CREATURES
2016.8.23. tue.– 9.17. sat.
12:00-19:00/Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00/Sat
Closed on Sun and Mon

The Third Gallery Aya is pleased to announce a solo show titled “CREATURES” by ABE Jun.
He has been photographing creatures in zoos and aquariums since the late 1980s, when he was concluding his series Citizen.
This is his first exhibition in a long time, following his show in 1989 at the Picture Photo Space.
Artist Statement for the series Citizen, 1979–1983
Creatures in zoos and aquariums live in artificial environments. When I was toward the end of a series of photographs of people in urban settings, it struck me that human beings living in cities are in similarly artificial environments. That was my motivation for working on this series until 1989.
In that sense, I believe that while the two projects may operate in different dimensions, this series of photographs of creatures in zoos and aquariums is similar in spirit to the earlier series portraying human beings.
Abe Jun
Outline
Born in Osaka, Japan 1955 Lives in Osaka, Japan Graduate of Department of Photography, Osaka Shasin Senmongakko (currently Visual Arts Osaka) |
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1982 | Work for the Butoh Dance Group ‘Byakkosya’(-1994) |
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1995 | Faculty of Visual Arts Osaka |
2013 | Awarded the 25th Shashin-no-kai Award |
Selected solo exhibitions
2016 | “1981” Gallery 722, Okayama "CREATURES" The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka “1981” Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka |
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2013 | “Awarded Exhibition of Shashin-no-kai Award-Citizens, Black & White Note and Black & White Note2 ” Place M, Tokyo “Citizens/1983” Gallery Niepce, Tokyo |
2012 | "CITIZENS" The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka |
2006 | "Black & White Note; Box" gallery 10:06, Osaka |
2004 | "CITY" Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka |
2002 | "Black & White Note" Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka |
1998 | "Infinite-point" COSMO GALLERY, Osaka |
1997 | "Citizens, Stray Child Theory" COSMO GALLERY, Osaka |
1989 | "Citizens, Creatures" Picture Photo Space, Osaka |
Group Exhibitions
2018 | "Chihei", CASE Tokyo |
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2017 | "ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2017", PARK HOTEL TOKYO |
2016 | "daikanyama photo fair 2016", Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Tokyo |
2015 | "Fascination of Monochrome Street Snapshots", Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography "The 2nd Photographers Brigade Without Borders", Hatten Gallery, Osaka |
2014 | "Istanbul Photo Bienale", Istanbul |
2013 | "Paris Photo 2013", Grand Palais, Paris |
2007 | “The 30th anniversary Photo Street-Super Session”, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art |
1997 | “The 20th anniversary Photo Street-Super Session”, Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyogo |
1995 | “Views from Japan”, Tucson, Arizona |
1994 | “Creatures”, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington D.C. |
1984 | “Photography Now”, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center |
Publications
2018 | “2016(top)” VACUUM PRESS “2016(bottom)” VACUUM PRESS |
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2016 | "1981 Kobe" VACUUM PRESS |
2015 | “1981(top)” VACUUM PRESS “1981(bottom)” VACUUM PRESS |
2014 | “Pusan”VACUUM PRESS |
2013 | "2001" VACUUM PRESS |
2012 | "Black & White Note 2" VACUUM PRESS |
2011 | "MANILA" VACUUM PRESS |
2010 | "Black & White Note" VACUUM PRESS |
2009 | "Citizens" VACUUM PRESS |
2007 | "Osaka" VACUUM PRESS |
1993 | "HORIZON" joint authership |
1989 | "Creatures" Village Press |