in)(between record vol 40 Takehiko Nakafuji – Black Ice – Hokkaido

in)(between record vol 40
Takehiko Nakafuji
Black Ice – Hokkaido
du 18 avril au 18 mai – mercredi au samedi de 15h30 à 19h00

Vernissage – Jeudi 18 avril 2019 de 18h à 22h en présence de l’artiste

Pour sa troisième exposition personnelle à la galerie in)(between, Takehiko présente une sélection d’une soixantaine de tirages gélatino-argentiques d’époque – des photographies prises il y a environ 25 ans, tandis que Takehiko revisitait les lieux où il vivait de temps en temps pendant son enfance, alors que son père y travaillait. Des lieux qui ont marqué son enfance et l’ont toujours poussé à revenir vers le nord, pas seulement le nord physique où les Japonais vont chercher la paix, mais le lieu où il pourrait revisiter son âme intérieure tout en regardant à travers sa mémoire photographique – une succession de voyages dans le nord froid, si froid que son appareil photo se figerait, pourchasser ses souvenirs d’enfance et pour se questionner -. Certaines œuvres de sa série Hokkaido ont été exposées pour la première fois en 1999, Photo dimension – Galerie Higashikawa Bunka – Hokkaido et certaines sont devenues son livre Sakuan, Matapaan – Hokkaido

in)(between record vol 40
Takehiko Nakafuji
Black Ice – Hokkaido
From April 18 to May 18 2019 – Wednesday to Saturday 15:30h-19h
Opening – Thursday April 18 2019 – in the presence of the Artist

For his third solo exhibition at in)(between, he presents a selection of about sixty vintage gelatin-silver prints – photographs taken about 25 years ago, while Takehiko revisited the places where he lived temporally, on and off, during his childhood when his father was working there. Places that marked his childhood and always pulled him to return north, not just that physical north to where Japanese go seeking peace, but the place where he could revisit his inner-soul while looking thru his photographic memory – a succession of trips into the cold north, so cold that his camera would freeze, chasing his childhood memories, and soul searching – Some œuvres from his Hokkaido series were first exhibited in 1999, Photo dimension – Higashikawa Bunka Gallery – Hokkaido. Some of those photographs came to be his book Sakuan, Matapaan – Hokkaido.

À propos de Takehiko NAKAFUJI

Disciple et proche de Daido Moriyama, Takehiko Nakafuji a fait ses premiers pas en tant que photographe à Tokyo, en 1995, avec sa série « Night Crawler », composée de snapshots de la vie noctambule tokyoïte. En dépit du succès des images réalisées à Tokyo, Takehiko choisit de prendre ses distances avec cette ville qu’il dit « énorme et insaisissable ». Il voyage en Hokkaido un endroit qui a marqué son enfance et l’a toujours poussé à revenir au nord – une succession de voyages dans le nord froid, si froid que son appareil photo se figerait, pourchasser ses souvenirs d’enfance et pour se questionner. Certaines de ces photographies sont devenues son livre Sakuan, Matapaan – Hokkaido. Il s’est aussi éloigné du Japon en voyageant vers Europe de l’Est, en Russie, à Cuba ou encore aux États-Unis – voyages qui ont généré des centaines de portraits et de scènes de rue en noir et blanc qui composent notamment sa série “Street Rambler” qu’il enrichit depuis plus de 15 ans.

About Takehiko NAKAFUJI

Disciple and close to Daido Moriyama, Takehiko Nakafuji made his first steps as a photographer in Tokyo, in 1995, with his series “Night Crawler”, composed of snapshots of Tokyo nightlife life. Despite the success of the images taken in Tokyo, Takehiko chooses to distance himself from this city, which he says is “huge and elusive”. He traveled to Hokkaido a place that marked his childhood and always pushed him back to the north – a succession of trips into the cold north, so cold that his camera would freez, chasing his childhood memories, and soul searching. Some of those photographs came to be his book Sakuan, Matapaan – Hokkaido. He also took distance from Japan by traveling to Eastern Europe, Russia, Cuba and the United States – trips that generated hundreds of portraits and street scenes in black and white that became his series “Street Rambler” that he has been enriching for over 15 years.

COLLECTIONS


Kiyosato Photo Art Museum, Japan Young Portfolio
1999 – 2005 (67 photographs)


PRIX/AWARDS



2015, Hayashi Tadahiko Award


2013, Higashikawa Special Award

PUBLICATIONS


2018, White Noise – Zen Foto Gallery

2014, Street Rambler – Gallery Niepce

2013, Paris – Funny Bones Editions. Sakuan, Matapaan – Hokkaido – Zen Foto Gallery

2011, Night Crawler 1995 & 2010 – Zen Foto Gallery

2001, Winterlicht – Wies Shuppan


1997, Enter the mirror – Mole

EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES/SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
– Sous le ciel de Paris – Olympus Galley – Tokyo/Osaka

2016
– Street Rambler – Shin Sapporo Gallery – Hokkaido
– Berlin 1999+2014 – Toki no Wasuremono gallery Tokyo
– Lumière – nido – Tokyo

2015
– Street Rambler Le Deco – Tokyo/ Fujifilm Photo Salon
– Tokyo/ Shuhan City Museum of Art and History
– Yamaguchi/ Gallery Main, Kyoto/ Higashikawa Bunka Gallery – Hokkaido

2014
– Street Rambler Paris – Konica Minolta Plaza – Tokyo
– Une Rétrospective – in)(between gallery – Paris

2013
– Sakuan, Matapaan : Hokkaido – Zen Foto Gallery
– Tokyo / Higashikawa Bunka Gallery – Hokkaido
– Bucuresti Days – The bright Salon – Japan Center of Photography Tokyo
– Street Rambler Barcelona – Atelier kuh – Nagano
– Enter the mirror – Mind’s Eye Galerie Adrian Bondy – Paris
– Paris – Le Plac’art Photo – Paris

2012
– Street Rambler New-York – The bright Salon – Japan Center of Photography – Tokyo
– Street Rambler Russia – Hinoki Gallery – Tokyo


2011

– Night Crawler 1995 & 2010 – Zen Foto Gallery – Tokyo

– Winterlicht – Le Plac’art Photo – Paris
– Aquarium – nido – Tokyo

2009
– Bulgaria – Morioka shoten – Tokyo
– Tower – Gallery fukka – Tokyo
– Sakhalin – Konica Minolta Plaza – Tokyo

2008
– Street Rambler – Vancouver – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo
– Matapaan – Nido – Tokyo

2007
– Fragments of Reality – Morioka Shoten – Tokyo

– Exotica – Gallery Niepce / Place M – Tokyo
– La vie en Rose – nido – Tokyo

2006
– From Bulgaria – Konica Minolta Plaza – Tokyo
– Street Rambler Shanghai – Lotus Root Gallery – Tokyo
– Street Rambler Russia – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo
– Atmosphere – nido – Tokyo

2005
– Street Rambler New York – Marunouchi Cafe – Tokyo

2004
– Street Rambler 04 – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo



2003 

– Deep Habana – Konica Minolta Plaza – Tokyo

– Trans Japan – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo
– Street Rambler – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo

2002
– One Rainy Night – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo

2001
– Bucuresti Days – Konica Plaza – Tokyo
From Hanoi to Saigon – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo

2000
- Enter the Mirror – Gallery Lux – Seoul
– Snap Shot 1995- 2000 – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo
- Deep Seoul – Gallery Niepce – Tokyo



1999

– Winterlicht – Konica Plaza – Tokyo

1998
– Enter the Mirror – Konica Plaza – Tokyo
– Voluptuous – Mole – Tokyo

1995
– Night Crawler – Konica Plaza – Tokyo

1994
– portraits – Place M – Tokyo


EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES 


2017

- Rock You – Gallery Main – Kyoto / Niepce Gallery – Tokyo

2016
– Memories of the city and the architecture – Gallery Hinoko – Tokyo
– Contemporary Japanese Photography vol13 – Tokyo Photographic Art Museum – Tokyo

2015
– 10 Visions of Paris – Palais de Tokyo – Paris
– Tkara Bune – in)(between gallery – Paris

2014
– Photo off – La Bellevilloise – Paris
– Contrasted places – in)(between gallery – Paris
– Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts 20th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition : Basically Forever Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography – Tokyo
– Japanese Eyes – in)(between gallery – Paris


2013
– Homage to Shoji Ueda – Shoji Uead Museum of Photography – Tottori



2007
– A Just Report – Emon Photo Gallery – Tokyo

2005

– Fragments of Reality – National Art Gallery – Sofia



2004
– Club Paradiso – Kiyosato Photo Art Museum
Yamanashi

2001

– Stage next – Konica Plaza – Tokyo


1999

– Photo dimension – Higashikawa Bunka Gallery – Hokkaido