When?: November 10th – December 23rd 2023
Where?:: Galerie Orbis pictus
7, rue du Thorigny
75003 Paris
In the context of the 2023 edition of Paris Photo and as part of Photo Days during Paris’ “Le Mois de la Photo”, the gallery Orbis pictus is exhibiting the work of Kimiko Yoshida, the greatest living Japanese photographer.
An emblematic specialist of the self-portrait, unfettered by rules and codes, Kimiko takes a new look at our society without forgetting ancestral traditions.
In this exhibition the artist will be presenting works that are elaborated in collaboration with prestigious craftsmen, the living national treasures, the suppliers to Japan’s Imperial House, offering us lacquered images (urushi-e): traditional imagery that is applied with traditional lacquer and powdered gold or silver over the self-portrait of the artist printed on a mat canvas. The result is a double-image, an image from a period long ago superimposed over a contemporary one.
Infos :
Press release (pdf)
www.kimiko.fr
orbispictus.art
© Kimiko Yoshida
Urushi-e (Hokusai on Mao)
Archival pigment print on matt canvas, Japanese lacquer, gold powder, gold frame
71,5 x 71,5 cm
© Kimiko Yoshida
Urushi-e (Sakura on Botticelli)
Archival pigment print on matt canvas, Japanese lacquer, gold powder, gold frame
71,5 x 71,5 cm
© Kimiko Yoshida
The Tale of the Genji XLIV (Athena), 2022
Archival pigment print on matt canvas, Japanese lacquer, gold powder, kakejiku
200 x 110 cm
© Kimiko Yoshida
The Tale of the Genji LVIII (Phoenix), 2022
Archival pigment print on matt canvas, Japanese lacquer, gold powder, kakejiku
200 x 110 cm
© Kimiko Yoshida
The Tale of the Genji XII
Archival pigment print on matt canvas, Japanese lacquer, silver powder, silver frame
97,5 x 97,5 cm
© Kimiko Yoshida
The Tale of the Genji XXI
Archival pigment print on matt canvas, Japanese lacquer, silver powder, silver frame
97,5 x 97,5 cm