Beyond What You See
Beyond What You See
Toshiya Watanabe's second book features entirely new images of
his latest series Beyond What You See. As in the previous series, Somewhere
Not Here, the artist travels into the depths of his consciousness to create
images that are both realistic and magical. Reality disappears in his images of
very real landscapes, giving the feeling of not being here, but elsewhere.
As if the artist was trying to distill anxiety, instability,
amidst the beauty of his images. Influenced by the Japanese concept of “ma”,
it creates interruptions or absences that give way to moments of
awareness and contemplation. This emptiness encourages us to pause, to
reflect on how we understand the world around us. - according to
a text by Annemarie Zethof
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