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SEIJU TODA 《 SUNKEN HEARTH - Plain Wood partly gilded, Bamboo, White Carp》2002 Offset Litho photo print, 103 x 145.6 cm (Image) Ed.12/15
wamono art is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by Seiju Toda, one of Japan's leading art directors and a fine artist. The exhibition features a body of works from Toda’s signature HEIAN series.
The title "Heian" corresponds to a name of period in the middle age in Japan from the 8th to the 12th Century. However, with the title, Toda has never intended to provoke any nostalgia for that period. Instead, such elements as light, color, humidity, air and tenderness that the word Heian evokes in artist mind are the motivation of the project along with a hope the world today would reevaluate peace and well-being, that are just what the word Heian means. The concept of the creation is "subtraction." Because the act of subtraction, as opposed to that of addition, can make things simple to stimulate people's imagination. In fact, this is the very virtue of Japanese spirit of beauty. The materials are all "raw things" such as plain wood, living creatures and natural light. The shooting was done on a cloudy day at midday. The camera aperture is wide open and the distance from the subject is about 7-8 meters. The images are shot in a way that makes you feel as if you are watching with your own eyes open. Due to the difficult condition to have, it took three years of shooting before he accomplished the project.
This HEIAN series is featured in his solo exhibitions at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in 2005 and at the Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art in 2023. In 2008, HEIAN's works were exhibited at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Japan.
Toda has been challenging himself with a variety of works since he was a teenager. In this HEIAN series, he pursues simple expression with the concept of "subtraction", which will invite the viewers to the new imaginations.
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