Corrosion #4 by Hiroko Komatsu
Corrosion #4 by Hiroko Komatsu
Published in Tokyo, 2021.
Signed.
Edition: 1/20
Saddle-stitched booklet
8.5 x 6 in (22 x 15 cm)
B&W 24 pages
This series is included in the collection of The New York Public Library, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs.
Images of industrialized society, transferred onto tracing paper.
The cover is made of silver fiber based paper and handmade by the photographer.
”Meanwhile, by printing on tracing paper in corrosion, images from distinct pages merge and transform into new compositions depending on the direction in which they are viewed. Here, the opportunity for multiple (even competing) perspectives takes priority over any linear narrative that we might attempt to glean from the book.” from the Exhibition “Komatsu Hiroko: Second Decade”
About the Artist
Komatsu Hiroko (b. 1969 Kanagawa, Japan) is an award-winning artist who has held exhibitions in Japan, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. Her work has been published in Aperture, Asahi Camera, and Artforum, among other journals, monographs, and exhibition catalogues. In 2018, she was the recipient of the 43rd Kimura Ihei Award for new photographers in Japan. Her work is held in the collections of The MAST Foundation in Bologna, Tate Modern in London, the Kawasaki City Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the New York Public Library.
Corrosion #4 by Hiroko Komatsu
Published in Tokyo, 2021.
Signed.
Edition: 1/20
Saddle-stitched booklet
8.5 x 6 in (22 x 15 cm)
B&W 24 pages
This series is included in the collection of The New York Public Library, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs.
Images of industrialized society, transferred onto tracing paper.
The cover is made of silver fiber based paper and handmade by the photographer.
”Meanwhile, by printing on tracing paper in corrosion, images from distinct pages merge and transform into new compositions depending on the direction in which they are viewed. Here, the opportunity for multiple (even competing) perspectives takes priority over any linear narrative that we might attempt to glean from the book.” from the Exhibition “Komatsu Hiroko: Second Decade”
About the Artist
Komatsu Hiroko (b. 1969 Kanagawa, Japan) is an award-winning artist who has held exhibitions in Japan, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. Her work has been published in Aperture, Asahi Camera, and Artforum, among other journals, monographs, and exhibition catalogues. In 2018, she was the recipient of the 43rd Kimura Ihei Award for new photographers in Japan. Her work is held in the collections of The MAST Foundation in Bologna, Tate Modern in London, the Kawasaki City Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the New York Public Library.
Corrosion #4 by Hiroko Komatsu
Published in Tokyo, 2021.
Signed.
Edition: 1/20
Saddle-stitched booklet
8.5 x 6 in (22 x 15 cm)
B&W 24 pages
This series is included in the collection of The New York Public Library, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs.
Images of industrialized society, transferred onto tracing paper.
The cover is made of silver fiber based paper and handmade by the photographer.
”Meanwhile, by printing on tracing paper in corrosion, images from distinct pages merge and transform into new compositions depending on the direction in which they are viewed. Here, the opportunity for multiple (even competing) perspectives takes priority over any linear narrative that we might attempt to glean from the book.” from the Exhibition “Komatsu Hiroko: Second Decade”
About the Artist
Komatsu Hiroko (b. 1969 Kanagawa, Japan) is an award-winning artist who has held exhibitions in Japan, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. Her work has been published in Aperture, Asahi Camera, and Artforum, among other journals, monographs, and exhibition catalogues. In 2018, she was the recipient of the 43rd Kimura Ihei Award for new photographers in Japan. Her work is held in the collections of The MAST Foundation in Bologna, Tate Modern in London, the Kawasaki City Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the New York Public Library.
