Exhibition a journey through life, time, and perception
2025-02-21 to 2025-06-22
2025-02-21 to 2025-06-22
Rinko Kawauchi captures the fragility, mystery, and brilliance of existence through her lens.
Fotografiska Shanghai opens the "A Faraway Shining Star, Twinkling in Hand" exhibition by renowned photographer Rinko Kawauchi on Friday. The highly anticipated exhibition will take visitors on a journey through life, time, and perception, offering a visual diary filled with warmth and healing.
Known for her "poetry of everyday life," Kawauchi captures the fragility, mystery, and brilliance of existence through her lens. Her works feature soft hues and glowing light, subtly narrating the small changes of daily life while expressing the delicate yet enduring connection between individuals and the world. As a sensitive observer, she weaves philosophical poetry of life through her evocative imagery.
The exhibition features two of Kawauchi's significant recent series: M/E and the ongoing project "An Interlinking."
The M/E series, which stands for "Mother Earth," is a tribute to nature, showcasing natural landscapes captured during Kawauchi's 2019 trip to Iceland with images from her daily life and winter in Hokkaido.
Kawauchi's works feature soft hues and glowing light.
"An Interlinking" is a long-term series spanning 20 years, documenting Kawauchi's daily life. These works juxtapose intimate, fleeting moments with grand natural phenomena, creating a compelling dialogue between the micro and macro perspectives in her artistry.
The exhibition design transforms Kawauchi's world into an extended lyrical poem. From overlapping light and shadow in her large-scale prints to softly glowing lightbox installations, the display invites visitors to experience the gentle passage of time and the beauty of transience. The interplay of light and color unifies the exhibition's visual language, with soft tones forging connections between the works, evoking a quiet yet unexpected impact.
Kawauchi was born in Shiga in 1972. She burst onto the international scene in 2001 when she was awarded the Kimura-Ihei-Prize, Japan's most important emerging talent photography prize, shortly followed by the simultaneous publication of three books, Utatane, Hanabi, and Hanako.
One of the works on display.
Kawauchi captures the poetry of life through evocative imagery.
If you go:
Opening hours: 10:30am-11pm, February 21-June 22 (closed on Mondays)
Venue: Fotografiska Shanghai
Address: 127 Guangfu Road, Jing'an District 静安区光复路127号
Admission: 120 yuan
Kawauchi expresses the delicate yet enduring connection between individuals and the world.