Tomoko Kawai | Forest – Folk Museum 

TOMOKO KAWAI 
Baroque / of the Forest
20 May-25 Jun 2023

河合智子 「森の/バロック」 春日森の文化博物館 Tomoko Kawai 

Baroque, from the meaning of “twisted pearl,” is a stylistic concept of art, architecture, and music that emerged between the late 16th and mid-18th centuries and characterized a style of art that was full of movement, as opposed to the classical, orderly, and balanced Renaissance style. Later, it also became a generic term for a type of literature, period, and spirit in general.

Forest-Folk Museum opened in 1995 under the general supervision of anthropologist Shinichi Nakazawa. In his keynote speech, “What Revives People,” at the symposium “The Wild Forest” held in 1999, Mr. Nakazawa stated that the museum is a place to consider the long span of human life and happiness. He thought the “forest” holds and that “coming here will change our way of seeing things. This is a rare and unique attempt to create a museum that will change how we view the world.

The first exhibition in 2023 will feature Berlin-based artist Tomoko Kawai. Kawai’s works, created in Germany and Japan about plants and animals, question contemporary people who seek and define the meaning and value of what they see, asking them what is real, what is nature, and what is something they recognize.

HONG KONG photobook Festival

The German Photo Book Award is on its journey, including the 2nd HONG KONG photobook Festival from November 5 to 20, 2022.

HONG KONG photobook Festival
German Photo Book Award
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis
Tomoko Kawai
HONG KONG photobook Festival
German Photo Book Award
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis
Tomoko Kawai
HONG KONG photobook Festival
German Photo Book Award
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis
Tomoko Kawai

Images via Deutscher Fotobuchpreis
Der Deutsche Fotobuchpreis unterwegs. Unter anderem in Hongkong. Beim zweiten Fotobuchfestival in Hongkong vom 5. bis 20. November 2022.

EIKON magazine

2022 New publication |
Intimacy of Paradise is featured in EIKON magazine #118, published by the Austrian Institute of Photography and Media Art (Österreichisches Institut für Photographie und Medienkunst).
Text by Walter Seidl. Many thanks to the EIKON team.

Featured Artists :
Andreas Fogarasi
Tomoko Kawai
Jakob Lena Knebl
Benoît Maubrey
ORLAN
Ashley Hans Scheirl

Tomoko Kawai |  Intimacy of Paradise is featured in EIKON magazine #118.
河合智子
Tomoko Kawai | EIKON magazine #118
Tomoko Kawai |  Intimacy of Paradise is featured in EIKON magazine #118.
河合智子
Tomoko Kawai | EIKON magazine #118
Tomoko Kawai |  Intimacy of Paradise is featured in EIKON magazine #118.
河合智子
Tomoko Kawai | EIKON magazine #118

Tomoko Kawai Becoming Animals: It animates me, and I animate it

Tomoko Kawai | Becoming Animals, Installation view at Kai Art Center, Estonia 2021
Tomoko Kawai. From the series Becoming Animals (2020–2021). Pigment ink print

Exhibition:
Tomoko Kawai
Becoming Animals: It animates me, and I animate it

Opening: May 24, 2022, 7 pm
Duration: May 25 to August 21, 2022
Location: EIKON Schauraum, Q21 / MuseumsQuartier Wien, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the exhibition at EIKON Schauraum in Vienna is canceled.


Tomoko Kawai| A Selection of Photobooks from Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2021

Intimacy of paradise has been exhibited in the curated selection exhibition from the German Photobook Prize 2021 (Deutscher Fotobuchpreis).

Photobook One
: A Selection of Photobooks from Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2021

Mar 6 – 31, 2022
Emkan Gallery, Tehran

Tomoko Kawai_Intimacy of Paradise_Deutscher fotobuchpreis 21/22 in silber | 河合智子
TOMOKO KAWAI: SELECTION OF PHOTOBOOKS 2022

German Photobook Prize 2021 /2022 in Silver

Intimacy of Paradise, published by Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna, in 2021, received silver in the German Photo Book Prize 2021 (Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Germany, 2021).

The German Photo Book Award is a competition in which a jury selects the best photo books in the German-speaking world. It was founded in 1975 as the Kodak Photo Book Prize in cooperation with the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and the Landesgewerbeamt Stuttgart and was held annually under this name until 2003. Since 2003 and after the withdrawal of Kodak AG as a sponsor and name giver, the prize has continued under the name “Deutscher Fotobuchpreis.” Prizes are awarded for special achievements by authors, photographers, and publishers in the field of photo books. 

Tomoko Kawai | Intimacy of Paradise -Verlag für moderne Kunst - Awarded the German Photobook Prize 21|22 in Silver
Tomoko Kawai_Intimacy of Paradise_Deutscher fotobuchpreis 21/22 in silber
Tomoko Kawai | Intimacy of Paradise -Verlag für moderne Kunst - Awarded the German Photobook Prize 21|22 in Silver
Tomoko Kawai_Intimacy of Paradise_Deutscher fotobuchpreis 21/22 in silber

Tomoko Kawai| Intimacy of Paradise – Publication

Tomoko Kawai | Intimacy of Paradise -Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna
Published in September 2021

Intimacy of Paradise published by Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna, in 2021, received silver in the German Photo Book Prize 2021 (Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Germany, 2021).

Tomoko Kawai_Intimacy of Paradise_Deutscher fotobuchpreis 21/22 in silber | 河合智子
Tomoko Kawai | Intimacy of Paradise | Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2021 in silber
Tomoko Kawai_Intimacy of Paradise_Deutscher fotobuchpreis 21/22 in silber | 河合智子
Tomoko Kawai | Intimacy of Paradise | Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2021 in silber