YAMAMOTO Tadasu is a photographic artist in Japan. He has been choosing water, sea, falls and dam as his photographic objects. He gives an objective, conceptual picture of its subject.　On this exhibition, we exhibit his “Falling Water” series which photographed falls. With taking a water landscape, he tries to sublimate it into the universal existence.

YAMAMOTO Tadasu
1950 Born in Kagawa prefecture, Japan.
1974 Graduated from the dept. Commercial design, Musashino Art University.

Selected Exhibitions
2009 “At/ From Tamagawa 1964-2000”, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2007 “Attitude 2007”, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan.
2005 “Over the Nature”, Himeji City Museum of Art/ Hyogo, Japan.
2004 “Falling Water”, IBM-Kawasaki City Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan. (solo)
2003 “Amabiki Village and Sculpture”, Ibaraki, Japan. (’06, ‘08)
2002 “Slanting House/ Statements by the Artist in Japan since 9.11”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
2001 "In Search of Form", Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Korea.
1990 "The Past and Present of Photography", National Museum of Modern of Art, Tokyo/ National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan.
1994-97 "Photography and Beyond in Japan-- Space, Time and Memory", Hara Museum, Tokyo (traveled to 6 venues including Los Angeles County Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, etc.)

Public Collections
Hara Museum of Art, Tokyo.
National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
National Gallery of Australia.　
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto.
Takamatsu City Museum, Kagawa.

* The text provided by Aomori Contemporary Art Centre.

Opened dates: April 24 - June 13, 2010