写真家篠山紀信の50余年にわたる膨大なアーカイブから、篠山自ら選んだ約120点もの作品を大型パネルに仕立てて美術館の空間に展示、篠山紀信写真展「篠山紀信展 写真力 THE PEOPLE by KISHIN」横浜美術館で開催。
2012年の開幕以来、全国各地を巡回し、75万人もの観客を動員してきた本展、篠山がこれまでに送り出した写真は、ジョン・レノン、三島由紀夫、美空ひばりと多くの人々にその死が惜しまれた、そして今も多くの人々の心の中に生き続けるセクション。山口百恵に吉永小百合、松田聖子とすべての人々に知られる時代をを彩ってきたスターたち。ずらりと並ぶ歌舞伎の名役者たち。美とエロスの闘い。東日本大震災で被災された人々の肖像、「その時代を、写真家として残さないわけにはいかなかったと」と語る篠山氏。
日常の中の非日常をとらえる力、思い出を呼び覚ます力、一瞬の煌めきを永遠にとどめる力。横浜ゆかりの作品を新たに加え、篠山紀信の「写真力」が、美術館の「空間力」と対決。
「篠山紀信展 写真力 THE PEOPLE by KISHIN」2017年1月4日（水）～2月28日（火）
‘The People by Kishin’ comes to the Yokohama Musuem of Art.
The photographer Shinoyama Kishin’s career spans over five decades. This exhibition, made up of approximately 120 of Shinoyama’s photographs, which were selected by the artist from his enormous body of work and printed on large panels, was specifically designed for the museum space.
As suggested by Shinoyama’s comment that “my theme is people that everybody knows,” portraits of famous people lie at the heart of the photographer’s practice. The luminous appearance of actors, singers, athletes, writers, artists, musicians, dancers, kabuki performers, and models are conveyed to contemporary viewers through Shinoyama’s photographs in magazines, photo books, and other media. It would be no exaggeration to say that because these works have been so widely circulated, they are seen as defining images of the era by viewers of all generations. Rather than pictures that are the size of a handheld book, these photographs, measuring in the meters, promise to evoke vivid memories and transform the exhibition space into a venue for reunions and new encounters.
The exhibition is separated into 5 spaces….
GOD The deceased
STAR The celebrities
SPECTACLE Dream worlds that take us to another dimension
BODY The body undressed – beauty, eroticism, struggle
ACCIDENTS Disaster 11 March 2011 – Portraits of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake
‘THE POEPLE BY KISHIN’ at Yokohama Museum of Art January 4th – February 28th 2017