Instant Diary is a quasi-mechanical experiment where Komatsu recorded each day of 2020 with a Polaroid photograph and a short note. With its enigmatic presence, Komatsu questions the concept of a diary whether single photograph and a text could truly reflect one’s day.
Instant Diary (with original Polaroid set in an index card box)
Hiroko Komatsu
Book: 6 x 4.25 x 2.25 inch
Box of prints: 14.5 x 5.5 x 4.25 inch
Edition 1
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Black Book No.1 is a result of Komatsu cutting out all the words from No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg. By dismantling the text and replacing into the bottle, Komatsu attempts to see the unimproved environmental issue from a different point of view.
Black Book No.1
Hiroko Komatsu
6.5 x 4.5 inch (book)
5.5 x 3 x 3 inch (bottle)
Edition 1
Photo 5: View from Komatsu’s working desk
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Komatsu’s handmade books are the result of her painstaking labor and dedication to the tactile and the physical print. Using images of construction sites and waste materials as her subjects, Komatsu creates a space that confuses the line between construction and destruction.
Corrosion 3
Hiroko Komatsu
8.5 x 6 inch
24 pages
b&w printed on tracing paper
Edition 20
Photo 1-4: Corrosion 3
Photo 5: View from Komatsu’s process of making photogram prints for the cover (photo courtesy of the artist)
Join us for a 2-day pop-up viewing room of Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu’s Artists’ Books in conjunction with AIPAD and New York Art Week.
Friday, May 20, 1-8pm
(Reception 6-8pm)
Saturday, May 21, 1-6pm
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Book No.1 is the very first artist book @komatsu_hiroko hand-made in 2016. It consists of 40 b&w gelatin silver prints, bound with tape, wire and galvanized turnbuckle–materials that are used in her renown large scale installation.
Book No.1
Hiroko Komatsu
12 x 11 inch
40 plates, b&w
Edition 5
Photo 1-4: Book No.1
Photo 5,6: View from Komatsu’s solo exhibition “Sincerity Department Loyal Division” at dieFirma 2021.
Join us for a 2-day pop-up viewing room of Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu’s Artists’ Books in conjunction with AIPAD and New York Art Week.
Friday, May 20, 1-8pm
(Reception 6-8pm)
Saturday, May 21, 1-6pm
#hirokokomatsu#japanesephotography#blackandwhitephotography#artistbook