Travelling exhibition called photographic images and matter – Japanese Prints of the 1970s was inaugurated at the Japan Information and Culture Center. It’s been organized by the Consulate General of Japan in Karachi in collaboration with Pakistan Japan Culture Association – Sindh, in cooperation with Japan Foundation.
It is a seven days long exhibition open for everyone to visit in Karachi. 51 art pieces from 14 Japanese artists are being exhibited since the 1970s. The Consul-General of Japan in Karachi, Mr. ODAGIRI Toshio, was also present at the inauguration and made an opening speech, welcoming everyone to visit the prestigious exhibition, which takes place once a year.
Many famous personalities were part of the event including Ms. Noor Jehan Bilgrami who was the keynote speaker, Ms. Rabia Farooqui who was the guest speaker and some famous artists were present including Mr. Farrukh Shahab and Mr. Tanveer Faruqi.The Japan Foundation continuously conducts the “Traveling Exhibitions Program” to introduce Japanese arts and culture overseas. This exhibition is one of the Exhibitions which is part of this program.
These art pieces are exhibited in various countries around the world and now it’s Pakistan’s turn to exhibit these Japanese cultural items.The exhibition depicts important trends in prints during the 1970s, focusing on print-inspired trends in contemporary art of the same period. The exhibition is divided into 2 sections: An age of Photographic Expression and Images of Autonomous Matter.An age of Photographic Expression is the section that focuses on prints made using techniques like silk-screening, offset printing, and photo engraving making it easy to transform photographic images.
The images of Autonomous Matter section is displaying images that show a new trend that emerged in the art using simple substances such as stone, wood, paper, cotton, and steel sheets. This period also saw the materialization of images, to express something spiritual through matter.
