Born in 1984. Ishikawa met photography in his student days, and up until now, he has been working on his photographic creation based in his hometown Okinawa.
 
His photobooks; ‘a picturesque polyphony’ and ‘Okinawan Portraits 2010 - 2012’ , which feature a collection of snapshots in Okinawan scenery and portraits of Okinawan people, won the 40th Kimura Ihei Award in 2014.
 
Following 'CAMP’ published in 2016, the exhibition 'The Inside of Life' will present 42 new photographic works that were taken at a mountain by Ishikawa during his stay there. Since his past portrait series, Ishikawa has been consistently facing the theme of life. As he experiences living in all kinds of the harsh but beautiful natural environment which are different from our human society, he remarks that the boundary between him and nature, in other words, inside and outside, becomes blurred. The collection of artworks found out through such experience will sublimate the power to move beyond the connection and logic embedded in our lives, and give us a quiet impact as a new way of thinking.
 
The beauty seemed perfect,
I felt the sensation and emotion, which I cannot understand logically, came from here.
As touching inside nature, and recalling its magnificent power,
the distinction between things becomes to be connected by gradual gradation,
I feel that I am also part of the cycle.
 
– Ryuichi Ishikawa
 
At the exhibition venue, we are planning to pre-sale for 'The I nside of Life', the newly published photobook, as well as an exhibition tour with the artist. In the age of digitalization, which prevailing not only in the field of art but also in our everyday life, the exhibition 'The Inside of Life' will give us a remarkable opportunity to see the works by Ishikawa at the ce nter of the city in Shibuya, that confronting the concept of life in such a straightforward manner.

1984年生まれ。学生時代にカメラと出会い、現在まで自身の出身地でもある沖縄を拠点に制作活動を行う石川竜一は沖縄の風景やそこに住む人々のありのままの一瞬を、独自の視点でポートレートやスナップとして切り取り、それらが収載された写真集『絶景のポリフォニー』と『okinawan portraits 2010-2012』は、2014年の木村伊兵衞写真賞を受賞しました。
 
本展覧会「いのちのうちかがわ」では2016年に発表した「CAMP」に続く、山での生活の中で撮影した新作42点が展示されます。ポートレート作品から一貫して、「生」というものに向き合ってきた石川竜一。人のつくる世界とは異なる一切の厳しくも美しい自然の中で生活をしていくうちに彼は、自身と自然、内と外との境界線が曖昧になっていくと語ります。そのような経験から見出された作品群は、今までの生活にあった物事の繋がりやロジックを超えたところで動く力を昇華し、新たな思考として我々に静かな衝撃を与えるでしょう。
 
その美しさは完璧なように思え、
頭で考えても理解できない感覚や感情はここからきているのだと感じた。
自然のうちがわに触れ、その圧倒的な力を思い知らされたとき、
物事の区別は緩やかなグラデーションで繋がって、
自分自身もその循環のなかにいるのだと感じる。
 
― 石川竜一
 
展示会場では新作の写真集「いのちのうちがわ」の先行販売をはじめ、作家によるエキシビションツアーも開催予定です。生活をはじめ、アートに限らずどの分野においても、デジタル化が先行する時代に、これほどまでに真直ぐにいのちと向き合った作品を、渋谷という都市の中心でご覧いただけるということは、またとない貴重な機会になります。

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