Michael kenna photography china series
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Michael Kenna
Michael Kenna
Born 1953 in Widnes, Lancashire, England
Currently lives in Seattle, Washington, USA
1973-76, London College of Printing, London, England.
1972-73, Banbury School of Art, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
1964-72, St Joseph’s College, Upholland, Lancashire, England
Awards
2022
Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, France
2016
Special Photographer Award, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.
2013
Hae-sun Lee Photography Award, Photographic Artist Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
2003
Honorary Master of Arts, Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2000
Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, Ministry of Culture, Paris, France.
1996
Golden Saffron Award, Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain.
1989
Institute for Aesthetic Development Award, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
1987
Art in Public Buildings Award, California Arts Council Commission, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
1981
Imogen Cunningham Award, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Northern England 1983-1986, Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, USA
Buddha, Palazzo, Loredan, Venice, Italy
Buddha, Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, Italy
Michael Kenna, La Lumiere de l’ombre, Caen, France
France and Ukraine, K.
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The British photographer Michael Kenna deeply impressed Chinese viewers with genuine originality in his solo exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum in 2007. Ever since, Kenna’s influence has been spreading across China. Kenna’s style has something different from western landscape photography. What he presents in the picture is suggested. Instead of filling the image with rich details, he follows the principle of “less is more,” leaving the blank part of the image to tell the visual story. This photographic technique resembles the traditional Chinese painting style of the Song Dynasty. The blanks not only stimulate the imagination of the viewer, but also challenge the imagination and creativity of the artist. When looking at these Asian-Western infused landscape photographs, we can see Kenna’s intention to combine the “air” in oriental culture into his aesthetic system. His Japanese landscape photographs convey the flavor of Haiku, while those on Chinese landscapes emphasize the profoundness of Chinese ink painting.
Zheng Gu
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