Shiga Museum of Art 40th Anniversary

BUTSUDORI　

The Photographic Expression of “Objects”

January 18 (Sat.) ー March 23 (Sun.), 2025

https://www.shigamuseum.jp/en/exhibitions/6844/

https://yukionodera.fr/en/works/portrait-of-second-hand-clothes/

If you have ever picked up a camera, you have most likely aimed the lens at the everyday objects around you. The act of taking pictures has become even more widespread with the shift from cameras to smartphones. Further-more, the rise of social media has caused an overflow of photographs of “Objects” across the globe. The word butsudori originally referred to the act of photographing products used in advertisements. However if we focus on the act of photographing objects, we realize that it is an important form of expression that has continued throughout the history of photography.

The exhibition is an effort to reframe photographic works that result from capturing objects by taking inspiration from the term butsudori, looking at one of the many facets of the rich photographic expressions in Japan.

This exhibition presents over 200 works, including original photographic negatives from the Meiji period designated as important cultural properties, photographs of cultural properties, still life, advertisements, and works by contemporary artists.

Butsudori is an act very close to us. Let’s take a look into its depths.

 Ishiuchi Miyako  Irie Taikichi  Iwamiya Takeji  Ueda Shoji  Ushioda Tokuko  Otsuji Kiyoji  Ogawa Kazumasa  Ogawa Seiyo  Onodera Yuki  Onchi Koshiro   Kanemaru Shigene  Kawauchi Rinko  Kimura Senichi  Goto Keiichiro  Kon Michiko  Sakai Tokio  Sakata Minoru  Sakamoto Manshichi  Shiotani Teiko  Shima Kakoku  Shimamura Hoko  Shimozato Yoshio  Suzuki Takashi  Takada Minayoshi  Takayama Masataka  Tominaga Minsei  Domon Ken  Nagata Isshu  Nakayama Iwata  Natori Yonosuke  Nojima Yasuzo  Fukuda Katsuji  Fujimoto Shihachi  Fuchikami Hakuyo  Homma Takashi  Yasui Nakaji  Yasumura Takashi  Yamazawa Eiko  Yamamoto Kansuke  Yamamoto Makihiko  Yokoyama Matsusaburo   Yoshizaki Hitori  Watanabe Jun

Period: January 18 (Sat.) ー March 23 (Sun.), 2025

Closed Mondays(The museum will be open on Monday, February 24 and closed on Tuesday, February 25.)

Opening Hours9:30-17:00 (Last admission at 16:30)

Venue: Shiga Museum of Art Gallery3

Organized by Shiga Museum of Art, The Kyoto Shimbun

With the special cooperation of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Grants from DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion

Curated byAshitaka Ikuko (Shiga Museum of Art)

Shiga Museum of Art

1740-1 Seta-Minamiogaya-Cho, Otsu-City, 520−2122 Shiga, JAPAN

TEL 077-543-2111 / FAX 077-543-2170

（Business Hour / Weekday 8:30～17:15）

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WAITINGROOM

Yuki Onodera "Parcours - Between pneumatic post and homing pigeon -"

11/2 (Sat.) - 12/8(Sun.), 2024

ENDS SOON

until Dec. 8, 2024.

https://waitingroom.jp/en/exhibitions/parcours/

*Artist, Yuki Onodera will be present at  12/7, Sat. and 12/8, Sun. 2:00PM~.

*We are open on Wed to Sat. 12-7pm and Sun. 12-5pm

*Closed on Mon., Tue.

Press release

https://waitingroom.jp/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241008_WGRM_ONODERA_PR_ENG.pdf

WAITINGROOM (Tokyo) is pleased to welcome Paris-based Yuki Onodera as guest artist to present “Parcours – Between pneumatic post and homing pigeon -,” her first solo exhibition with the gallery, from November 2 (Sat) to December 8 (Sun), 2024. This exhibition is a part of Art Week Tokyo 2024.

Inspired by the gallery’s location on the site of a former post office, Onodera’s new works are based on the themes of communication and the transmission of information, connecting the city of Paris where she lives to this gallery in Tokyo. These works were created in such a way that different spaces and time frames (past and present) overlap, with communication systems as the starting point. The exhibition will feature approximately 40 works on a wide variety of postal themes, ranging from large vertical prints over two meters in length to small, postcard-sized prints with stamps and postmarks, all connected by a single red line from the front of the gallery to a space further in the back.

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WAITINGROOM

Nagashima Bldg. 1F, 2-14-2 Suido, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 112-0005

TEL  +81-3-6304-1877

MAIL  info@waitingroom.jp

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WAITINGROOM

Yuki Onodera Parcours - Between pneumatic post and homing pigeon -

11/2 (Sat.) - 12/8(Sun.), 2024

https://waitingroom.jp/en/exhibitions/parcours/

Opening Reception : 11/2 (Sat.) 6-8pm

*Artist, Yuki Onodera will be present at the opening reception on 11/2, Sat. 6-8pm.

*We are open on Wed to Sat. 12-7pm and Sun. 12-5pm

*Closed on Mon., Tue. and National Holidays (11/3 and 11/23)

*During “Art Week Tokyo”: 11/7 (Thu.) - 10 (Sun.), we will be open on 11/7 (Thu.), 8 (Fri.) and 9 (Sat.) from 10am-7pm and on 11/10 (Sun.) from 10am-6pm.

Press release

https://waitingroom.jp/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241008_WGRM_ONODERA_PR_ENG.pdf

WAITINGROOM (Tokyo) is pleased to welcome Paris-based Yuki Onodera as guest artist to present “Parcours – Between pneumatic post and homing pigeon -,” her first solo exhibition with the gallery, from November 2 (Sat) to December 8 (Sun), 2024. This exhibition is a part of Art Week Tokyo 2024.

Inspired by the gallery’s location on the site of a former post office, Onodera’s new works are based on the themes of communication and the transmission of information, connecting the city of Paris where she lives to this gallery in Tokyo. These works were created in such a way that different spaces and time frames (past and present) overlap, with communication systems as the starting point. The exhibition will feature approximately 40 works on a wide variety of postal themes, ranging from large vertical prints over two meters in length to small, postcard-sized prints with stamps and postmarks, all connected by a single red line from the front of the gallery to a space further in the back.

WAITINGROOM

Nagashima Bldg. 1F, 2-14-2 Suido, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 112-0005

TEL  +81-3-6304-1877

MAIL  info@waitingroom.jp

Photography? End?

Yuji Hamada

Ken Kitano

Miki Nitadori

Yuki Onodera

Naruki Oshima

Risaku Suzuki

Kazuyoshi Usui

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FOCUS

Exhibit Dates: June 15 – August 7, 2024

Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer International Gallery One Cameron Way, Kahului, Hawai‘i 96732, USA

This group exhibition will take place at Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery in summer 2024 and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Art Gallery in winter 2025. The exhibition features seven contemporary photographers from Japan who go by the collective name of “photography?end?”, consisting of Yuji Hamada, Ken Kitano, Miki Nitadori, Yuki Onodera, Naruki Oshima, Risaku Suzuki, and Kazuyoshi Usui. Their respective avenues of work look at the potentiality of photography in a rapidly evolving digital age. While the production of images has become largely dematerialized in our current moment, the artists consider the materiality of photography and explore the relationship between conception, theme, and exhibition of work.

Curated by Schaefer International Gallery Director Jonathan Yukio Clark, the exhibition will present a body of work from each artist, with several artists opting to integrate site-specific works developed in Hawai‘i with their longer ongoing series. Their approaches push the boundaries of photography through a range of presentations that include prints of varied scale, cyanotypes on alternate materials, documentation of constructed environments, and installation-based projects. The exhibit will also include several concurrent public programs, such as presentations and workshop formats that seek to foster relationships between this international collective of photographers and Maui’s unique artist community.

MACC Exhibition Dates: June 15 – August 7, 2024

Opening Reception: June 14 (Friday), 6 pm

Photographic Movements – Artist Presentation: June 15 (Saturday), 2-4 pm

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University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Art Gallery

UHM Exhibition Dates: January 13 – February 16, 2025

Opening Reception: January 19, 2025

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