Michael Kenna - Work from Japan
G. Gibson Projects
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EXHIBITION: December, 2023
Born in Widnes, England, Michael Kenna achievements include nearly 500 one person gallery and museum exhibits, over 90 monographs, and an Officer des Arts et des Lettres award from France. His work is also included in over 100 Museum collections, including The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 2023 marks Michael Kenna's 50th year of making photographs. His mysterious photographs, often made at dawn or in the dark hours of night, concentrate primarily on the interaction between the natural landscape and human-made structures. He is fascinated by times of day when light is at its most pliant. Michael currently lives in Seattle, Washington.
Michael Kenna, Field of Sticks, Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, 2023
Michael Kenna, Hachiman Torii, Kagawa, Shikoku, Japan, 2022
Michael Kenna, Rising Cloud, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, 2023
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