until Sunday June 05 2016

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art contemporain
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Daido Tokyo

Moriyama (born 1938 in Ikeda) invented a new visual language in his work from the mid-1960s onwards. Frenetic and tormented, it depicted a reality that was grainy, blurry and out-of-focus.

In 2004, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain organized a landmark solo exhibition of Moriyama’s black and white work. His lesser-known color photography will feature in this latest exhibition. Depicting underground neighborhoods in the Japanese capital—a favorite location for the photographer—these exclusively color images reference the motifs that are omnipresent in the artist’s work, as well as his penchant for textures and shaky compositions.

Curator: Alexis Fabry