THE “DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE” SERISE
WE MUST STARE AT THE PRESENT IN ORDER TO KNOW THE PAST.
THE PRESENT MOMENT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE PAST.
WE MUST STARE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT IN ORDER TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE FUTURE. THE FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED BY OUR MEANS OD LIVING AT THIS MOMENT.
I AM TRYING TO STAND FIRMLY IN THE PRESENT MOMENT THAT CONNECTS THE PAST AND THE FUTURE WITH “DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE”
MASAKI HIRANO
In the train from Ljubljana to Maribor, Slovenia
June 16.1999
Masaki Hirano
born 1952 in Yaesu, Masaki Hirano lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Starting as an apprentice at Azabu Studio in 1976, Hirano established his own practice in 1986. In 1992 he participated in the Joint exhibition for young photographers at Sinjuku Konica Plaza. In 1993 he presented “After the Festival”, his first solo exhibition at Ginza Nikon Salon. His later work included a series entitled “HOLES” which focuses on the shell-scarred walls of Bosnia Herzegovina another on problems created by land reclamation project at Isahaya Bay in Kyushu and others on the problems facing society in the post cold-war years. He has since exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Croatia, Slovenia and Japan. In 2000, he published his first monograph Down The Road Of Life (Marino Cettina Gallery, Umag, Croatia). He participated 1st Berlen Photography Festival 2005 “After the Fact” at Martin Gropius Bau, in Berlin.
Exhibition
2010 Aucland Festival of Photography, New Zealand
2009: ULSAN International Photography Festival, Ulsan, Corea
2009: Traveling Chobi Mela V 2009 The Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
2009: The Covent Gallery, solo exhibition Daylesford, Australa
2009: Chobi Mela V 2009 ,Shipakala Academy Dhake Bangladesh
2007: Daylesford Foto Biennale 2007, main exhibition Australia
2007: “branching put” at Sepia International, N.Y.
2007: Photographers Network Selection 2007 at Siegen Germany
2006: 11th FOTOFEST 2006 “The Earth” at Winter Street Studios, Houston
2006: PHOTO ESPANA 2006, finalist Madrid
2005: 1st Berlin Photography Festival 2005 “After the Fact “at taking place at Martin Gropius Bau , in Berlin.
2004: “MEGURO ART ANNUAL 2004” at Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo.
2003: “MASAKI HIRANO” at Gallery Gan/ Promo-arte Galleru (solo) in Tokyo
2002: “ON LAND SCAPE ; CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2002: “Ia vie quatidienne” at galerie deux in Tokyo
2001: “New Photographer of the Year Award, in Japan
2001： “MEGURO ART ANNUAL 2000” at Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (solo)
2000： Black Zodo-Mongolia (solo) at Photo Plaza Doi-shibuya TOKYO
1999： Tidelant of Silence-Isahaya (solo) at Photo Plaza Doi-Sivuya TOKYO
1998：Held Solo Exhibition, DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE
“Down the road of life” Havana & Sarajevo 1992-1997
at Cankarjew Dom in Ljubiana, Slovenia (solo)
at Dstna Galerua Maribor in Mariviver, Slovenia(solo)
at Galerija Dante Marino Cettina in Umagu, Croatia(solo)
1998： Holes at Shinjuku Konica Plaza in Tokyo and Osaka(solo)
1996： Habaneros at Sinjuku Konica Plaza
1993： After the Festival at Ginza Nikon Salon
1992： Participated in the Joint exhibition for young photographers
at Sinjuku Konica Plaza
Published work (selection)
2000: book “DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE”
Published by Marino Cettina Gallery. (Croatia)
日本語
平野正樹
1952年東京生まれ。1998年の「人間のゆくえ part‐2キューバ人」をはじめ、「Down the Road of Life」、東チモール「Windows」、「Holes」、「Tasmaniaの森」を発表。どれも社会的メッセージの強いフォトルポルタージュを芸術性豊かに表現した作品を発表している。この度、プロモ・アルテでは、弾丸の炸裂した壁痕に焦点を当てた、冷戦後の ボスニア･ヘルツェゴビナで収録した「HOLES」の代表作品でまとめいる。「HOLES」は、2005年の「ベルリン写真フェスティバル」のシンボル・イメージでも知られている。
国内
93年 銀座ニコンサロン 「祭りの後」
コニカプラザ新宿 「キューバ人1992-95」
98年 コニカプラザ新宿、大阪 「HOLES」
00年 ドイフォトプラザ渋谷 「沈黙の干潟-諫早」
00年 目黒区美術館 「目黒区アートアニュアル2000 平野正樹個展」
01年ドイフォトプラザ渋谷 「黒いゾド-モンゴル」
01年東京都写真美術館 「ON LAND SCAPE ; CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY」
02年 galerie deu, La vie quatidienne
03年 ギャラリーGAN＋プロモアルテギャラリー「MASAKI HIRANO」
04年 目黒区美術館 「目黒区アートアニュアル2004平野正樹」
海外
98： Down the Road ofLif e, Havana & Sarajevo 1992-97
Ljubiana, Maribor(Slovenia) and Umagu(Croatia)
05: Berlin Photography Festival “After the Fact” Berlin
06: FOTOFEST 2006 “ The Earth” Houston
06: Foto Espana 2006, finalist Madrid
07: Sepia International “branching out” New York
07: Daylesford Foto Biennale, Australia
09: Chobi Mela V 2009, Dhake Bangladesh
09: Covent Gallery “Down the Road of Life” Australia
09: Traveling Chobi Mela V Kaathmandu, Nepal
09: Ulsan International Photography Festival, Ulsan, Corea
10: Aucland Festival of Photography, New Zealand
写真集
“DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE , MASAKI HIRANO”
published Marino Cettina Gallery(Croatia) 2000
受賞
日本写真協会新人賞、写真の会賞など