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Shoji UEDA "Theater Dunes"
Nov. 14 Fri. - Dec. 6 Sat. 2008
TUE.-SAT. 12:00-19:00
CLOSED ON SUNDAY, MONDAY and NATIONAL HOLIDAYS


The dunes were Shoji Ueda's favourite place to take pictures, since it was a gigantic backdrop where he could take good pictures at different angles and and in many different ways. His two-dimentional compositions without depth remind us of surrealism. His style named "Ueda-cho" is highly appreciated in the world.
 We will exhibit 16 photographs including 11 works in the dunes.
Shoji UEDA (1913-2000)
Born in Tottori. Ueda got interested in photography at the age of 15. In 1932 studied at the Oriental School of Photography in Tokyo for 3 months. After finishing the course at the age of 19, opened his own studio in Tottori. Since then Ueda began to gain popularity as his photographs were repeatedly selected for publication in photo magazines and displayed in exhibitions. His favorite and most successful works were pictures of groups of people. They are known as "Ueda-cho" and are highly appreciated in the world. In 1954 he won the Nika Prize, and in 1958 his works wer e selected by Edward Steichen for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1982 his work was selected for display at Germany's Photokina Exhibition.In 1995, Shoji Ueda's Museum of Photography was founded in Kishimoto-cho (now Houki-cho). In 1996 he was awarded a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the goverment of France.



 

No. Image Title Date Technique Size(cm) Sign
1 Papa, mama and children 1949年
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 20.0x28.3 sigmed
2 My wife in the dunes(III) c.1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 16.0x16.0 signed
3 My wife in the dunes(III) c.1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 23.6x28.0 signed
4 Nude in the dunes 1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 23.7x21.7 signed
5 Nude in the dunes 1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 23.7x21.7 signed
6 Nude in the dunes 1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 23.7x21.7 signed
7 Nude in the dunes 1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 23.6x21.7 signed
8 Nude in the dunes 1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 24.2x21.7 signed
9 Nude in the dunes 1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 23.6x21.8 signed
10 Mode in the dunes c.1983
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 22.0x29.1 signed
11 Mode in the dunes c.1983
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 22.0x29.1 signed
12 In the twilight 3  1974 Vintage Gelatin Silver Print 14.5x22.3 signed
13 Boy on the beach 1931
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 20.2x30.1 signed
14 Portrait in the dunes c.1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 26.7x23.7 signed
15 from the series "Children's calender" 1955-70
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 20.1x31.2  
16 My wife in the dunes(IV) c.1950
(Printed Later)
Gelatin Silver Print 21.2x24.8 signed


 

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