Erin O'Keefe
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三次郎庵-床の間エキシビション-
The first exhibition in Japan by Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, born from his collaboration with CYRO, will take place in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Valenzuela-Escobedo is an artist and researcher who has built a multi-faceted career in curation and editing internationally. Since 2016, he has showcased his curatorial expertise through notable exhibitions, including Mapuche at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, Monsanto: a photographic investigation and Forets Geometriques both at Les Rencontres d'Arles; and in 2023, at Fotofestiwal, he unveiled the trilogy Mama Coca, Ipáamamu - Stories of Wawaim, and Oro Verde. With a wealth of experience in both exhibition projects and curatorial practices, he is deeply committed to the presentation and dissemination of art in both physical and editorial contexts. Valenzuela-Escobedo's first exhibition in Japan builds upon his ongoing research in the context of the French Bicentennial of the invention of Photography, exploring the introduction of the camera to Japan while interrogating the colonial narratives of early photographic representations and tracing the genealogy of the camera itself.Discover the Valenzuela-Escobedo exhibition in a traditional Japanese garden that has been handed down for 100 years, and in a Japanese house overlooking it.
茶室の簡素清浄は禅院の競いからおこったものである。禅院は他の宗派のものと異なってただ僧の住所として作られている。その会堂は礼拝巡礼の場所ではなくて、禅修行者が会合して討論し黙想する道場である。その室は、中央の壁の出所、仏塩の後ろに禅宗の開祖菩提達磨の像か、または祖師迦葉と阿難陀をしたがえた釈迦牟尼の像があるのを除いてはなんの飾りもない。仏壇には、これら聖者の禅に対する貢献を記念して香華がささげてある。茶の湯の基をなしたものはほかではない、菩提達磨の像の前で同じ碗から次々に茶を喫むという禅僧たちの始めた儀式であったということはすでに述べたところである。が、さらにここに付言してよかろうと思われることは禅院の仏壇は、床の間-絵や花を置いて客を教化する日本間の上座-の原型であったということである。[茶の本＿岡倉天心]より抜粋
Dates: 21 February - 25 February 2025
Open: 10:00–18:00
Place: Sanjiroan
Address: 51 Yawatamachi, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
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Erin O'Keefe
Artist Profile
Erin O'Keefe is a New York-based photographer. Her background in architecture led to her interest in creating works that explore spatial perception.
O'Keefe's work is full of colourful geometric shapes and visual play created by the precise manipulation of light and shadow. The painted wooden forms she photographs are reconfigured through the camera into an uncertain, abstract world where spatial depth and scale are ambiguous. The distortions and visual misunderstandings that occur when the camera transforms three-dimensional forms into two-dimensional images - this inevitable misalignment becomes the central challenge of her work. By combining an architectural perspective with the characteristics of photography, O'Keefe questions the limits of perception and creates a unique visual experience that shakes the viewer's perception.
She has published two art books, ‘Built Work’ (Jane & Jeremy, 2020) and ‘How are Things?’ (Distanz, 2023). She has had recent exhibitions of her work at Seventeen Gallery in London, Sargent’s Daughters Gallery in New York, and Ncontemporary Gallery in Milan.