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Damian Zimmermann writes about our exhibition “Lieko Shiga – Canary”

Of Swarms of Flies and other Trepidations
- These are strange surreal photographs, which are currently exhibited at Galerie Priska Pasquer. People floating, a  swarm of insects in front of, or a light explosion on their face, or they are reclining on blue tarp under almost menacing cherry trees. The Japanese photographer Lieko Shiga had distributed questionaires to people asking them for the “brightest” or “darkest” places they know. The findings were a mixture of personal reports, local myths, memories, emotions and experiences. They result in fantasic  and almost always irritating-dramatic scenarios, which can cause trepidations to the Western viewer too, while they are beautiful at the same time. [...]

Kölner Stadtanzeiger, June 17, 2011