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Japanese photography: Today and its origins
Japanese Photography from 1848 until Today at the Fundació Joan Miró
The exhibition Japanese Photography from 1848 until Today will open at the Fundació Joan Miró next Wednesday the 28th at 7.30 pm.
Through almost 500 works, the exhibition offers an overview of what Japanese photography is and has been ever since its beginnings to the present day.
The historical section shows the development of photography in Japan from 1839-1840, when the practice began with environmental subjects or, above all, portraits. One can appreciate the passage of Japanese photography through several clearly differentiated stages by following its chronological process: ‘art photography’ – absolutely cut off from the sociopolitical reality of the country – avant-garde photography from the early 1930s – influenced by European avant-garde movements (Surrealism, Dadaism, Constructivism) – photography used for political propaganda in the latter half of the 1930s, and photography influenced by the style of Western journalism. All of this has resulted in an extremely diverse range of current trends in which internationally recognised artists are working.
The exhibition concludes with a third section devoted to the work of eight 20th-century Japanese artists who are now considered classics of photography (Sadayoshi Shiotani, Kishin Shinoyama, Eikoh Hosoe, etc.).
Japanese Photography from 1848 until Today will run until 30 December.
