Takeshi Shikama found his way as a photographer by getting lost in the forest over 11 years ago. He had wandered off a mountain path, drawn into the darkness of the trees. He returned the next day to photograph these trees and has continued photographing forests throughout the world since.
Photo Vivienne presents a selection of over thirty platinum/palladium prints, handmade by the artist on traditional Japanese gampi paper. The detail involved to create these prints; each requiring hand-coating the emulsion on the paper and contact printing the negative; reflects the intimacy and interaction that Takeshi Shikama feels towards his subject matter.
Photographs from his new series Urban Forests, created in the Luxembourg gardens in Paris and Central Park, New York will be shown alongside prints from his first series : Mori no Hida (Silent Respirations of Forests) and Evanescence.
Photo Vivienne will also present, in exclusivity, the first large format platinum/palladium prints which Takeshi Shikama produced with Amana/Salto in Japan.
Takeshi’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Paris, France), the Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego (California, United States), Museet for Fotokunst Brandts (Odense, Denmark), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Texas, United States), Santa Barbara Museum of Fine Art (California, United States), Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (Conneticut, United States), Portland Art Museum (Oregon, United States) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, (California, United States).
Private view in presence of the artist on Thursday, May 30th from 6PM to 9PM
EXHIBITION
Takeshi Shikama : Silent Respiration of Forests
From May 30th to June 27th
PHOTO VIVIENNE
4, Galerie Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
(entrance : 5, rue de la Banque / Metro : Bourse, Pyramides, Palais-Royal)
Opening hours :
Tuesday-Friday, 2pm-7pm
Saturday, 11am-7pm, & by appointment.
