Tokaido Road “Yui”, “Mariko”
Also presented are two new works by Allchurch, Yui and Mariko, based on Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido and made after a visit to Shizuoka City in April 2013.
Emily Allchurch : Tokaido Road – Yui (after Hiroshige) / 2013
Hiroshige:Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Version) “Yui (Satta Pass)” Original piece from our collection which this new work is based.
Emily Allchurch : Tokaido Road – Mariko (after Hiroshige) / 2013
Hiroshige:Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Version) “Mariko (The Famous Teahouse)”
Original piece from our collection which this new work is based.

Emily Allchurch
Artist
Emily Allchurch creates complex photographic images that closely reference old master paintings and prints. Each of her images is composed from numerous photographs, carefully blended using digital software, to produce a seamless re-creation of the original, set in a contemporary idiom. In 2012 she was commissioned to create work for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant. She is active both within the UK and internationally as an artists and an arts educator conducting workshops for places such as Tate Modern.
Website: http://www.emilyallchurch.com

□Hexaproject produced & curated exhibition, workshop
“Tokyo Story/After Hiroshige”, Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art(Shizuoka),2013
CCC Creative Workshop “Landscape Portraits with Collage”, the center for creative communications (Shizuoka),2013

PAMPHLET (PDF)

Hiroshige x Emily Allchurch “Tokyo Story/After Hiroshige”

Hiroshige was active during an extremely interesting period of history when Japan’s doors were opening up to the West after being closed off from the rest of the world. His work One Hundred Famous Views of Edo captures the city of Edo, located at the pivotal point between revolution brought on by a Western threat and a traditional Japan. Woodblock printing indirectly expressed the rapid changes taking place and the resulting pressures on environmental and cultural heritage. This period also marked in increased interest in traveling around Japan amongst the populace. This exhibition, Tokyo Story/After Hiroshige, is the culmination of Allchurch’s long-standing interest in Ukiyo-e and pays homage to the landscape master Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) and his last great work the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58). Allchurch visited the actual spots in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo and uses these backdrops as a motif to creat present-day versions. Just as Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo captured a decisive moment in Japanese history, Allchurch’s Tokyo Story personifies the soul of the modern day city. Also presented are two new works by Allchurch, Yui and Mariko, based on Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido and made after a visit to Shizuoka City in April 2013.

Term : 19 November 2013 – 2 February 2014
[Part 1] 19 November – 23 December 2013, Utagawa Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo [58 pieces; inc. catalog]
[Part 2 ] 25 December 2013 – 2 February 2014,Utagawa Hiroshige ,One Hundred Famous Views of Edo [59pieces]
[Part 1 / Part 2 ]Emily Allchurch ,Tokyo Story /After Hiroshige [10 pieces]
*The museum will be closed for the new year holiday from Dec. 28 (Sat.) to Jan. 4 (Sat.).
Venue : Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Organizer : Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art (designated administrator NPO Hexaproject)
Cooperation : J400(Four Hundredth Anniversary of Japan-British Relations),The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing , the center for creative communications (CCC)
Exhibition planning(Produce & curation): Hexaproject Ltd.
Coordination : Hexaproject London Ltd.
Space design : Hexaproject Ltd.
Poster & flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd.
Web design : Hexaproject.Ltd.
Participating artists : Emily Allchurch

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