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Risaku Suzuki – Light of Spring

Christophe Guye Galerie, Zürich

Thu 16 Mar 2023 to Sat 3 Jun 2023

Dufourstrasse 31, 8008 Zürich Risaku Suzuki – Light of Spring

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm

Artist: Risaku Suzuki

Christophe Guye Galerie presents Risaku Suzuki's (*1963, Japan) fourth solo exhibition 'Light of Spring' at the gallery. The exhibition shows works from three different series – 'White', 'Sakura' and 'Water Mirror' – and explores the crucial period of the year when the quiet and monotony of winter gives way to the burgeoning of spring and later to the lushness of summer.


Artworks

SAKURA 07,4-1

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 07,4-1, 2007

Chromogenic print

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 13, 4-152

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 13, 4-152, 2013

Chromogenic print

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 16, 4-22

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 16, 4-22, 2016

Chromogenic print

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 16, 4-11

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 16, 4-11, 2016

Chromogenic print

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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WHITE 11, H-434

Risaku Suzuki

WHITE 11, H-434, 2011

Chromogenic print

1190 × 921 mm

Edition of 5 (#2/5)

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SAKURA 19, 4-357, 358, 359 (Triptych)

Chromogenic print (3x)

1200 × 1550 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 16, 4-85

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 16, 4-85, 2016

Chromogenic print

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 21, 4-570

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 21, 4-570, 2021

Chromogenic print

1500 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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Water Mirror 21, WM-50

Risaku Suzuki

Water Mirror 21, WM-50, 2021

Chromogenic print

1500 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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Water Mirror 18, WM-836

Risaku Suzuki

Water Mirror 18, WM-836, 2018

Chromogenic print

1500 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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Water Mirror 21, WM-68

Risaku Suzuki

Water Mirror 21, WM-68, 2021

Chromogenic print

1500 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 16, 4-75

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 16, 4-75, 2016

Chromogenic print

1016 × 813 mm

Edition of 7

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Water Mirror 17, WM-707

Risaku Suzuki

Water Mirror 17, WM-707, 2017

Chromogenic

1500 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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SAKURA 16, 4-25

Risaku Suzuki

SAKURA 16, 4-25, 2016

Chromogenic print

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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Water Mirror 15, WM-272, 270 (Diptych)

Chromogenic print (2x)

1550 × 1200 mm

Edition of 5

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Installation Views

The photographic subjects range from snowy, blurred trees to blurry budding cherry blossoms and water surfaces overgrown with greenery. But rather than the awakening of life, the focus lies on the fragmentary passage and flow of time, on the crystallization of single moments.

‘When you use the words ‘winter’ and ‘spring’, the two seasons are as seen as different things, entities that can be separated. However, the seasons are continually changing, and time moves onwards without interruption. What you can capture with photography is the state of the world at the instant you released the shutter, and the image itself does not tell us much. However, when these are arranged in sequence, they begin to connect with each other, and a space or interval begins to emerge between them. […] Photographers are generally expected to show how they interpreted the scene or what meaning they found in the subject, but for me, photography is a response to the world I encountered, and my aim is for the captured scene to be remembered anew by the viewer. I do not look ‘to take photographs’. First comes the surprise and joy of encounter in what I see, and then there is the taking of the photograph. The subject of my works is to express the purity of the camera lens.’ ― from Risaku Suzuki’s foreword in his book ‘Winter to Spring’

The works on view condense everything that makes Suzuki's photography so captivating: his profound reflections on the subject of photography itself and his constant questioning of what it means to ‘look’.

Risaku Suzuki, born in 1963 in Shingu City, Wakayama, began using photography as medium for his creative output after graduating from Tokyo College of Photography in 1987. Today he is one of Japan's most renowned photographers. Suzuki has exhibited worldwide and received numerous awards, including the Kimura Ihei Award, the most prestigious award in the field of photography in Japan. His works are collected by museums such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the San Francisco MoMA, the Fondazione Casa di Risparimo di Modena, Italy, the bank Lombard Odier Zurich, Switzerland, and the International Center of Photography, NYC.

© Risaku Suzuki / Courtesy of Christophe Guye Galerie

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