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Ishiuchi Miyako — Apartment #20
Ishiuchi Miyako

Apartment #20

A hauntingly intimate black-and-white photograph by Japanese artist Ishiuchi Miyako, this vintage gelatin silver print mounted onto board captures the quiet residue of human presence within an apartment interior. Ishiuchi's signature exploration of time, memory, and the material traces of lived experience is rendered through rich tonal contrasts and a deeply tactile quality inherent to the gelatin silver process. The work invites contemplation on absence and the emotional weight embedded in ordinary spaces.

Medium
vintage gelatin silver print mounted onto board

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 10, 2015

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Ishiuchi Miyako, Apartment #20

A hauntingly intimate black-and-white photograph by Japanese artist Ishiuchi Miyako, this vintage gelatin silver print mounted onto board captures the quiet residue of human presence within an apartment interior. Ishiuchi's signature exploration of time, memory, and the material traces of lived experience is rendered through rich tonal contrasts and a deeply tactile quality inherent to the gelatin silver process. The work invites contemplation on absence and the emotional weight embedded in ordinary spaces.

Medium
vintage gelatin silver print mounted onto board
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Architectural Subject, Melancholic Mood, Contemporary Photographer, Post-War Japan, Urban Exploration, Wabi-Sabi Aesthetic, Japanese Artist, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Intimate Mood, Mounted Print, Late 20th Century, Architectural Interior, Female Artist, Black and White

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