Utatane

Carp, clouds, crows, curtains, people, tires, fried eggs, ants, butterflies. Works that focus on familiar landscapes and small creatures, capturing the light, colors, and hints of life that emerge in everyday life.

A book that quietly scoops up fragments of daily life, revealing a world where life and death coexist, with gentle scenes and an elusive presence, intimacy and fear. The origin of Rinko Kawauchi's gaze, which connects to her later works.

A representative work that, along with "Hanabi," won the 27th Kimura Ihei Award. Published in 2001, first edition.

[Title] Utatane
[Publisher] Little More
[Publication Date] October 31, 2001 (First Edition)
[Pages] 128 pages
[Size] Approx. 193 x 244 x 11mm / 530g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] UTATANE
[Author/Editor, etc.] Rinko Kawauchi / Author, Gento Matsumoto, Akiko Yamana / Design
[Printing/Binding] Toppan Printing / Printing and Binding
[ISBN] 9784898150527
[Condition] Used [5] Good (Missing obi, minor stains on top edge, stains on endpapers, slight tanning on top edge)
[Accessories] -
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[Related Exhibitions] 2001 - "Utatane" Parco Museum (Tokyo) / 1998 - "Utatane" Guardian Garden (Tokyo)
[Awards] 27th Kimura Ihei Award

Rinko Kawauchi (born 1972)

Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1972, she is a photographer.

In 1997, she won the Grand Prix in the photography division of the 9th Hitotsubo Exhibition. In 2001, she published photo books "Utatane," "Hanabi," and "Hanako," and in 2002, she won the 27th Kimura Ihei Award for "Utatane" and "Hanabi." In the same year, she received the Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan.

She creates works that capture everyday landscapes, familiar creatures, light, the body, and the presence of life and death. In 2005, she held "AILA + Cui Cui + the eyes, the ears," at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris. In 2009, she received the Art Award at the 25th Infinity Awards hosted by the International Center of Photography.

In 2011, her photo book "Illuminance" was co-published with Aperture and released simultaneously in five countries worldwide. In 2012, she held "Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Observing the Shadows" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. In 2013, she received the 63rd Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for New Artists, and the 29th Higashikawa Award for Domestic Artists. In 2023, she received the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award.

Her major photo books include "Utatane," "Hanabi," "AILA," "the eyes, the ears," "Cui Cui," "Illuminance," "Ametsuchi," "Halo," "as it is," and "M/E Sphere, Infinite Series."

Her works are housed in institutions such as the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Haus Marseille, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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