Group Exhibition ‘The Past in Motion’

Artists in this exhibition are very diverse. Jean-Eugène Atget, the pioneer of modern photography in France, took the changing landscape of “vieux Paris (old Paris)”, such as historical architecture, avenues, shops windows, gardens, and people living in Paris. Darren Almond, who took a series of photography using the light of full moon, captured by a long exposure, challenges the movement of time. Gentaro Ishizuka, who exhibited images of light captured in Saint Marie de La Tourette, the masterpiece by the father of modern architect, Le Corbusier, and his assistant who later became a contemporary musician, Iannis Xenakis, located near Lyon, France. Hirofumi Isoya, who rethink the aspect of cognition in a unique way in which he transforms color photograph to sepia color, then paints the frame with those colors that have been erased from the photograph. Since the 1970s, Kyoji Takubo, has been actively presenting his pieces as “Landscape Art”, a concept where a piece of art lively stays as a place of expression after the absence of the artist, as well as participating in various restoration projects. Through the split between media and within the medium, Koichi Tabata diversifies the subject in front from a different way, and delicately emerges the images that embody time and space that have passed by. Ritsue Mishima had great attention by its expression of the energy of a specific place by absorbing air and light in her works. She recently has been creating artworks related to multi-genres such as architect, fashion, and design. Tomoko Yoneda’s works have also been taking attention worldwide for her combination of journalistic perspectives and how imaginations and interpretations are open to the viewer. Man Ray, who joined the Surrealist movement became an iconic figure through his variety of methods, such as paintings, graphics, experimental films and especially photography.
All these artists have different methods and approaches, but we can say that they all re-interpret the past and leaves us spaces for new narratives.

In this exhibition ‘The Past in Motion’, we will also exhibit Jomon potteries and shards of them. To an extent, potteries and artworks are the same because both carry the memories of those who have been created. In a time where memories can be saved as immaterial data, the exhibition will refold the memories of these materialized works. We hope you would experience the in-betweenness of the past and present in our exhibition.