Sotheby’s S|2 is thrilled to collaborate with amana (visual communication experts) in presenting SHASHIN! Japanese Photography Then/Now at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery from June 26th to July 10th 2015. Featuring over 100 works by a selection of important photographers spanning the last half century, SHASHIN! is the most exciting show of contemporary Japanese photography ever held in Greater China.
Continuously breaking new ground since the seminal post-war period, contemporary Japanese photography presents extraordinary diversity in style, technique and philosophy. Artists from the 1960s to the present have built up a fascinating body of work – a fluid multiplicity of unique visual languages that collectively reflect, represent and reorient contemporary Japanese culture.
SHASHIN! brings together iconic vintage prints by the post-war greats, including Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama and Eikoh Hosoe. Taking the centre stage is the exclusive launch of Araki’s Hong Kong Kiss series taken during the artist’s first visit to the city shortly before the handover in 1997. These works of masters are placed in dialogue with dynamic creations by internationally acclaimed female photographers such as Mika Ninagawa and Rinko Kawauchi, as well as the next generation of rising stars including Yoshinori Mizutani, Maya Akashika, Kosuke and Nerhol.
AUCTION
SHASHIN! Japanese Photography Then/Now
Exhibition
26 June – 10 July 2015
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery
5/F, One Pacific Place
88 Queensway
Hong Kong
Monday – Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: 11am – 5pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
