Western Eyes on Japan

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

On Saturday March 11 and Sunday March 12, 2017 The Gallery Club and IBASHO present

Western Eyes on Japan
Work by Rasa Anaityte, Zaza Bertrand, Ed van der Elsken, William Klein, Sarah van Marcke, Anders Petersen, Marc Riboud and Chris Steele-Perkins.

@ Magazijn, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 153, Amsterdam

Saturday March 11
19.00 – 23.00 hrs
The Gallery Club dinner @ Magazijn

  • Exclusive preview of the exhibition
  • The renowned video slide show of The Gallery Club
  • Artist and gallery talks
  • Four course dinner + drinks (by The Roundsman)
  • Funky jazzy tunes by DJ Jazzfunked
  • Tableware by Het Keramiekkantoor / Karen Knispel
  • € 65 p.p.

Click here to order your tickets for the dinner directly. We’d love to see you!

Sunday March 12
14.00 – 19.00 hrs
Open house (free entrance)

  • Drinks between 17.00 and 19.00 hrs
  • The renowned video slide show of The Gallery Club
  • Artist and gallery talks
  • Funky jazzy tunes by DJ Jazzfunked

Contact:
gili@thegalleryclub.com / +31 6 2428 6718

For the second time The Gallery Club and IBASHO are joining forces during the new exhibition Western Eyes on Japan.

Photography was introduced to Japan by foreigners in the new era of openness in the mid-nineteenth century, and has taken an enormous flight. Throughout the last one and a half century Western photographers have continued to travel to Japan and some have also left their marks. The pictorialist movement was introduced in the early twentieth century. William Klein and Ed van der Elsken count as strong influences on photographers like Daido Moriyama. But on the other hand Western photographers keep on coming to Japan to be inspired themselves. The distinct nature and culture in all its guises are thankful subjects and have led to many interpretations, from the picturesque and tranquil to the wild and weird.

The Gallery Club and IBASHO present a different perspective on Japan through the Western eyes of photographers such as Ed van der Elsken, William Klein and Marc Riboud. A new generation of Western photographers and their view on Japanese culture and society – represented by Rasa Anaityte, Zaza Bertrand and Sarah van Marcke – has also been selected for this exhibition.