Ryuichi Ishikawa - ZK
Akaaka Art Publishing, ISBN 9784865411607,
Hb, 208 pgs, 26 x 33cm
Language: Japanese & English
Acqn. 33431
Awaiting stock
£66.50
Hb, 208 pgs, 26 x 33cm
Language: Japanese & English
Acqn. 33431
Awaiting stock
£66.50
The title is a coded symbol for a spectacular view ('zekkei' in Japanese) and for the surge of emotion that floods the entire body when we encounter certain amorphous views. According to Ryuichi Ishikawa, it signifies the relationship between landscape and emotion, between outside and inside. With its kaleidoscopic variety of subjects, scenes, views, angles and colours, 'zk' is full of snapshots of reality that are loaded with emotions, ideas, compassion, and the almost palpable presence of his subjects. With images shot all over Japan, but mainly in his home of Okinawa, between 2012 and 2019, Ishikawa uses temporal distance to compose a grand view of life in single moments.