|
 Kyudo,
the traditional art of Japanese archery, is the central theme this
exhibition by Frank le Petit. Frank Le Petit is a French-Australian
artist based in Sydney whose work is strongly influenced by Japan.
His immersion into the Japanese creative world has led him to develop
a unique artistic approach to photography.
[kyudo]graphy
is a series of 9 large-size photographic sequences on fabric. The
photographs of kyudo archers were taken in the gardens
of Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu shrine near the Shiseikan, a hall dedicated
to the practice of kyudo and other martial arts. All these
sequences are manually processed on strips of fabric and subsequently
stitched together. The result is a surprising contrast between the
contemporary visual style of the digital photographs and the tactile
and traditional nature of the fabric. |
