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A Retrospective | Nobuo Yamanaka 1948 tokyo-1982 new york | Remastered

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Exhibition period July 16 - September 4, 2022
1971 with a shocking 35mm film called "Reflecting the film of river on the river", but has passed away in 1982. A legendary artist who died suddenly at the young age of 34 in New York. By the commissions of art critics Yoshiaki Tono, Ichiro Hariu, and Takashi Hayami, the 11th Tokyo International Print Biennale (1979), the 15th Sao Paulo Biennale (1979), and the 12th Paris Biennale (1982). Although he was highly acclaimed internationally, such as participating in a locally produced site-specific masterpiece, his activity period was less than 12 years. However, after his debut, Nobuo Yamanaka's series of works, which was developed with a revolutionary interpretation of a movie device that simultaneously projects while shooting, in the pinhole (needle hole) camera that is the origin of the photographic device, is left behind by paintings. It can be historicalized that it went beyond the synergies of movie and photography as a medium to solve the problems, and reached a philosophical state where the relationship between oneself and the world was confronted with optical rigor. In this retrospective, which will be verified from 40 years after his death, not only about 150 existing masterpieces but also valuable archive materials will be used to reconfirm the playfulness of light with conceptual images and dazzling pinhole photographs, and after the war. Follow the consistent development of contemporary art legends that have left an important mark on the visual arts.
Hours : 9:30 - 17:00 (last admission 16:30)
Closed : on Mondays and on July 19th; open on July 18th
Admission fee : Adults: 800 (700) yen
University & high school students: 500 (400) yen
Children under 15 (except high school students): Free
*You are admitted to the collection galleries with your special exhibition ticket.
* ( ) indicate group prices (20 people or more)
Nobuo Yamanaka
Color Pinhole(1)
1973
Nobuo Yamanaka
Machu Picchu in Pinhole(1)
1980
Nobuo Yamanaka
Manhattan in Pinhole(1)
1980
Nobuo Yamanaka
Tokyo in Pinhole(36)
1980-81
Nobuo Yamanaka
95 Pinholes
1973
Nobuo Yamanaka
camera obscura 2
1977
Nobuo Yamanaka
Pinhole on Floor and Wall(1)
1977
Nobuo Yamanaka
Mono Point No.1
1981-82
Nobuo Yamanaka
Pinhole on the 9th Floor
1975

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