Rinko Kawauchi Photo Exhibition
"Illuminance"
24 June - 23 July




Untitled, from the series of Illuminance, 2009


FOIL GALLERY is pleased to announce Illuminance, solo exhibition of Rinko Kawauchi, from 24th June until 23rd July, 2011, celebrating publication of her same titled monograph, which covers comprehensive works Kawauchi has been photographing over 15 years.

10 years from the simultaneous publication of her three books UTATANE, HANABI, HANAKO - co-publishing with American publisher Aperture, Illuminance book presents new endeavor of Kawauchi, compiling essence of her photographs taken over 15 years, as if condensing, then further sublimating the world of UTATANE. To come up with international aspiration for Kawauchi's new work, this photo book Illuminance has been published in 5 different countries. In this series of Illuminance, Rinko Kawauchi carefully takes up details of subjects and captures fragments of beauty, at the same time, also of sorrow, which lurks in the beauty. Light and darkness, life and death - illuminated by Kawauchi, our world exposes various expression and it's fundamental, universal and sublime connotations, transcending limitation of time or places. Quietly but nobly, Illuminance will appeal to our mind to open the door for the new world.

In this exhibition, about 50 pieces of her photographic works from this Illuminance series as well as some pictures taken along side the production of this series will be on view. In abroad, she is currently holding solo exhibition Illuminance at Gallery at Hermes (NY) and murmuration at Rose Gallery (LA), and is to participate in Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal in this autumn. This exhibition Illuminance will be first exhibition in Tokyo after 3 years, of internationally acclaimed photographer, Rinko Kawauchi.

With this exhibition, FOIL GALLERY will close our space in Tokyo. We would like to thank you for supporting and visiting us over 4 years. We will restart with new space in Kyoto soon. Thank you.



Untitled, from the series of Illuminance, 2011
Untitled, from the series of Illuminance, 2009


Rinko Kawauchi:
Born in Shiga, Japan, in 1972. Lives and works in Tokyo. Awarded prestigious 27th Annual Kimura Ihei Award for two puiblications, UTATANE and HANABI, in 2002. Also awarded ICP's the 25th Infinity Award, Art Category in 2009. Further publications includes AILA (FOIL 2004), the eyes, the ears, and Cui Cui (both FOIL, 2005) and Semear (FOIL, 2007). Major solo exhibitions are: Foundation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, 2005; The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2006; AILA + the eyes, the ears, Hasselblad Centre, Goeborg and Semear Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 2007; Cui Cui The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, 2008, among others. Currently her works are on view also at 2 solo exhibitions: Illuminance, Gallery at Hermes, New York (untill July 16) and murmuration, Rose Gallery, Los Angels (untill June 25). She is also participating in Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal in this autumn.




Book

Title: Illuminance
Photographer: Rinko Kawauchi
Design: Daniel Bear
Text: David Chandler (Japanese only)
Price: 4300 yen (tax excluded)
ISBN: 978-4-902943-64-1
Dimension: 279 x 220 mm
Pages: 176
Binding: Hard cover (Cloth cover with foil stamp) / Japanese Binding / with Shrink wrap
(May, 2011)





 
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