Tokyo-based artist "KAWAIKO", who is different from the "cute" that abounds in the market, is a member of the "KAWAIKO" group.banryoku." works.
His first book of works, "The worth of worthless things" will be published. This book is based on banryoku's solo exhibition "banryoku 3rd exhibition" held at "dessin" in Nakameguro in the summer of 2017.Photographer Nahoko MorimotoThe project was shot by
To celebrate this publication, an exhibition will be held to showcase original prints of the recorded photographs and new "banryoku" works.
The title of this work, "The worth of worthless things," is meaningful in itself. It is said to express the idea that "there should be more things in the world that have no answers, are difficult to understand, or cannot be judged.
Here you will find an alternative form of girly that is different from the "cute" that abounds in the market.
Text_Ryo Komuta
The worth of worthless things" Publication Exhibition
Photography by Nahoko Morimoto Artwork by banryoku
Period: May 12 (Sat) - May 22 (Sun)
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Venue: homspun showroom
Address: 101 Tomigaya Heights, 1-16-3 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
banryoku 1st book "The worth of worthless things
*Pre-sale at the above exhibition venues. After that, it will be sold in bookstores nationwide and outside of Japan.
B4 size / 24P / All color / Soft cover / ¥2,800+TAX / Limited to 800 copies
banryoku/Mariko Nakamura
Born in Tokyo in 1982. After graduating from high school, she studied painting at an art school. After working for an apparel company, she went to Sweden to study textiles for two years. After returning to Japan, she came into contact with puppet production in the United States. She believes in the power of meaningless things in today's world, which is full of meaningful things, and creates her works with this belief.
Nahoko Morimoto
Photographer, born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1982, studied under photographer Shingo Wakaki in 2008, and became independent in March 2011. He is active in photography and video. He is interested in food, travel, and people, and enjoys making postcards whenever he finds a photo he likes. Solo exhibitions include "To eat" 2015.
