Each Modern presents "TOKYO": A century of urban transformation through photography
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Each Modern presents "TOKYO": A century of urban transformation through photography
鄧南光 Teng NanKuang, TOKYO, 1932-1935, 銀鹽相紙 gelatin silver print, 50.7 x 40.5 cm.



TAIPEI.- Each Modern is presenting its annual photographic exhibition, "TOKYO,". This exhibition transcends frameworks by integrating history and painting as contexts for dialogue. It showcases works spanning from 1926 to 2025, presenting an artistic historical panorama of Tokyo's socio-cultural transformations over the past century since the beginning of the Showa era.

The exhibition is structured along a temporal axis, divided into three major narrative chapters.

The first chapter features a rare overseas perspective work by Taiwanese pioneer artist Chen Cheng-Po, depicting the Tokyo National Museum in 1926. This piece engages in a dialogue with the experimental street scenes captured by photography pioneer Teng NanKuang between 1932 and 1935, together witnessing the complexities of Tokyo as a hub of modernization for Taiwan. The devastating Tokyo air raids of 1945 not only altered history but also transformed the creative trajectory of Inoue Yuichi, marking a pivotal moment of war and rebirth.

The second chapter highlights the cultural fervor during Japanese Economic Miracle, bringing together William Klein's Tokyo series and Hosoe Eikoh's BaraKei alongside vibrant portraits of Mishima Yukio, as well as works from Nakahira Takuma's Provoke period. These developments culminated in the 1970 Tokyo Biennale, where Suga Kishio and the Mono-ha movement revealed the evolution of contemporary Japanese art over the following three decades. However, the post-1980s era saw Japan grappling with the specter of economic bubbles and the anxieties of the turn of the century, as reflected in Moriyama Daido's neon street scenes and Sugito Hiroshi's ordinary pale, illustrating the physical and psychological expansion and collapse of the city, as Tokyo shifted from a fervor of collectivism to existential anxiety.

The final chapter arrives in the 21st century, where Kawauchi Rinko's poignant reflections and ephemeral moments set the tone for the new century. Continuing this narrative, contemporary painters Sugito Hiroshi and Takano Aya, along with today's Nishimura Yu, Minamitani Rika convey the second Japan’s Lost Decade through their unique languages. In 2024, Nishino Sohei revisits the theme of

Tokyo with his Diorama Map, presenting a spiritual map of post-Olympic Tokyo before us. This group exhibition serves as a contemporary interpretation of Tokyo as an ongoing urban text.

Artists: Chen Cheng-Po, Teng NanKuang, Inoue Yuichi, Hosoe Eikoh, William Klein, Nakahira Takuma, Suga Kishio, Moriyama Daido, Sugito Hiroshi, Kawauchi Rinko, Takano Aya, Nishimura Yu, Minamitani Rika, Nishino Sohei (Name presented in chronological order)










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