Another Daughter Is Characterized by the Mannerisms of Hands and Feet
Wed: 16:00–22:00
Thu–Sat: 13:00–19:00
Sun: 13:00–18:00
Closed: Mon, Tue, and National Holidays
Introduction
POETIC SCAPE is pleased to present “Another Daughter Is Characterized by the Mannerisms of Hands and Feet,” a solo exhibition by Hiroshi Nomura. This exhibition serves as a companion piece to his solo show Doppelopment, held at the gallery in March of this year.
“Doppelopment” is a term coined by Nomura, merging the German word Doppelgänger (the phenomenon of seeing a double of oneself) with the photographic term Development.
Through a process Nomura calls “Doppel-development”—photographing his real daughter, Hana, multiple times in the same location and compositing the images—he created a second, fictional daughter named “Nana.” While the fact that “photography can lie” is conceptually understood by most today, Nomura’s work challenges this. By quoting iconic twin portraiture by Diane Arbus and Shigeo Gocho and presenting them as exquisite monochrome prints, the artist proves that the myth of “photographic truth” remains potent, even in our modern digital age.
Profile
- Hiroshi Nomura
Completed a graduate degree in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1995. Since his student years, he has continued to present works that cross media, with photography at the core of his practice.
In 2018, he published CAMERAer, a comic book exploring “theory of photography” through stories about photographs and cameras.
The 2019 exhibition “A Dark but Bright Room of CAMERAer” (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino), curated with Nomura as guest curator and featuring the Yokohama City collection of cameras and photographs, drew wide attention and subsequently traveled to the A4 Art Museum in Chengdu, China, later that year.
Major solo exhibitions include “THE GENESIS OF THE EXDORA WORLD” (Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 1997), “Landmark Products Exhibition” (LOGOS GALLERY, Tokyo, 2008), and “Merandi” (POETIC SCAPE, Tokyo, 2020).
International exhibitions include PHOTOESPAÑA 2012 Asia Serendipity (Spain, 2012) and Belfast Photo Festival (Northern Ireland, 2019), among many others.
Notable publications include EYES (Akakasha, 2007) and Slash (N/T WORKS, 2010).
Awards include the 3rd (1992) and 5th (1993) New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Awards (Canon), and the 31st Society of Photography Award (2019).
