Michael Kenna
dal 12/10/2009 al 27/11/2009
Segnalato da
12/10/2009
Michael Kenna
Camera Obscura Gallery, Paris
Landscape and architecture are his prefered themes; in these New York photos there is the formal rigor characteristic of his work, but it is Kenna's whole fascination for the city, it's lights and mythology, that comes through the images. Contemporary are on show about 200 recent photos drawn from work in progress in Japan, China and elsewhere. A retrospective of his photos is simultaneously at the "Bibliotheque Nationale de France" until January 25, 2010.
We are happy to present, for the first time in France, Michael Kenna's work about New York. This will be the third exhibition of Kenna in our gallery. A retrospective of his photos shall be showing simultaneously at the "Bibliothèque Nationale de France".
Landscape and architecture are Michael Kenna's prefered themes; he has found in New York a city of mineral landscape whose proportions are closer to canyons and mountains than to man-made constructions, a perfect bringing together of his two passions.
In these New York photos we find the formal rigor characteristic of his work, but far from a cold representation of architecture, it is Kenna's whole fascination for the city, it's lights and mythology, that comes through these images.
In choosing the theme of New York, he naturally confronts the history of photography's big names whose work has constructed our vision of this city. He adds his own stone to the edifice, with here and there a discreet homage to his masters, but with his own trade-mark, a remarkable sense of light and an extraordinary sensitivity revealed through the printing.
In this same exhibition we are also showing about twenty recent photos drawn from work in progress in Japan, China and elsewhere. Landscapes of sky and water, portraits of trees, in these Michael Kenna pursues his long quest of translating into his language of images the beauty of the world.
Image: Full Moonset, Chausey Islands, France, 2008
Michael Kenna - Retrospective
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris - BNF
October 12 - January 25, 2010
Opening reception in the presence of the artist: Tuesday October 13, 6pm
Camera Obscura Gallery
268, boulevard Raspail, 75014 Paris
Tues-Sat 1pm-7pm or by appointment