ARTISTS

ASAKO NARAHASHI, WHO CAPTURES PEOPLE’S LIVING PLACES FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY VIEWPOINT OF BEING OUT ON THE WATER, EXHIBITS AT YUKARI NO IE INAGE, AN OLD HOUSE AND A REMNANT OF THE OLD DAYS WHEN INAGE PROSPERED AS A RESORT. FOR THIS EXHIBITION, THE ARTIST HAS TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF INAGE, CHIBAMINATO, KEMIGAWA, AND SO ON, AND IT IS INTERESTING TO EXPERIENCE THE REVERSAL OF THE GAZE, AS NARAHASHI BRINGS THE SCENERY VIEWED FROM THE SEA AND THE WATERSIDE INTO YUKARI NO IE INAGE, FROM WHICH VIEWERS USED TO ENJOY THE VIEW OF THE SEA. NARAHASHI PORTRAYS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TOWN, WHERE LEISURE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SWIMMING AT ARTIFICIAL BEACHES AND YACHTING HAVE GAINED POPULARITY, AS WELL AS CHIBA’S RICH NATURE, SURROUNDED AS IT IS BY SEA AND GREEN SPACE, AND DOES SO IN A SURPRISING WAY.