{"id":31737,"date":"2021-04-25T04:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=31737"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T10:41:21","slug":"araki-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/araki-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Araki exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arakismall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arakismall.jpg\" alt=\"Museum sign\" class=\"wp-image-31739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arakismall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arakismall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The summer of 2021 sees the Albertina Modern examine the work of the acclaimed, but often controversial, contemporary Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focus on his early career, including the <em>Sentimental Journey<\/em> series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs May 26 &#8211; Aug 29, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-modern\/\">Albertina Modern visitor info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photo exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A sentimental journey?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/araki_photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/araki_photo.jpg\" alt=\"Araki photo\" class=\"wp-image-31740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/araki_photo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/araki_photo-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Nobuyoshi Araki; Sentimental Journey, 1971; Gelatin silver print; \u00a9 Nobuyoshi Araki)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Araki&#8217;s fame stems largely from his nudes, whose categorisation as art, erotica or pornography may depend on the observer. But to focus on these photos alone would do him a disservice, crucial though they may be to his prodigious and prestigious career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina Modern&#8217;s exhibition examines Araki&#8217;s earlier years in photography, beginning with his 1963 portrayal of two working class brothers. In a typically iconoclastic <a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/t\/tap\/7977573.0001.205\/--crossing-boundaries-an-interview-with-nobuyoshi-araki?rgn=main;view=fulltext\">2010 interview<\/a>, he described his initial attraction to the medium so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I like to explore the banality of life, people\u2019s ordinary activities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is not to say Araki&#8217;s success and reach have not led him into more celebrated spheres. He shot the cover for Bj\u00f6rk&#8217;s 1996 <em>Telegram<\/em> album, for example, and took a series of bondage-themed photos of Lady Gaga in 2009 for the Japanese <em>Vogue Hommes<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminal decades-long series <em>Sentimental Journey<\/em> forms the core of the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Araki began the series in 1971 by documenting his honeymoon with wife Yoko, often including intimate scenes. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofoto-magazine.com\/2020\/06\/30\/interview-with-nobuyoshi-araki-by-alzbeta-kossuthova\/\">2020 interview<\/a>, he described the first (private) publication to emerge from that series as perhaps the one he likes most of all his hundreds of books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On my visit, the initial displays felt like Araki is almost playing with us Loki-like as we enter worlds already unfamiliar to many Europeans. But the gallery dedicated to <em>Sentimental Journey<\/em> is a hard-hitting experience, particularly the <em>Winter Journey<\/em> part of the series that documents Yoko&#8217;s illness and passing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actual photos stem from the contemporary art collection put together by Rafael Jablonka over many years, thus effectively documenting Araki&#8217;s artistic evolution. Now under the aegis of the Albertina, the Jablonka collection looks set to provide plenty of material for future themed exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy Araki&#8217;s photos from May 26th, 2021 to August 29th, 2021. A normal entrance ticket for the Albertina Modern gets you inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina Modern is a new outpost of the Albertina close to Karlsplatz subway station on the U1, U2 and U4 lines. Follow the travel tips in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-modern\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21859\">main museum article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look across the road in front of the museum to find a construction site that will eventually become the new version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/wien-museum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"26812\">Wien Museum<\/a>. In recent times, the fencing has played host to outdoor photo exhibitions, so you might take a peek to see what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another photo exhibition taking place more or less concurrently is a full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/elfie-semotan-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31485\">retrospective<\/a> of Elfie Semotan&#8217;s artistic oeuvre over at the Kunst Haus Wien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zfWanf5rPBbnTLLDuah2uixe-Nw\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer of 2021 sees the Albertina Modern examine the work of the acclaimed, but often controversial, contemporary Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki. A sentimental journey? (Nobuyoshi Araki; Sentimental Journey, 1971; Gelatin silver print; \u00a9 Nobuyoshi Araki) Araki&#8217;s fame stems largely from his nudes, whose categorisation as art, erotica or pornography may depend on the observer. 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