Meet
the Artist|
Yuichi Takasaka will be in
attendance
We are pleased to
present returning photographer Yuichi
Takasaka’s second exhibition, Fires In
the North, at Art Beatus
(Vancouver). Stunning and
ethereal, Takasaka's photographs of the
Aurora Borealis capture the sublime
beauty of these mysterious visitors of
the north.
Although
the
northern lights has been studied and can
now be explained in scientific terms –
produced by photons released from
charged nitrogen and oxygen atoms
originating from solar wind that have
been directed toward Earth’s poles via
Earth’s magnetic field – one cannot
escape the feeling of awe that is
inspired by this phenomenon.
According to Takasaka, “My love of
colours in nature led me to my love
affair with the Aurora Borealis…These
Lights became a part of my life.”
Sublime
is the name given to what is
absolutely great … what is beyond all
comparison great.1
In the visual arts, the idea of the
sublime has traditionally been used to
describe landscape or seascape paintings
such as those by Casper David Friedrich
or J.M.W. Turner. Although
Takasaka’s photographs take place in the
northern Canadian landscape, the
predominant sublime element here is not
the vast and remote arctic landscape but
it is the vibrant, elusive and ghostly
Aurora Borealis that invokes feelings of
awe, greatness and boundlessness in
these images.
Fires
In the North opens on August 23,
2013 and runs until October 18,
2013. Please join us for the
opening reception on Friday August 23
from 3 to 6pm. Yuichi
Takasaka will be in
attendance.
Born in 1968
in Japan, Yuichi Takasaka
immigrated to Canada in his teens when
his interest
in photography began to develop.
He settled in Yellowknife in the
Northwest Territories for seven years
before moving to Lumby, British
Columbia where he currently
resides. He still returns every
year to Yellowknife to lead
photographic tours where he continues
to photograph his beloved Aurora
Borealis. Takasaka has
exhibited his beautiful and
technically proficient photographs
around the world and his work has
appeared in various magazines,
newspapers, books, textbooks, films,
CD-ROMs and DVDs, and internet
websites including NASA and National
Geographic. In 2007, Takasaka
was also the recipient of the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year Award from
BBC Wildlife Magazine.
For
more information, please visit our
website at www.artbeatus.com
or call the gallery at 1 (604) 688-2633.
1 Immanuel
Kant, Critique of Judgement
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
78.
Art Beatus, with a
location in Vancouver, Canada and two locations
in Hong Kong, showcases international art with a
focus on contemporary Chinese art. Art Beatus
(Vancouver) is located in the Nelson Square
Office Tower at 108 – 808 Nelson Street. For
more information, please contact Media
Relations, Tamla Mah or Ellinda Siu. Art
Beatus (Vancouver) is open Mon-Fri,
10am-6pm and is closed on weekends and holidays
Underground and street parking is available.
Free admission. Please use this information in
any of your press release and/or announcement
material. Visual material is available upon
request.
Art
Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd.
108 - 808
Nelson Street Vancouver BC
V6Z2H2 CANADA
t: 604.688.2633 f:
604.688.2685 e:
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