jin-zo | 人像展Ⅱ
August 24 – September 22, 2018
Venue: EMON GALERIE
Exhibition Overview
The second iteration of the "Portraits Exhibition," a group exhibition organized by EMON Photo Gallery featuring mid-career artists who have established their unique expressions, introduces artists who focus on the primordial human body and its form.
Participating Artists
Tomohide Ikeya
Photographs subjects of various ages underwater while diving himself, attempting to re-recognize the act of "breathing."
Naoyuki Ogino
Focuses on the skin covering the body, expressing it through light and collage techniques.
Yuji Susaki
Also known for his work "COSPLAY made in Japan," pursuing his unique eroticism.
Yoko Mazuki
Listens to the rich language potentially possessed by people's bodies.
Hiroyuki Yamada
Photographs people lying on reclining chairs, exposing the latent "death" and "life" in vulnerable bodies through his lens.
Exhibition Concept
This exhibition brings together distinctive artists who have established their expression primarily through portrait photography while continuing to break out of their shells and engage in activities that transcend the concept of photography.
