AISHONANZUKA Hong Kong is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Nobuyoshi Araki from 13th December 2014 until 17 January 2015.
This first Hong Kong exhibition will present approximately 10pieces of valuable vintage print at that time from the series “Theater of Love” which was taken around 1965. Also this exhibition will present approximately 10pieces of selected modern print from Araki’ s most famous photobook “Sentimental Journey” which was published at his own expense on 1971.
Araki’ s beloved wife Yoko Aoki (maiden name) was appeared in the “Theater of Love” . Around 6 years later Araki published “Sentimental Journey” which recorded his honeymoon with Yoko Aoki. Through these two series, people can feel the characteristics of Araki’ s work “intensive relationship with the object” and Araki’ s style of love.
Nobuyoshi Araki was born in 1940 in Tokyo. After his graduation from Chiba University’ s Department of Photography, he worked as a cameraman in an advertising department from the company Dentsu. His photographic project “Satchin” published in 1964 earned him the first Taiyo Award. He was married with Yoko Aoki in 1971, then published the photobook “Sentimental Journey” . After that he published more that 400pieces of photobook and won lots of rewards. Main exhibitions are “Journal intime” Fondation Cartier pour I’ art contemporain (1995) “Sentimental Photography, Sentimental Life” Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo(1999) “Nobuyoshi Araki” Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (2000) “Hana- Jinsei” ,Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2003) “Self, Life, Death” , The Barbican Art Gallery (2005) “Nobuyoshi Araki Photobook Exhibition: Arākī” , IZU PHOTO MUSEUM (2012) Etc.
This exhibition has been produced in collaboration with Mark Pearson, Zen Foto Gallery
AISHONANZUKA 畫廊將於 2014 年 12 月 13 日至 2015 年 1 月 17 日舉行荒木経惟首個香港個人展覽。是次首次香港展覽將展出 約 10 幅收藏在 1965 年左右拍攝的作品「愛的劇場」系列中，當時珍貴的原始照片 (Vintage print)。另外亦會展出約 10 幅荒木 作品中最出名，於 1971 年自費出版的畫冊「感傷的旅程」當中經過精心挑選出來的現代照片 (Morden print)。
荒木的愛妻青木陽子 ( 結婚前舊姓 ) 曾經出現在作品「愛的劇場」中，而大約六年後出版的畫冊「感傷的旅程」入面亦有紀錄荒 木與青木陽子蜜月旅行中的點滴。透過這兩個系列，人們能�充份感受到荒木作品獨有的特徵「與物體緊密的關係」以及荒木所 表現出的愛的形態。
荒木経惟於 1940 年於東京出世，1963 年於千葉大學攝影印刷工學科畢業後，曾在電通公司任職廣告部攝影師。1964 年出版的 作品「Sachin」獲頒第一屆太陽獎。1971 年與青木陽子結婚，及後發表畫冊「感傷的旅程」。荒木曾發表過合共 400 幅以上的作 品，獲獎無數。主要展覽有、「荒木経惟・我的日記」- 卡地亞當代藝術基金會 (1995) 「感傷的照片、感傷的人生」- 東京都現 代美術館 (1999)「Nobuyoshi Araki」- 市立當代藝術博物館 (2000) 「花人生」- 東京攝影美術館 (2003) 「我・生・死 」- 巴 比肯藝術中心 (2005) 「荒木経惟写真集展 Arākī」- 伊豆攝影博物館 (2012) 等等
This exhibition has been produced in collaboration with Mark Pearson, Zen Foto Gallery
