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IACK is pleased to present "Empty Nests Exhibition," a solo exhibition by photographer Atsuko Avalos Murano.
The Alsace region, which stretches along the Rhine River in northeastern France and is about two hours by train from Paris, is known for its beautiful scenery surrounded by mountains and rivers, and for its wine-producing region. In addition, because Alsace has many marshes, it is home to the largest population of red-beaked storks in France, and is widely loved as a symbol of the region due to its legend that it brings happiness.
The Avalos couple traveled to France in 2019, heading for Paris, and used their free time to visit the Alsace region. However, it was late autumn, and the storks had already migrated to the warmer African continent to spend a more comfortable winter, so the couple found many empty nests in Alsace. However, the artist interpreted the empty state as a state of "lacking in expectation, but not nothing," and went around photographing "empty" stork nests that he found in various parts of the city. "Empty Nests," composed of these photographs, not only gives the viewer the visual pleasure of observing their home, which mysteriously blends into the cityscape, but also invites the viewer to contemplate the presence of absence, like a Zen riddle.
In addition to the exhibition, the venue will also be selling the artist's collection of works, including the photo book "Empty Nests." There will also be talk events and other related events, so please take this opportunity to come and see them.
Empty Nests Exhibition
Atsuko Murano Abalos
Dates: Saturday, April 30, 2022 - Sunday, May 15, 2022
Business hours: Monday to Friday 12:00-17:30 / Saturday and Sunday 12:00-19:00
Closed: May 9th (Mon), May 10th (Tue)
Venue: IACK
Press Release
[Talk event]
Artist Talk: Atsuko Murano Abalos - "Empty Nests"
Guest: Atsuko Avalos Murano (Photographer)
Interviewer: Yukito Kono (Photographer/CEO of IACK)
Date and time: Saturday, May 14, 2022, 15:00-16:30 *Time may vary
Venue: IACK
Participation fee: ¥1,500 (tax included) *Includes ¥500 shopping voucher for use at IACK
Capacity: Approximately 10 people *Reservation required. If you would like to participate, please apply using the form below.
https://forms.gle/3DqmLjSRYhd6Kksn6
[Satellite Event]
Alsace Connects - Empty Nests and Natural Wine
Dates: Friday, May 13th 12:00-17:30, Saturday, May 14th 12:00-18:00
Venue: Wineshop Brücke
18-2 Takaokacho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, 920-0864
www.instagram.com/wineshop_bruecke
Wineshop Brücke will be hosting a special feature on wines from Alsace, where "Empty Nests" was filmed. While sipping on Alsace wines selected for the event, you can watch a projection of the "Empty Nests" artwork, reconstructed for the event, on the second floor of the store.
*Notes for attending exhibitions and events
If you are not feeling well, please refrain from visiting. In addition, when you visit, please wear a mask and disinfect your hands when entering the store. If you cannot follow these rules, we may refuse you entry. Thank you for your understanding.
Photobook "Empty Nests"
Published by LibroArte, Inc., 2021
Hardcover, case binding
52 pages
Text in Japanese
First edition, signed by the artist
¥4,000 + tax
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Atsuko Murano Abalos
Born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture. After graduating from the Faculty of Literature at the University of the Sacred Heart, she worked for a general trading company before moving to the United States. She majored in Commercial Photography at the Art Institute of Seattle, where she studied abroad, and after graduating, she gained experience as a printer at a black-and-white photography lab in Seattle. After returning to Japan, she focused on commercial photography in Japan and magazine interviews overseas, and then moved to Singapore. Since 2013, she has returned to Japan and is currently expanding her range of expression as a photographer. In addition to a work published in November 2021 that photographed an empty stork nest in Alsace, France, she has also photographed an American man picking up driftwood washed away from Japan by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on the coast of North America, a work themed on the Fossa Magna, a great rift valley that crosses the center of the Japanese archipelago, and the geology of Japan, and a work that photographed four towns over which suspension bridges from the UK and Japan competed for the world's longest.
www.abalos-murano.com
