This exhibition (2012/04/02-07) by Yoshikawa Masaki (吉川雅基) at
Art Space Rashinban (アートスペース羅針盤) consisted of photo-based images made with silver over black, with the oxidizing of the silver creating gold-brown tones. (More details below photos.) (写真の下で日本語があります。)
この展示会は、東日本大震災の災難を良く伝えました。 画家が、東北に行って、写真を撮ってと、その写真の基本が銀と黒(以上の通り)の絵を作りました。 言葉で説明しぬくいが、この絵は、普通の写真より、雰囲気がありました。 (画廊のページは、
[ここ]です。) The artist went to the Tohoku region and took photos, and then - based on a selection of those photos - created the above images with silver-leaf over black. The newest pictures are with the silver still shiny, and then, as it oxidizes, the gold-brown colors emerge. Something about this oxidized silver over black conveys the atmosphere of disaster better (in a way) than standard photographs. It was a very interesting exhibition. The artist's previous style of pictures was very nice as well (more abstract and with more color).
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