Izima Kaoru
dal 7/9/2005 al 8/10/2005
Segnalato da
7/9/2005
Izima Kaoru
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
Photographic work. The artist's tableaux from Landscape with a Corpse stage the elegant demise of expensively dressed models in lush landscapes and urban settings. These elaborate tales are told story-board style, with each progressive photograph getting closer to it's subject until the final close-up shot.
Photographic work
Von Lintel Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new,
large-scale photographic work by Izima Kaoru.
Izima Kaoru's tableaux from Landscape with a Corpse stage the elegant
demise of expensively dressed models in lush landscapes and urban
settings. These elaborate tales are told story-board style, with
each progressive photograph getting closer to it's subject until the
final close-up shot. The eye searches for clues and finds details in
an implied narrative; a dropped purse or an empty rowboat beg
questions: who did it, and why?
Formally composed using oblique angles, extreme foregrounds and
overhead shots, the series pictures an old Japan-one serenely rural,
the other messily urban-dressed up for a glamorous, but apparently
dangerous century. Kaoru's death scenes are fantasies, both his model's and his own.
They continue a long tradition of tragedy, drama
and beautiful deaths in Japanese theater, art and literature.
Born in Japan, Izima Kaoru exhibits his photographs widely in the
United States, Europe and Japan. His work appears in many public
and private collections internationally. This is his third show
with Von Lintel Gallery.
Opening. September 8, 6-8 pm
Gallery Von Lintel
555 WEST 25th Street - New York