Light and Darkness: Two Photographers Explore Japan in Genoa

The exhibition 'Light and Darkness' at two Genoa venues pairs Italian photographer Andrea Lippi's 'Light' section at Museo d'Arte Orientale Chiossone with Japanese photographer Katsuhito Nakazato's 'Darkness' section at Galleria d'Arte Moderna, running until January 12, 2025. Lippi's black-and-white photographs from 2015–2024, including the series 'Lights of Japan' (published as a book in 2017 with art historians Noriyuki Kai and Midori Sewake), depict Tokyo, Kyoto, Mount Koya, and Shirakawa's snow, evoking sumi-e ink painting and Ozu Yasujirō's cinema, curated by Aurora Canepari. Nakazato presents for the first time in Italy works from 'De Chirico's Shadow' (inspired by Giorgio de Chirico, awarded the 2003 Society of Photography Award) and 'Tōkei' (2006), which documents Tokyo's Mukojima district preserving pre-war Showa-era alleyways and wooden nagaya houses, selected by curator Miki Shimokawa. The project aims to promote Japan's contemporary and traditional contexts through photography.