Canon Marketing Japan Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Canon MJ) will hold the Canon Gallery 50th anniversary special exhibition "Eternity in a Moment" from May 9, 2023 at Canon Galleries in three locations nationwide. To do.
Venue/Period Canon Gallery S (Shinagawa) May 9 (Tue) to June 19 (Mon), 2023
Canon Gallery Ginza/Osaka May 23 (Tue) – June 3 (Sat), 2023
●Exhibition contents <br /> This exhibition is a photo exhibition of Ms. Mika Ninagawa, a photographer and film director. As the opening of the "Canon Gallery 50th Anniversary Special Exhibition", which will be held to commemorate the Canon Gallery's 50th anniversary in February 2023, Canon Gallery S (Shinagawa), Canon Gallery Ginza and Osaka will be held sequentially. carry out.
Each base has a different theme, with works on the theme of "flowers" in Shinagawa, works of goldfish and flowers on the theme of "creatures" in Ginza, and works of the city and the people living there on the theme of "the breath of life" in Osaka. I will exhibit works that capture emotions. Each piece captures the momentary beauty that appears in everyday life from his unique perspective.
In Shinagawa, in addition to his photographic works, he will also be exhibiting video works in which his colorful images are projected onto a screen, allowing visitors to experience the breadth of his artistic activities.
All exhibited works will be printed and exhibited using Canon's large format printer "imagePROGRAF".
In addition, the video work will be projected using Canon's projector "POWER PROJECTOR".
Overview of each gallery <br /> 〇Opening hours: Shinagawa 10:00-17:30 Ginza 10:30-18:30 Osaka 10:00-18:00 Closed: Shinagawa Sundays/Holidays Ginza/Osaka Sundays/Mondays/Holidays 〇Address/Access: Shinagawa Canon S Tower 1F/2F, 2-16-6 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
About 8 minutes on foot from JR Shinagawa Station Konan Exit, about 10 minutes on foot from Keikyu Shinagawa Station Ginza 3-9-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
2 minutes walk from Toei Subway Higashi Ginza Station, 3 minutes walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Station Nakanoshima Festival Tower West 1, 3-2-4 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka
Directly connected to Subway Higobashi Station and Watanabebashi Station, 5 minutes on foot from Yodoyabashi Station,
8 minutes on foot from JR Kitashinchi Station, 11 minutes on foot from JR Osaka Station Admission fee: Free There is a nature. Please check the Canon Gallery website (canon.jp/gallery) before visiting.
●Concept <br /> Text: Hiroaki Miyata (Exhibition supervisor, Video producer/Professor, Keio University)
In 2023, we will begin to take steps to regenerate from the corona disaster, and to weave a path even in the midst of turmoil. Ninagawa is also taking on new challenges as an artist within the context of such regeneration. Not just one person, but to feel the world by overlapping hearts with other people and search for the light ahead. Not all of the emotions that appear in the resonance are positive. Faced with sorrow, anxiety, and such emotional movements, he has captured scenes that seem to connect to eternity in the moments that appear in the world. This exhibition is an experience of discovering, together with people, the beauty that exists in the fleeting moments that appear in our daily lives, and to start walking again.
○Canon Gallery S (Shinagawa)
Many of the fresh flowers that Ninagawa photographs are not flowers that bloom as they are in nature, but flowers that have been grown for someone else. Flowers originally attract the attention of insects because they carry seeds, but in coexistence with human society, they have also prospered as partners that bring diverse riches to people's lives. Ninagawa captures the flowers that bloom close to people, along with the emotions he feels at each moment. Viewers can experience the various emotions that Ninagawa felt while facing the work.
〇Canon Gallery Ginza Artificially bred animals have the aspect of being a means to satisfy people's desires. In particular, goldfish sold at goldfish markets and festivals for how much per bag are not recognized and valued as individuals like carp, and their lives are ephemeral after they are sold. Goldfish, which Ninagawa has used as motifs in his works, once had an aspect of being a victim trapped in a tank. However, after experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic, people must have realized that they are living in a kind of tank called a society that constrains each other. We, who live in the structure of modern society, may have some aspects that are similar to goldfish.
○Canon Gallery Osaka This work expresses the breath of life felt in the city. When something is expressed with the motif of a city, the object often leans toward either man-made objects such as buildings and vehicles, or the people who live there. This work focuses on the scenery and emotions in between. The lights of the city that emerge after the sun goes down, the neon signs and headlights of cars, the light that shines on the interiors and rooftops of buildings. Ninagawa feels the breath of life on the other side of that light. Memories and desires, delicacy and strength, the past and the future, and the breath of the viewer, which overlaps in the interplay of these images, will also constitute the viewing experience.
●Artist profile Mika Ninagawa
Photographer and film director Focusing on photography, he also works on many movies, videos, and spatial installations.
Received the Kimura Ihei Photo Award and many other awards. Published a photo book from Rizzoli NY in 2010.
Directed 5 feature films, including "Helter Skelter" (2012) and "Diner" (2019), as well as the Netflix original drama "FOLLOWERS". "Flower, blinking light" in the latest photo collection.
https://mikaninagawa.com
○Major Solo Exhibition “Mika Ninagawa Exhibition” Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA Taipei) 2016 “Mika Ninagawa Exhibition: Between Fiction and Reality” 2018-2021 (touring museums in Japan)
"MIKA NINAGAWA INTO FICTION / REALITY" Beijing Period Museum 2022 "Mika Ninagawa: Garden of Twinkling Lights" Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum 2022
・General inquiries: Canon Gallery S 03-6719-9021
[Canon MJ] From the press release
