Publisher: Art Beat Publishers supported by FUJIXEROX
First published in November 2024
Size：31.8 × 23.6 cm
Price：¥3,850 (tax incl.)
Pages：96
The art book “Her smoke rose up forever” is a compilation of contemporary artist Yuki Tawada's art practice. The book includes a wide range of works, including the series “Family Tree,” “Shadow Dance,” “I am in You,” “Lachrymatory,” and “Blue Ghosts,” a collaboration with ceramic artist Fuku Fukumoto.
Tawada's work is based on research into art therapy and folk beliefs, and aims to restore the magical power and aura to the photographic medium through physical manipulations such as scraping and burning the photographic surface. Her works exist as boundary-crossing expressions that are neither photography, painting, nor sculpture, and she pursues the possibilities of photography as a material medium.
Tawada's participation in the exhibition “I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE JAPANESE WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE 1950s TO NOW” held at the Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles this year attracted a great deal of attention. Through this exhibition, her work has attracted even more attention in Japan and abroad.
In collaboration with Fuku Fukumoto, she has explored innovative methods of fusing photography and ceramics, such as using photographic ash as a glaze, to create a new visual language.
Her smoke rose up forever” is a book that explores Tawada's creative expression and deep thematic concerns, and is a rare collection of her work that allows the viewer to experience her multi-layered world of art. We invite you to discover the possibilities of expression that transcend the boundaries of the photographic medium.
(Text from G/P gallery + abp)
