Nobuyoshi Araki: Paradise

Name: Nobuyoshi Araki: Paradise
Start: 2024-04-27T00:00:00+08:00
End: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+08:00
Location: CEMENT, K11 MUSEA

27 April - 15 May

CEMENT, K11 MUSEA

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Forward Fashion (International) Holdings Company Limited is pleased to announce that Artelli presents “Paradise” by renowned Japanese photography master Nobuyoshi Araki as the co-organizer and curator. In celebration of Nobuyoshi Araki’s upcoming 84th birthday in May this year, the dual-city collaboration will present over 200 classic works, paying tribute to him in various ways.

The Hong Kong POP-UP^ will be held from 27 April (Saturday) to 15 May (Wednesday), featuring highlights such as Nobuyoshi Araki’s various works from the 1990s to the latest 2023 focusing on “Flowers” and “Women”. Additionally, the POP-UP will showcase nearly a hundred instant photography works, which serve as an important medium of photography for Nobuyoshi Araki beyond film. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness the unique imagery captured by Araki’s lens on these one-of-a-kind instant film prints. Furthermore, the event will also showcase the iconic Carousel projector, which made its debut in the 1980s, displaying slide photographs by Nobuyoshi Araki.

Open to the public 18 years and older only. Personal identification required for entry.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Nobuyoshi Araki, born in 1940, is an internationally influential Japanese photographer. He is acclaimed alongside Daido Moriyama and Hiroshi Sugimoto as one of the most important post-war photographers in Japan. He is also the only Asian photographer featured in the BBC documentary series "The Genius of Photography". Themes of life and death, love, and desire, have always been the focus of Araki's lens. The desires and restraints of life, the inevitability and detachment of death, these elements blend and coexist, becoming the enduring essence and sharp inspiration of Araki's work. Influenced by his childhood environment and living in Tokyo's red-light district, with nearby graves as his playground, Araki's work reflects these unique experiences. In his storied life, Nobuyoshi Araki has experienced a range of triumphs and tribulations. After the passing of his beloved wife, Yoko, in 1990, he created a large body of work focusing on the blooming, withering, and decay of flowers. The world Araki sees through his lens is his paradise. He effortlessly lingers and freezes moments among flowers, using their beauty and transient nature to depict the flow of time and the impermanence of life.