall of paper with a chainsaw, investigating the violence lurking within himself. The result is an unsettling yet fascinating visual rhapsody consisting of 31 black-and- white images that delves into the essence of paper, with its cut and burnt surfaces powerfully exposed. In 2023, he attempted to document the end of that life cycle by burning the paper roll again on the shore, imagining its particles flying into the air like feathers peeling away. But this was not possible due to the weather. This series, in which he tries to capture the paper’s transformation by an irresistible external force, was shown only once in Japan in 2001 and has never been shown overseas until now.

Paper in Japanese is kami, a homonym of god. The artist gave the title, KAMI, to this body of work, implying the absence of god in today’s destructive world. The exhibition includes 11 images from the series, two of which were photographed in 2023 of the same paper roll.

Born in 1947 in Kanagawa, Japan, Hitoshi Fugo studied photography at Nihon University in Tokyo. During the 1970s and 1980s, he traveled extensively in Japan, India, and the United States, creating a psychologically charged series BLACKOUT, which he first exhibited in Tokyo in 1982, and in New York at MIYAKO YOSHINAGA in 2017. His other work includes Flying Frying Pan (1974-1994), a series exploring the micro and macro cosmos of what is otherwise an ordinary household object, Game Over (1980-1991), a series inspired by the West Edmonton Mall in Canada, and On the Circle (2003-2011). Fugo’s work has had international exposure in exhibitions such as Japanese Photography Today (Spain, 1986) and Japanese Contemporary Photography (Germany, 2000). In 2010 Fugo was awarded the Ina Nobuo Photography Award.










Today's News

April 23, 2024

For sale: A rare Klimt portrait, valued at $32 million. But of whom?

Exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac focuses on The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange

UBS donates major American landscape photographs to National Gallery of Art

Poussin scholars confirm £60,000 painting sold by Sloane Street Auctions is primary work by the artist

Miyako Yoshinaga opens last exhibition before closing gallery space

This lava tube in Saudi Arabia has been a human refuge for 7,000 years

Exhibition sheds new light on one of the world's most iconic artists

Ahlers & Ogletree announces highlights included in Fine Jewelry & Watches Auction

Jawbone in child's rock collection linked to Marine who died in 1951

Roland Auctions NY to offer the collection of Baroness Gabriele Langer von Langendorff

ACES Gallery announces Online-Only Spring Estates Auction, May 8th

Lehmann Maupin's first presentation in Milan features a group exhibition

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library presents 'The Word-Shimmering Sea: Diego Velázquez / Enrique Martínez Celaya'

Salman Rushdie is again the toast of literary Manhattan

Judith Hill sang with pop royalty. Now she is composing her own story.

'Cabaret' Review: What good is screaming alone in your room?

Saddling up and feeling spry at Martha Graham

'Hell's Kitchen' review: Alicia Keys' musical finds its groove on Broadway

The Maya Train will get you to all of Yucatán's best spots. But not yet.

Cher, Dave Matthews Band and A Tribe Called Quest join Rock Hall of Fame

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia celebrates its 20 millionth visitor

Why Maintaining EPC Rating of Your Home is Important

Ancient Rituals to Pop Culture: Artist Juan Pablo Molina Follows the Evolving Journey of Tattoo Culture

Embossing Tape And Metal Embossing Machines-The Perfect Tools For Your Business

The Long-Term Benefits of Investing in Organic SEO




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Holistic Dentist
Abogado de accidentes

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful