Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Beat Streuli, ‘Living Room’, from September 3 to October 8, 2014.

Beat Streuli, a Swiss photographer who started working in the 1980s, has presented his works in cities around the globe. Presently based in Zurich and Brussels, he has been actively working all over Europe and in many other parts of the world. He first received attention for his series from the early 1990s; some of this work was photographed in Rome, Paris, and New York.

Streuli takes photographs of local people in public places, often with a telephoto lens, focusing on them and their ordinary lives. He has begun to work more outside of Europe and the United States, in both Western and non-Western countries. Recently, his work has started to include more non-figurative, almost abstract elements.

At the beginning of his career, Streuli produced and presented his works as small format and black and white photographs, but in the early 1990s, he developed new forms of presentation, working with floor to ceiling, multi-screen slide and video projections. He also started working with large scale images installed on the façades of public buildings in various cities, and with monumental billboard installations.

For the past twenty years, Streuli’s work has been frequently exhibited around the world; he has also realized many temporary and permanent projects in public spaces. In 1993, his work was shown as part of the New Photography exhibition series at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has also participated in a number of important Biennales, including those of Yokohama, Sydney, Guwangju, and Singapore. In 2002, he realized a large-scale installation for the windows of the lobby of Palais de Tokyo in Paris upon its inauguration. Among his most recent solo museum exhibitions was one held at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham (England) in 2012.

Ten years after his participation in the Yokohama Triennale, Streuli will present his exhibition “Living Room” in Japan. He has created a wallpaper installation for the gallery’s walls; framed photographs are displayed in and on this installation. Streuli’s works—a fusion of the inside space of art and the outside ordinary world—stimulate our visual experience and present a new perception of the city.

In conjunction with the exhibition, a gallery talk will be held with Beat Streuli and Shino Kuraishi, poet and critic. A research book Kuraishi wrote on Beat Streuli will also be published.

■ Gallery Talk – Beat Streuli (Photographer) & Shino Kuraishi (Poet & Critic)
Saturday, September 6, 2014, 13:30-15:00
Venue: HILLSIDE TERRACE café at Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Wing F, 18-8 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033
Entrance: 500 yen (1 free drink included)
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Please include ‘Beat x Kuraishi talk show’ in the subject line.

■Opening Reception
Saturday, September 6, 2014, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku

■ Related Information
1) In conjunction with the exhibition, a research book Shino Kuraishi wrote on Beat Streuli will be published.
Details will be available soon.
2)Beat Streuli will exhibit his works in HILLSIDE TERACE Photo Fair from September 4 – 7, 2014, at Daikanyama Hillside Forum, in which 18 galleries and 9 booksellers/publishers will participate.