MC2GALLERY PRESENTS MOONLIGHT YOSHINORI MIZUTANI (Japan, 1987)

MC2GALLERY PRESENTA   I   MC2GALLERY PRESENTS MOONLIGHT YOSHINORI MIZUTANI (Japan, 1987)

Moonlight 18, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP Il termine giapponese per natura è “Shizen" che letteralmente significa “essere così come si è da se stessi”: la natura si produce da sé (non da Dio come in Occidente) in un processo completamente autoctono. Nessuna forza esterna, né l’uomo né altre entità, la creano e ne permettono lo sviluppo. Shizen compare per la prima volta in un dizionario olandese- giapponese del 1796 per tradurre la parola olandese “natuur”. Prima di allora, la concezione di natura come si trova in Occidente era significativamente assente in Giappone, o al più si usava il termine tenchi (“cielo e terra”) o sansui (“monti e fiumi”). Lo Shizen è uno dei temi con cui si confronta Mizutani, mostrandoci una visione della Natura di città, che sa comunque stupire, ritagliandosi una sua realtà, a maggior ragione in una megalopoli come Tokyo di oltre 13 milioni di persone. Moonlight 02, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP The Japanese term for nature is “Shizen", which literally means “to be as one is by oneself”: nature is produced by itself (not by God as in the West) in a completely indigenous process. No external force, neither man nor any other entity, creates it and allows it to develop. Shizen first appears in a 1796 Dutch-Japanese dictionary to translate the Dutch word “natuur.” Before then, the concept of nature as found in the West was significantly absent in Japan, or at most the term tenchi (“heaven and earth”) or sansui (“mountains and rivers”) was used. Shizen is one of the themes that Mizutani deals with, showing us a vision of the Nature of the city, which still knows how to amaze, carving out its own reality, even more so in a megalopolis like Tokyo with over 13 million people. Moonlight 17, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP Utilizzando la luce stroboscopica e una lunga esposizione, Yoshinori Mizutani ha fotografato i pini del suo quartiere a mezzanotte, alberi appena visibili nell'oscurità. In questa composizione, lo spazio è condiviso equamente dal ricco cielo dorato e dai pini, che ricordano i dipinti a inchiostro e oro della scuola Kano, che hanno dominato l'arte giapponese dalla fine del XV secolo alla metà del XIX secolo. Rifacendosi all'arte tradizionale giapponese, Mizutani esplora la relazione tra spazi negativi e positivi. Moonlight 07, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP Using strobe light and a long exposure, Yoshinori Mizutani photographed the pine trees in his neighborhood at midnight, trees barely visible in the darkness. In this composition, the space is shared equally by the rich golden sky and the pine trees, reminiscent of the ink-and-gold paintings of the Kano school, which dominated Japanese art from the late 15th century to the mid-19th century. Drawing on traditional Japanese art, Mizutani explores the relationship between negative and positive spaces. Moonlight 01, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP Nato nel 1987 a Fukui, Mizutani ha frequentato il Tokyo College of Photography dopo essersi laureato al Nihon University College of Economics. Nel 2014 è stato selezionato per i LensCulture Emerging Talents Awards 2014 Top 50 e il Foam Magazine Talent Call 2014. Mizutani ha rapidamente ottenuto un riconoscimento mondiale e ha accumulato un elenco impressionante di mostre personali in numerosi paesi, tra cui Tokyo (IMA), Pechino (aura gallery), Belgio (ibasho gallery), Svizzera (Christophe Guye Galerie), Londra (Webber gallery) e Milano (mc2gallery). Ha finora pubblicato molti libri; "Tokyo Parrots" (2014), "Colors" (2015), "YUSURIKA" (2015), "HANON" (2016), "HDR" (2018), "Sakura" (2021). Le sue opere sono in numerose collezioni pubbliche e private, tra le piu' importanti il Kiyosato Museum of  Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Yamanashi, Japan, Amana collection, Tokyo, Collection de Heus-Zomer, Amsterdam, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, ecc. Vive e lavora a Tokyo. Moonlight 09, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP Born in 1987 in Fukui, Mizutani attended Tokyo College of Photography after graduating from Nihon University College of Economics. In 2014, he was selected for the LensCulture Emerging Talents Awards 2014 Top 50 and Foam Magazine Talent Call 2014. Mizutani has quickly gained worldwide recognition and has amassed an impressive list of solo exhibitions in numerous countries, including Tokyo (IMA), Beijing (aura gallery), Belgium (ibasho gallery), Switzerland (Christophe Guye Galerie), London (Webber gallery), and Milan (mc2gallery). He has published many books to date; "Tokyo Parrots" (2014), "Colors" (2015), "YUSURIKA" (2015), "HANON" (2016), "HDR" (2018), "Sakura" (2021). His works are in numerous public and private collections, including the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Yamanashi, Japan, Amana collection, Tokyo, Collection de Heus-Zomer, Amsterdam, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, etc. He lives and works in Tokyo. Moonlight 06, 2014, Archival pigment print (on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper), 63 x 84 cm, edition of 4+2 AP ONGOING EXHIBITION VITTORIA GERARDI - MEMORIA EMOTIVA Group show Colla super gallery, Via Pietro Crespi, 13 - Milan Until September 11 _________ DUNE VARELA - GALATEIA Hotel Plaza e de Russie, Piazza D’Azelio 1- Viareggio (LU) ArtVerona fair - 11/13 October 2024 Presented Artists: CASPER FAASSEN and RENATO D’AGOSTIN MAIN SECTION - BOOTH M8-N9 - Pav. 12

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