Miwa Yanagi
dal 29/4/2006 al 29/5/2006
Segnalato da
29/4/2006
Miwa Yanagi
Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This last is the most recent one of the japanese photographers and video-artists , with the title "The incredible and sad tale of innocent Erendira and her grandmother", shows works of her recent series "Fairy Tale", belonging to this series her DVD "Suna Onna".
Solo show
Miwa Yanagi is one of the most important japanese photographers and video-artists in
the world. She has made prestigious exhibitions, as the ones in Deutsche Guggenheim
Berlin, Museum Marugame in Japan, or Museum Hara in Tokyo. This last is the most
recent one, and with the title "The incredible and sad tale of innocent Erendira and
her grandmother", shows works of her recent series "Fairy Tale", belonging to this
series her DVD "Suna Onna".
In "Fairy Tale", already shown in Galeria Leyendecker in November 2004, the artist
gets inspiration from traditional tales to give them a new interpretation through
the prism of her most important conception: women nature through the axis of time.
The short film "Suna Onna" (2005), shown also in Arco'06 at the Galeria Leyendecker,
uses a very similar vocabulary to the "Fairy Tale" series, but with a more personal
touch. The story is about a grandmother that tells her granddaughter her encounter
with "Suna Onna" (woman of water), as she was a child. The visual intensity of the
DVD's images, shot at the Teide's Natural Park of Canadas in Tenerife, drive us to
the field of supernatural.
Image: Mineko, 2002, digital photography
Galeri'a Leyendecker
Rambla General Franco, 86 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-2pm + 5pm-8pm