TOSHIO SHIBATA - LANDSCAPES

 
Published by Benrido, 2024
Size 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Portfolio of 6 collotypes

Toshio Shibata's "LANDSCAPE" is a series of images composed of concrete retaining walls and erosion control dams in the mountains of Japan. These walls and dams, built using advanced Japanese civil engineering technology, are strikingly beautiful and remarkably large in scale. However, despite being man-made structures incompatible with nature, they somehow symbolize the landscape of modern Japan. This portfolio presents six collotype prints of Shibata's representative works, taken in Niigata, Fukushima, Miyazaki, and Tochigi between 1989 and 1990. We invite you to enjoy these prints, which are distinct from the original gelatin silver prints. Text by Benrido

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Toshio Shibata's “LANDSCAPE” is a series of compositional images of concrete retaining walls and erosion control dams in the mountains of Japan. These walls and dams, built with Japan's advanced civil engineering technology, are strikingly beautiful and well proportioned, but at the same time, they are man-made objects that are incompatible with nature, yet in a sense they symbolize Landscape in modern Japan. This portfolio features six collotype prints of Shibata's representative works taken in Niigata, Fukushima, Miyazaki, and Tochigi between 1989 and 1990. Please enjoy these prints, which are different from the original Gelatin silver prints. Text from Benrido