Transient Wonders, Everyday Bliss

Rinko Kawauchi | Photography, video & slides 2001-2009

Argos | Centre for Art and Media

Werfstraat 13 Rue du Chantier | Brussels

02.02.10 > 27.03.10

EN: In her still and subdued works, Rinko Kawauchi (1972), one of the most celebrated Japanese photographers of her generation – tries to capture the brief and transient beauty of the everyday things we often overlook. Playing on such themes as the family and our interaction with the cycle of nature and life, this artist looks for wonder in details. It is astonishing that her sensitive yet forceful way of observing the world around her and of catching fleeting moments in a photo actually results in an exquisite fragility – which is also evident in her meticulously constructed compositions.