GOOD NATURE STATION 4F GALLERY will continue to be the venue for KG+ in 2024, allowing you to see the works of up-and-coming artists.
we will be holding a solo exhibition by photographer Ryuhei Yokoyama titled "LETTERS / the noise in my eyes" fromMay 2nd (Thurs) to 26th (Sun).For the final exhibition,

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"LETTERS / the noise in my eyes"

In this series, entitled LETTERS, photographs are printed on canvas, and then letters randomly selected from various novels, poetry books, song lyrics, etc., which the artist says are the origins of his own gaze, are written on top of them with oil sticks. These letters intertwine the gaze directed at the landscape with the origins that lie behind it, and emerge as a new, re-experiential landscape, something like a quiet chaos. This is the announcement of a new series of works by Ryuhei Yokoyama, who has expressed himself in various ways as a street photographer. Please come and see for yourself.

"The letters I had encountered up until then had become images, woven together in an inseparable conflation, and eventually turned into a melody like noise that continued to resonate quietly within my gaze. They were like letters from far away that took me on a journey around the city."

"Before I knew it, the letters I had encountered thus far became images, woven together in an inseparable and harmonious way, and eventually became a noise-like melody that continued to echo quietly within my gaze. They were also like letters from far away, taking me on a journey around the city.

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📸EXHIBITION
[KG+2024] Second half of the exhibition: Ryuhei Yokoyama "LETTERS / the noise in my eyes"
Event period: May 2 (Thu) - 26 (Sun) 2023 10:00-20:00
Location: GOOD NATURE STATION 4th floor Hotel Lobby GALLERY Free admission

📷Artist introduction: Ryuhei Yokoyama
Photographer. Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1979. With the theme of "What is a city?", he mainly works on street snaps using black and white film. He creates images of the flowing city by changing his perspective and approach. His major collections include "A History of Graffiti of Light and Dancing Mice, Beautiful as if Written on Scrap Paper Rolling in the Wind" (2018, BUFFALO PRESS). In the "WALL" series, which he has been working on since 2020, he began production using a unique method of overlapping multiple prints. By layering the ink and gradually creating a three-dimensional texture, he has created a new photographic expression that can be described as "semi-three-dimensional," in which different expressions appear depending on the angle of the viewpoint. He has exhibited his works both in Japan and abroad, including at VOLTA NEWYORK 2022 (New York, USA), the 8th Dali International Photography Festival (Dali, China) in 2019, and the group exhibition "off the record vol.12 aube artistique" (Paris, France) in the same year.

Ryuhei Yokoyama is a photographer born in 1979. With the theme “What is a city?,” his work focuses on street snapshots using black and white film, creating images of the city in flux using different perspectives and approaches. His recent works include the WALL series, which focuses on the existence of graffiti. Yokoyama's works have been exhibited in both Japan and abroad, including “2019 Dali International Photography Exhibition” (2019, Dali, China) and “off the record vol.12 aube artistique” (2019, In )( between gallery, Paris). His major monographs include Graffiti History of Mice Dancing with Light, Beautiful as if Written on Paper Scraps Rolling in the Wind (2018, BUFFALO PRESS).

https://www.yokoyamaryuhei.com/

🖼Exhibition
2022 Solo Exhibition "HOLES and SCARS" KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "RYUHEI YOKOYAMA SOLO EXHIBITION" VOLTA NEWYORK 2022, New York
Solo exhibition "THE WALL SONG / Rebellion and Freedom" +81 GALLERY kyoto, Kyoto
2021 Two-person exhibition "SOME KINDA FREEDOM" KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "THE WALL SONG" BAF STUDIO tokyo, Tokyo
2020 Solo Exhibition "WALL stanza" BAF STUDIO tokyo, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "WALL stanza" Fujii Daimaru KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+, Kyoto
2019 Solo Exhibition "WALL" haku gallery, Kyoto
Solo exhibition "WALL" at Ogaki Bookstore Kyoto Main Branch, Kyoto
Exhibited at the 8th Dali International Photography Festival "A new generation of Japanese Photographers", China
Group exhibition "off the record vol.12 aube artistique", In )( between gallery, PARIS
2017 Solo Exhibition "Silence and Silence" KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+, Former Junpu Elementary School, Kyoto
2011 Group exhibition "Fanatic Monochrome: The Current World of Monochrome Expression in Art," Osaka Seikei University, Kyoto
2006 "Press the shutter like a drunk piano player" Photo exhibition to commemorate publication, Aoyama Book Center Main Branch, Jiyugaoka Branch, Tokyo
He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions.

2022 solo exhibition "HOLES and SCARS", KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "RYUHEI YOKOYAMA SOLO EXHIBITION", VOLTA NEWYORK 2022
Solo exhibition "THE WALL SONG / Rebellion and Freedom", +81 GALLERY kyoto, Kyoto
2021 group exhibition "SOME KINDA FREEDOM", KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY, Tokyo
solo exhibition "THE WALL SONG", BAF STUDIO tokyo, Tokyo
2020 solo exhibition "WALL stanza", BAF STUDIO tokyo, Tokyo
Solo exhibition "WALL stanza", Fujii Daimaru, KG+ KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto
2019 solo exhibition "WALL", haku gallery, Kyoto
Solo exhibition "WALL", Books OGAKI, Kyoto
Dali International Photography Exhibition "A new generation of Japanese Photographers", China
Group exhibition "off the record vol.12 aube artistique", In )( between gallery, PARIS
2017 solo exhibition KG+ KYOTOGRAPHIE SATELLIET EVENT “Silence and Stillness” , Jyunpu Elementary School, Kyoto
2011 group exhibition, “A city and things” at “Fanatic Monochrome”,
“Exploration of Monochrome Expressions Through Art” and the Bachelor of Visual Arts at Osaka Seikei University, Kyoto
2006 participated in issuing “Photography Magazine 81LAB.” as the art director published the photograph collection, “Press the button of the camera like a drunken pianist do” also held the solo exhibition with the same title as the photograph collection at the main store of Aoyama Book Center and Jiyugaoka Branch, Tokyo

📚Publishing
2018 "Beautiful graffiti history of mice dancing with light, as if written on scraps of paper rolling in the wind"
Published by BUFFALO PRESS.
2016 "The streets continue like a poem written by city rats" published by CITYRAT Press.
2014 "The Terribly Short History of the City, Light, and Still Life, Like Graffiti Left Outside on the Walls of a City Block, Which Will One Day Disappear" published by CITYRAT Press.
2006 "Shoot like a drunk piano player" published by gumbuilding.co.ltd.
2003 "TOKYO, UNTITLED." published by gumbuilding.co.ltd.

In 2018, the photograph collection was published, “A beauty as written on paper scraps rolling in the wind, a graffiti history of both light and dancing rat.”
In 2016, the photo collection was published, “After all, the streets continue to be like lyrics written by rats in the city.”
In 2014, the photograph collection was published, “The brief ‘graffiti-like’ history – The story of the city with light and still objects, as vulnerable as that graffiti left out in the open.”
2006 Published the photo collection, “Press the button on the camera like a drunken pianist does”
In 2003, the photograph collection "TOKYO, UNTITLED