Nobuyoshi Araki 荒木經惟
Nobuyoshi Araki, born in 1940, is an internationally influential Japanese photographer. He is acclaimed alongside Daido Moriyama and Hiroshi Sugimoto as one of the most important post-war photographers in Japan. He is also the only Asian photographer featured in the BBC documentary series “The Genius of Photography”.
Themes of life and death, love, and desire, have always been the focus of Araki’s lens. The desires and restraints of life, the inevitability and detachment of death, these elements blend and coexist, becoming the enduring essence and sharp inspiration of Araki’s work. Influenced by his childhood environment and living in Tokyo’s red-light district, with nearby graves as his playground, Araki’s work reflects these unique experiences. In his storied life, Nobuyoshi Araki has experienced a range of triumphs and tribulations. After the passing of his beloved wife, Yoko, in 1990, he created a large body of work focusing on the blooming, withering, and decay of flowers. The world Araki sees through his lens is his paradise, calling his photographic works “private photography.” Using a first-person perspective, he presents himself nakedly in his photos, pouring his emotions into them, much like a private novel.
荒木經惟生於 1940 年，是具國際影響力的日本攝影家，與森山大道和杉本博司被譽為戰後在日本最重要的攝影家，亦是 BBC 製作的《攝影藝術百年史》中唯一被拍攝的亞洲攝影大師。
生與死、愛與慾一直是荒木經惟鏡頭下關注的議題。生的慾望束縛與放蕩不羈、死亡的無奈悲哀與意氣超脫，它們混合與共存，一並成為荒木經惟作品的綿長底蘊與銳利靈感。源自兒時成長環境的影響，居住在東京的紅燈區，附近的墳墓則是他的遊樂場。荒木經惟在他傳奇人生裡歷經種種高低，其於 1990 年經歷愛妻陽子過世後，拍攝了大量花的綻放、枯萎與腐朽為主題的作品。荒木經惟在取景框裡看到的世界，便是他的樂園 —— 他稱自己的攝影作品為「私攝影」，以第一人稱的表現手法，他把自己赤裸地展現在照片中，投注自己的情感，就像私小說一樣。
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
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2024
Nobuyoshi Araki - Flowers, Death and Eros, Galleria 13
Hospital Window, art space AM
Araki: The Tie That Binds, Rudolf Budja Gallery
Hospital Window, artspace AM
Endless Winter Leaves Spring Behind, artspace AM
2023
Eros and Thanatos: The Provocative Art of Nobuyoshi Araki, Composition.Gallery
The Sky of Silver Halide, artspace AM
GODARD COSMOS, artspace AM
Camera Obscura / Pink Ararchy, artspace AM
Broad Daylight of Paradise/ Black Night of Paradise, artspace AM
2022
Nobuyoshi Araki: Hanaguruma, Hamiltons Gallery
Paradise, Nippon, artspace AM
The Sky of Paradise, artspace AM
Hana Hime (Flower Princess), artspace AM
Sisters in Paradise, artspace AM
2021
Nobuyoshi Araki ARAKISS, Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography
Nobuyoshi Araki - Polaroid, Galleria 13
Spring Withers, artspace AM
Umegaoka Lovers’ Suicide, artspace AM
Rakuen (Paradise), artspace AM
2020
ARAKI | Grand Diary of a Photo Maniac, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Koizora (The Sky of Love), artspace AM
SANJU (80th birthday) / Eroquis, Ero-pencil, artspace AM
2019
Nobuyoshi Araki, Curated by Jimena López, López de la Serna Centro de Arte Contemporáneo
Summer Happiness, artspace AM
Four-sided Elegy, artspace AM
Silver-halide Actress SUMMER XU, artspace AM
Requiem, winter–spring, artspace AM
Hitozuma Posca (Painting Polaroids of "Someone's Wife"), artspace AM
GEKKO Photos, artspace AM
Delon-kun is Coming Baaack, artspace AM
2018
78th SHAMANATSU, artspace AM
AI Elegy, artspace AM
ASHARA, artspace AM
The Color-blind Old Man P, artspace AM
Nirvana Girls, artspace AM
2017
Nobuyoshi Araki, Rudolf Budja Gallery
The Solo Exhibition of Nobuyoshi Araki, Over the Influence
IMSHUN (Impossible Spring), artspace AM
A midsummer day’s Wet-dream, artspace AM
Bunka Shashin, artspace AM
Last by Leica, artspace AM
2016
Araki, Hamiltons Gallery
Nobuyoshi Araki: 2THESKY, my ENDER, Art Portfolio, Inc.
IMSHU (Impossible Autumn), artspace AM
IMSHU (Impossible Autumn), artspace AM
2015
Love on the Left Eye, Little Big Man Gallery
Nobuyoshi Araki - Alluring Hell, Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam
IMKA (Impossible Summer), artspace AM
2014
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI - Megumi Kagurazaka & August, Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam
ARAKI Ojo Shashu – Photography for the Afterlife: Alluring Hell, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Kekkai, artspace AM
2013
Nobuyoshi Araki, Galería Javier López
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2024
TASCHEN at Art Düsseldorf 2024, TASCHEN
2023
Rudolf Budja Gallery at Art Miami 2023, Rudolf Budja Gallery
Hamiltons Gallery at Paris Photo 2023, Hamiltons Gallery
Grob Gallery at Photo London 2023, Grob Gallery
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Photo London 2023, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Galerie Écho 119 at Photo London 2023, Galerie Écho 119
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Art Genève 2023, Michael Hoppen Gallery
2022
Rudolf Budja Gallery at Art Miami 2022, Rudolf Budja Gallery
Hamiltons Gallery at Paris Photo 2022, Hamiltons Gallery
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Masterpiece London 2022, Michael Hoppen Gallery
2021
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Paris Photo 2021, Michael Hoppen Gallery
In Camera Galerie at Paris Photo 2021, In Camera Galerie
Hamiltons Gallery at Paris Photo 2021, Hamiltons Gallery
Galleria 13 at ArtParma Fair 2021, Galleria 13
Galerie Écho 119 at Photo Basel 2021, Galerie Écho 119
IBASHO at Photo London 2021, IBASHO
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Photo London 2021, Michael Hoppen Gallery
2020
IBASHO at Photo London 2020, IBASHO
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Photo London 2020, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Hamiltons Gallery at Art Basel Online Viewing Rooms 2020, Hamiltons Gallery
2019
RUDOLF BUDJA GALLERY at Art Miami 2019, Rudolf Budja Gallery
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Paris Photo 2019, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography at viennacontemporary 2019, Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography
Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography at PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai 2019, Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography
Zucker Art Books at Art Basel 2019, Zucker Art Books
Galerie &CO119 at Photo Basel 2019, Galerie Écho 119
Grob Gallery at Photo Basel 2019, Grob Gallery
Michael Hoppen Gallery at The Photography Show 2019, presented by AIPAD, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Art Geneve 2019, Michael Hoppen Gallery
2018
Zucker Art Books at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2018, Zucker Art Books
RUDOLF BUDJA GALLERY at Art Miami 2018, Rudolf Budja Gallery
Zucker Art Books at Art Basel 2018, Zucker Art Books
Michael Hoppen Gallery at The Photography Show 2018, presented by AIPAD, Michael Hoppen Gallery
2017
Over the Influence at KIAF 2017, Over the Influence
Michael Hoppen Gallery at The Photography Show 2017, presented by AIPAD, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Over the Influence at Art Central 2017, Over the Influence
Michael Hoppen Gallery at The Armory Show 2017, Michael Hoppen Gallery
2016
Amstel Gallery at Art Miami 2016, Amstel Gallery
Taka Ishii Gallery at ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2016, Taka Ishii Gallery
Hamiltons Gallery at PAD London 2016, Hamiltons Gallery
Galerie OstLicht at viennacontemporary 2016, Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography
Peder Lund at CHART | ART FAIR 2016, Peder Lund
Daniel Blau at Art Basel 2016, Daniel Blau
Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam at Photo London 2016, Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam
Michael Hoppen Gallery at Photo London 2016, Michael Hoppen Gallery
Hamiltons Gallery at Photo London 2016, Hamiltons Gallery
amanasalto at Art Central 2016, amanasalto
Taka Ishii Gallery at Art Stage Singapore 2016, Taka Ishii Gallery
amanasalto at Art Stage Singapore 2016, amanasalto
2015
Taka Ishii Gallery at Photo Shanghai 2015, Taka Ishii Gallery
amanasalto at Photo Shanghai 2015, amanasalto
Little Big Man Gallery at Paris Photo Los Angeles 2015, Little Big Man Gallery
Little Big Man Gallery at Dallas Art Fair 2015, Little Big Man Gallery
Taka Ishii Gallery at Art Basel in Hong Kong 2015, Taka Ishii Gallery
amanasalto at Art Central 2015, amanasalto
Hamiltons Gallery at TEFAF Maastricht 2015, Hamiltons Gallery
Pepe Cobo at Zona MACO 2015, Pepe Cobo
2014
Hamiltons Gallery at PAD London 2014, Hamiltons Gallery
Taka Ishii Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong 2014, Taka Ishii Gallery
2013
Hamiltons Gallery at PAD London, Hamiltons Gallery