Quinault 2017 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
With a luxurious space of 600 square meters, visitors can confront and think about the photographic works on a one-on-one basis.Gallery 916The gallery has been one of the best-known photo galleries in Tokyo. It has been one of the most popular photo galleries in Tokyo, but with the demolition of the building, the gallery will close at the end of this exhibition.
The opening reception will be hosted by Yoshihiko Ueda, a photographer who has held several exhibitions at the gallery in the past and has taken numerous portraits, nature, snapshots, and advertisements.
Fifty works on the theme of forests, a longtime motif of the artist, will be on display.
Quinault 2017 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
Quinault 1990 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
Materia 2011 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
By way of introduction, an intro to the gallery is provided below.
Why does Yoshihiko Ueda continue to photograph forests? What makes him shoot forests?
Ueda, who has been confronting the cycle of life with his whole heart and soul for 30 years, has created a fresh and sublime forest. When we confront the forest that lives through the filter of Ueda's eyes and memories, we naturally find the answer to our question.
In 1989, I first encountered the sacred forest of Quinault, Washington, and in 2011, after witnessing the destruction of all life caused by nature's fury in the Great East Japan Earthquake, I began photographing the forests of Yakushima as if to confirm the origin of life. In 2017, he took new photographs of Quinault, the forests of Yakushima, and the virgin forests of Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara. This exhibition will feature approximately 50 works from 1989 to the latest works in 2017, which represent approximately 30 years of photographing the forests that reveal the primordial providence of all living things. In conjunction with this exhibition, Seigensha will publish a photo book "FOREST: Impression and Memory 1989-2017".
Materia 2011 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
Kasuga 2017 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
Kasuga 2017 ©Yoshihiko Ueda
On the occasion of the exhibition, there will be a talk session with Shigeo Goto (editor), Shunji Ito (art historian), and Kotaro Iizawa (photography critic). Please see below for the detailed dates and times, and be sure to attend in order to deepen your understanding of photography.
If you have been to Gallery 916 before, this exhibition is for you as a farewell, and if you have never been to Gallery 916, it would be a shame not to experience this space. We recommend that you spend plenty of time there.
Text_Shinri Kobayashi
Yoshihiko Ueda Photo Exhibition "Forest: Impressions and Memories 1989-2017
Venue: Gallery 916
Dates: January 19 (Friday) - March 25 (Sunday)
Address: Suzue No.3 Building 6F, 1-14-24 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 11:00-20:00 (weekdays) / 11:00-18:30 (weekends, holidays)
Closed: Mondays (except holidays)
Talk Session & Book Signing
January 27 (Sat) 15:00-16:30 Yoshihiko Ueda × Shigeo Goto (Editor)
February 11 (Sun) 15:00-16:30 Yoshihiko Ueda × Toshiharu Ito (Art Historian)
March 3 (Sat) 16:00-17:30 Yoshihiko Ueda × Kotaro Iizawa (photo critic)
