Priska Pasquer Paris presents the work of Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi (born in 1972 in Shiga, Japan) during two consecutive personal exhibitions, where four series are shown.
After the first exhibition entitled Ametsuchi, the second focuses on three series relating to the world around us. In Illuminance, Rinko Kawauchi draws inspiration from the subtle aesthetic of wabi-sabi – a philosophy of moderation, modesty and the beauty of imperfection – and opens up an enchanting perspective. In the Utatane series (Japanese term meaning “nap”), the artist explores the search for the sublime in the banal. With Aila, Rinko Kawauchi questions the moments that follow one another from life to death, from the fragile and mysterious ones of birth, to the effervescence and the ephemeral.
Rinko Kawauchi
Born in Shiga, Japan, in 1972; lives and works in Chiba, Japan
Rinko Kawauchi is regarded as one of the most important contemporary Japanese artists. When studying at the Seian Junior College of Art and Design, she discovered photography as a means of expression. Rinko Kawauchi has published numerous photo books, including Utatane (2001), Aila (2004) and Illuminance (2011), Halo (2017) and When I Was Seven (2020).
Rinko Kawauchi has been the recipient of notable awards, including the 25th Annual Infinity Award/ Category Art of the International Center of Photography ICP, New York, USA (2009), the Kimura Ihei Award, Japan (2002), the Rookie of the Year Award of the Photographic Society of Japan, Japan (2002) and the Grand Prix Prize, The Guardian Garden’s 9th Hitotsuboten Exhibition, Japan (1997). She was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2012. Her works have been shown in individual exhibitions all over the world, including in the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Gallery Hermès, New York, in the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art and in the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art in Paris. Recently received the Sony World Photography Award 2023 with a solo exhibition at Somerset House, London.
Rinko Kawauchi : Illuminance, Aila & Utatane
Jusqu’au 30 décembre 2023
Priska Pasquer Paris
6 rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais
75003 Paris France
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