Exhibition of photographic images, matter of 1970s Japan begins

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 22: An exhibition of the photographic images and matter of the 1970s in Japan has begun at the Embassy of Japan.

The two-week-long display was inaugurated amidst a special function today.

Organised jointly by the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation, the exhibition focuses on print expressions from the 1970s as seen in the work of 14 artists who helped develop a print movement in the world of Japanese contemporary art.

The exhibition is divided into two sections- The Age of Photographic Images, which focuses on the use of photographic images in the print medium, and Images of Autonomous Matter, which focuses on works that were shaped by the intentions of the matter.

Some 50 artworks of photographic images have been put on display, which depict contemporary Japanese life, and artistic reactions to the emerging situations, among other issues. The exhibition also enables one to see the development of photographic images and matter in the Japanese print sector in the 1970s.

The exhibition will conclude on August 4.