02/07/2025
SIGMA and KYOTOGRAPHIE present:
Kikuji Kawada : Endless Map - Invisible
Exhibited as part of the "Arles Associé" sequence of the Rencontres d'Arles
SIGMA and KYOTOGRAPHIE (Kyoto International Photography Festival) are honored to be part of the Associated Program at Les Rencontres d'Arles 2025, following our successful participation in 2024. This year, we are proud to present KIKUJI KAWADA: Endless Map - Invisible under the curatorial direction of Sayaka Takahashi (PGI) at VAGUE, Arles.
This exhibition builds upon KYOTOGRAPHIE 2024, bringing together key works by Kikuji Kawada from his iconic series -- The Map, The Last Cosmology, Los Caprichos and Voltex. It offers international audiences a rare and immersive encounter with one of Japan's most influential photographic voices.
■About the Exhibition
Endless Map - Invisible is the first major exhibition in France of Japanese photographer Kikuji Kawada, co-founder of the VIVO collective and a key figure in post-war Japanese photography. Curated by Sayaka Takahashi of PGI, a gallery in Tokyo representing the artist, this exhibition expands upon the presentation first shown at the 2024 edition of the KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival. In this year marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Endless Map - Invisible brings together, for the first time, photographs from four of Kawada's most iconic series. It traces six decades of Japanese post-war history through the photographer's uncompromising gaze, where layers of time and memory intertwine to form a theater of the world. Through the four series featured in Endless Map - Invisible, Kikuji Kawada offers a deeply poetic and committed vision.
■Exhibition Details
KIKUJI KAWADA: Endless Map - InvisibleCurated by Sayaka Takahashi (PGI)Co-produced by: SIGMA × KYOTOGRAPHIEExhibition Dates: July 7 - October 3, 2025*The festival runs until Sunday, October 5.*This exhibition is part of the "Arles Associé" sequence of the Rencontres d'Arles
Photos:
Kikuji Kawada From the series Los Caprichos
© Kikuji Kawada, Courtesy PGI
