Beyond what you see | Toshiya Watanabe | the(M) Editions, Ibasho
This book is brand new!
"Toshiya Watanabe’s second book presents entirely new images from his latest series Beyond What You See. As in his previous series, Somewhere Not Here, the artist journeys 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 were seeking to distill anxiety, instability, amidst the beauty of his images.
Influenced by the Japanese concept of “ma”, he creates interruptions or absences that give way to moments of awareness and contemplation. This emptiness encourages us to pause, to reflect on how we perceive the world around us." - from a text by Annemarie Zethof