FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Masayo Nishimura
Crossing the Road
Photography
June 22 – July 17, 2021
Artist will be present from 12-6 pm,
Saturday, July 3; Saturday July 17
Ceres Gallery is pleased to present Masayo Nishimura’s Crossing the Road, a solo exhibition of Nishimura’s photographs and related videos.
This exhibition features Nishimura’s sequential series of color photographs, featuring pedestrians scattered on Tokyo’s busy business streets during the brief transition of the traffic signal change from green to red. Her consecutive shots and paused frames curiously capture a “time-based march” of the pedestrian at city crosswalks, amidst the vehicular traffic under Tokyo's urban backdrop.
At first glance, Nishimura's people seem frozen and robotically detached from each other. However, on closer inspection, these paused frames reveal various engaging facial and physical expressions on the move, telling us individual stories behind each person's life. Simultaneously, the pedestrians seem to blend well as a group during the short period while crossing the roads, co-creating the mass human current unknowingly. In a variety of the images, the movements almost seem inspired by a well-choreographed stage sequence.
As in her previous work, including of the New York City subway, Nishimura captures these images casually and spontaneously: a distant observer who does not interact with her subjects. These everyday scenes transform themselves into a unique expression and unexpectedly tell stories by themselves, revealing Nishimura’s ability to uncover the unseen in city life.
* All the shots are taken handheld with a 120 mm film camera and digitally C-printed on Fuji paper.
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For more information please contact:
Stefany Benson
Director, Ceres Gallery
547 West 27th St Suite 201 New York, NY 10001
phone: 212-947-6100
fax: 212-202-5455
art@ceresgallery.org
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12pm - 6pm
Masayo Nishimura:
mniart@aol.com
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