HIBI

Hibi literally comprises a series of street photographs of the famous Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase. Each of the images in black and white attaches itself carefully to the road surface - worn road markings, the fading lines and spires eroded by the countless inhabitants of the city, a network of cracks in the asphalt. In 1992, Fukase printed and painted the works for a solo exhibition, “Private Scenes' 92,” held at Nikon Salon in Tokyo. He superimposed a set of bromide prints with flowing drawings in brightly colored inks and on each image the physical presence of the artist is traced, a shadowy presence that seems offer a reading, an interpretation but which can never be entirely resolved.