The British Journal of Photography has published a list of top ten books of the decade. Among the top ten is Rinko Kawauchi’s book “Utatane” (Siesta). Rinko Kawauchi had published the book in 2001 and she received for “Utatane” and a second book “Hanabi” (Fireworks) in the following year the Kimura Ihei Award, a leading photography in award in Japan.
The top ten list was compiled by Gerry Badger, who co-authored the two volumes of “The Photobook: A History” with Martin Parr. In the first volume of the photobook anthology Gerry Badger wrote about “Utatane”:
Just when it seems that everything has been photographed, in every possible way, along comes a photographer, whose work is so original that the medium is renewed. Such a photographer is Rinko Kawauchi, who makes simple, lyrical pictures, so fresh and unusual that they are difficult to describe or classify.
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The summer edition of ARTnews magazine has a review of the Rinko Kawauchi exhibition “Utatane” our partner Antoine de Vilmorin organized in Paris this spring.
Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi records the ephemeral scenes that pass by each day barely noticed, searching for the sublime in the banal. The 40 photographs here came from her 2001 series “Utatane”, which means “catnap” and refers to a state of half sleep. The idea of letting go of conscious thought and giving oneself over to intimate moments tied together these breathtaking and occasionally melancholy still lifes, landscapes and portraits.
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Rinko Kawauchi has currently a solo exhibition:
Rinko Kawauchi “Cui Cui”
at the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (until Sept 9).
Since her debut, Rinko Kawauchi has surely established her career both in Japan and overseas. Her works captures ephemeral beauty in everyday life, from life to death, and its circulation, and it has been stimulating our, not only our sight, but also all the other senses.
“Cui Cui”- warble of sparrows in French- is a series of her family’s stories in 13 years Rinko Kawauchi had photographed from 1992 to 2005. Including the newly taken works after 2005, Rinko Kawauchi solo exhibition “Cui Cui” at The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum will show this series of the artist for the first time at a Museum in Japan.
[Quote: Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum]
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Our current summer exhibition: “Review / Preview: Japanese photographs by Osamu Shiihara, Shomei Tomatsu, Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki, Issei Suda, Asako Narahashi, Rinko Kawauchi and Mika Ninagawa.” is reviewed in the localnews paper Koelner Stadtanzeiger:
Mond, Meer und Sterne
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Andere Sichtweisen präsentiert auch die Galerie Priska Pasquer mit ihrer Gruppenausstellung japanischer Fotografen wie Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki, Issei Suda, Asako Narahashi und dem Shootingstar Rinko Kawauchi. Damit gibt die Galerie einen ersten wirklichen Überblick über das eigene Programm zur japanischen Fotografie, die Priska Pasquer bereits seit der Gründung in regelmäßigen Einzelausstellungen zeigt – und mit denen sie ihr gutes Gespür beweist. Zu erwähnen sei allein die Ausstellung von Rinko Kawauchi vor zwei Jahren, deren Rückansicht eines Kindes den Katalog der Internationalen Photoszene Köln zierte und das gleichzeitig Titelbild der diesjährigen Messe Paris Photo sein wird.
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Damian Zimmermann, 13.8.08, Ksta.de
Rinko Kawauchi, Mika Ninagawa and Asako Narahashi have been featured in recent publications on photography and art.
Rinko Kawauchi and Mika Ninagawa are included in two new books:
Photo Art: Photography in the 21st Century
Uta Grosenick, Thomas Seelig (editors)
Aperture, New York 2008
As digital technologies and the homogenization of trends continue to impact photography, there are those artists who rise above the fray, producing compelling work that causes a commotion. Photo Art: Photography in the 21st Century features the latest, greatest, and newly up-and-coming artists responsible for this furor.
[Quote: Aperture]
Tokyolife: Art and Design
Ina Luna, Lauren A. Gould, Tom Mes, Jasper Sharp, Yoshida Mika, David G. Imber
Rizzoli, New York 2008
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Last Thursday, April 3, our partner Antoine de Vilmorin opened the Rinko Kawauchi exhibition “Utatane” (Siesta”) in Paris. The opening which took place in an art space in the Marais was well attended.
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