FOCUS

Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery will present the group exhibition  FOCUS, featuring seven contemporary Japanese photographers who go by the collective name of “photography?end?”. The group consists of Yuji Hamada, Ken Kitano, Miki Nitadori, Yuki Onodera, Naruki Oshima, Risaku Suzuki, and Kazuyoshi Usui. Their respective avenues of work look at the potentiality of photography in a rapidly evolving digital age. While the production of images has become largely dematerialized in our current moment, the artists consider the materiality of photography and explore the relationship between conception, theme, and exhibition of work. Header image: Yuki Onodera Guernapur, 2018 charcoal, crayon, gelatin-silver print, collage on canvas   Yuji Hamada Primal Mountain, 2014 installation at Lake Léman for Festival Images 2014 Ken Kitano Gathering Light, Ogijima, Kagawa film exposure from winter solstice 2017 to summer solstice 2018 Miki Nitadori Odyssey: Reflect, 2014-2020 installation at Ancien Musée de Peinture, Grenoble, France Naruki Oshima Reflections 0606, 2006 Lambda print Risaku Suzuki White 24, H-3, 2024 chromogenic print Kazuyoshi Usui Showa 88 #39, 2011 archival pigment print RELATED PUBLIC EVENT:  ACTIVATIONS Thursday, August 1 from 5 – 9 pm in the Gallery and Yokouchi Pavilion & Courtyard This program series features an evening of “activations” unfolding in the gallery space with live movement and music performances that engage in dialogue with the exhibition. Food and beverage offerings available for purchase during the event. FREE Entry! Ticketed reservations required / Registration opens soon via this page Supported by the Japan Foundation