I am very pleased to announce my Solo Exhibition at Galeria F&deO in Madrid.

18.11.2021 - 01.01.2022

Please contact the gallery if you plan to visit.

F&deO

Callejón de Jorge Juan
28001 Madrid
info@galeriafdeo.com
t: 915 73 62 19

Mon/Fri 10.30am - 7.30pm
Sat 11am - 2pm

マドリッドのギャラリー　F&deO にて個展のご案内です。

2021年11月18日~ 2022年1月1日

お問い合わせ等は、上記のギャラリーまで。よろしくお願いします。

Working from the archives of Alpine photographer Heinrich Schildknecht (1874-1959), Sayako Sugawara speculates on the image of the mountain as a metaphor for the journey of life. ‘A large part of the c.300 glass negatives are group portraits of mountain guides and clients, including men wearing moustaches, women in skirts and a child, taken on the highest peak in Austria: the Grossglockner.’ For some works Sugawara concentrates on one single negative, trying to extract beauty and meaning from its imperfections: mould, stains, scratches. For others she reframes sections of the original images, reprocessing and recombining to reveal a new and vital narrative. She plays, for example, with images that feature ropes, an element which has a literal and immediate relation to mountaineering, but which also works as a powerful trope for aspects of our existential condition (the sense of being bound or ‘trapped’). She also observes, interestingly, that it seems that at times these images seem to suspend common-sense expectations with regards to power and privilege, showing worldly, wealthy tourists at the mercy of local and so-considered rustic mountain guides.

A special thanks to the family of Heinrich Schildknecht for their generousity and access to the archive.