This catalogue is a comprehensive and significant collection of works from Rei Naito’s solo exhibition “breath” which took place at Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich in early summer 2023.
It features exhibition photographs by Naoya Hatakeyama, all 48 “color beginning” paintings made in the year before the exhibition, words on the work by Rei Naito, as well as an introduction and an essay by Michael Hering, the museum’s director.
The series “color beginning” took shape when the artist came to understand that “longing for the earth” is an innate human sentiment. During the production process for the exhibition in Munich, she allowed herself to paint landscapes, which led to the conceptualization of her solo exhibitions at the Tokyo National Museum and the Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum in 2024.
This rare, limited-edition catalogue, housed in a solid slipcase, is made of carefully selected materials — both the book cover and the slipcase have beautiful textures, and the details of the works are presented in a large format close to the original size.
Signed by the artist.
The catalogue is available in Japan through the HeHe online store, limited to 20 copies.
It will also be available at Taka Ishii Gallery.
The original Japanese text by Rei Naito is included separately in the book, which features English texts only.
Publication
Title: Rei Naito breath
Installation view photographed by Naoya Hatakeyama
Price: 60,000 yen (excl. VAT)
Size: 330×410 mm /136 pages / Hard Cover / Housed in a slipcase
Languages: English (Japanese text by Rei Naito is inserted separately)
Released in end of the January 2025
*Signed by the artist
*The catalogue is available in Japan through the HeHe online store, limited to 20 copies.
(It will also be available at Taka Ishii Gallery.)
*For order or more information, please contact “info@hehepress.com”.