Dans
le
cadre
de
son
cycle
d’expositions
dédiées
à
la
photographie
japonaise,
la
Galerie
Da‐End
présente
Mujô‐Kan,
une
édition
axée
cette
année
sur
la
notion
d’impermanence.
Réunissant
sept
artistes
contemporains,
Mujô‐Kan
revisite
le
thème
du
corps
humain
selon
un
angle
autant
philosophique
que
plastique.
Dans
la
pensée
bouddhique,
la
notion
d’impermanence
(Mujô‐Kan
en
japonais)
implique
une
conscience
aigue
de
l’éphémérité
des
choses.
Un
memento
mori
sans
fatalisme
et
plus
en
prise
avec
le
réel
et
l’instant....
Micheko is delighted to present new works by fine art photographer Tomohide IKEYA. The Japanese artist has continued to work very hard since his very successful exhibition at Micheko Gallery in the summer of 2010 and has now added stunning new photographs to his series « Breath » and « Moon ».
Ikeya cultivates his passion for the sea and scuba diving. His personal photo projects are all connected to the (under)water world in a metaphorical sense. Ikeya photographs his models in « butoh »-dance postures or, more death like, semi-immersed in dark waters, where life embraces death.
Ikeya’s concept behind his work cycle « Breath » is based on water as the element that donates life and energy. But too much of it turns the blessings we get from it into death an...