Nine Gallery presents the exhibition Sidewalk Stories – Japan by Christopher Rauschenberg. He writes :
I spent the month of October, 2023, traveling in Japan. I wandered around in Tokyo, Nikko, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Naoshima, Teshima, Kirishima, and Kamakura. These places spoke to me and here you have my responses.
The two strongest influences on my work have long been Eugene Atget and Lee Friedlander. The 13 (56 x 84cm) prints in the current Nine Gallery exhibition in Portland, Oregon, owe the heaviest debt to M. Atget. It has been over 25 years since I did my project of rephotographing Atget’s Paris (published as the book Paris Changing in 2007) but you can see that I am still in his sway.
– Christopher Rauschenberg
Christopher Rauschenberg : Sidewalk Stories – Japan
February 1- March 2, 2024
Nine Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
503-225-0210
Wednesday through Saturday 12-5
https://www.blueskygallery.org/nine-gallery
The artist will be in the gallery from 2-5pm on Saturday 2/24 and 3/2.
The work can also be seen at www.ChristopherRauschenberg.com
The book, A Conversation with Japan (https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/2729603) is a record of one conversation with a rich and complex country that has plenty of other things to talk about.
