Minneapolis Institute Of Arts will run an exhibition named 'New Pictures: Noriko Furunishi' from Friday, September 18, 2009 to Saturday, January 30, 2010, at Gallery 262.
Come see the inaugural installation of "New Pictures," the first exhibition in a series dedicated to featuring new photographic work by emerging artists from around the world. Presented each fall and spring, the series highlights the vital experimentations in photography and new media undertaken by artists who grapple with today's culture.
"New Pictures" debuts with the monumental vertical landscapes of Noriko Furunishi. Born in Japan and living in Los Angeles, Furunishi uses a 4 x 5 camera to make images of a particular geographical site from multiple perspectives, which she digitally stitches together into what appears to be a continuous landscape.
The effect recalls the complex formal compositions of historical Chinese and Japanese hanging scroll painting.
Yet the photographs suggest the visual conditions and technological possibilities of our own time through their subtly warped vistas, which upend preconceptions about the land beneath our feet and the skies overhead.
The picture shows Noriko Furunishi, Japanese, born 1966, Untitled (Waterfall), 2007, C-print, Courtesy Murray Guy, New York. -- www.artsmia.org
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