Items Similar to Tokyo Compression #05 – Michael Wolf, Tokyo, Portrait, Street Photography, Art
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9
Michael WolfTokyo Compression #05 – Michael Wolf, Tokyo, Portrait, Street Photography, Art2010
2010
About the Item
Michael WOLF (1954 – 2019, Germany)
Tokyo Compression #05, 2010
Archival pigment print
Sheet 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x24 in.)
Edition of 7, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 7/7
Print only
– Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf was born in 1954 in Munich, Germany. He worked and lived in Paris and Hong Kong where he died in April 2019. The focus of Michael Wolf’s work is life in mega-cities. His projects document both the architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises. Born in Munich, Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe, and the United States, studying at UC Berkeley and at the Folkwang School with Otto Steinert in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994, where he worked for eight years as a contract photographer for Stern magazine. Since 2003, Wolf has been focusing on his own projects, publishing over thirty books of his work.
His work is held in many permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art in California, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and M+ in Hong Kong.
– Tokyo Compression
The politics of looking, and in particular looking upon others’ suffering, sits at the core of Wolf’s candid photographic series. The work prompts not only a reflection on the discomfort before us, but also a self-reflection on our own position as spectator. With city-dwellers framed in states of claustrophobic torment, their anguished faces crushed against the glass pane, the dividing window acts as a literal reinforcement of the commuters’ “otherness”, an ever-present reminder that we are free and they—albeit temporarily—are not. It is a dynamic that is disquietingly symbiotic—our spectatorship depends on their objectification, our agency on their entrapment. We therefore encounter their confinement with an uncomfortable detachment, the commuters representing a condition which is real yet simultaneously distant.
– Michael Wolf, Art, City, Street Photography, Colour Photography, Tokyo, Metro, Portrait, Human, People, Asia, Claustrophobia, Close-up, Subway
- Creator:Michael Wolf (1954)
- Creation Year:2010
- Dimensions:Height: 30.01 in (76.2 cm)Width: 24.02 in (61 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Zurich, CH
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU128017429212
About the Seller
5.0
Recognized Seller
These prestigious sellers are industry leaders and represent the highest echelon for item quality and design.
Established in 2006
1stDibs seller since 2019
24 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: <1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Zurich, Switzerland
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Catch #001 – Jun Ahn, Contemporary Photography, Nature, Water, Ocean, Bird, ArtBy Jun AhnLocated in Zurich, CHJun AHN (*1981, South Korea) Catch #001 2019 HDR Ultrachrome Archival Pigment Print Face-mounted to acrylic (Diasec) in wooden frame Image 101,6 x 76,2 cm (40 x 30 in.) Sheet 121,6...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- sakura 006 – Yoshinori Mizutani, Colour, Photography, Japan, Sakura, SpringBy Yoshinori MizutaniLocated in Zurich, CHYoshinori MIZUTANI (*1987, Japan) sakura 006, 2015 Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper 97 x 145.6 cm (38 1/4 x 57 3/8 in.) Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/3...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Hydrea #004 – Emma Summerton, Fashion, Model, Fine Art Photography, Colour, ArtBy Emma SummertonLocated in Zurich, CHEMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia) Hydrea #004 2020 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper Image 76.2 x 115.6 cm (30 x 45 1/4 in.) Sheet 92.2 x 131.06 cm (36 1/4 x 51 5/8 in.) Edi...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Wear Perfume – John Yuyi, Temporary Tattoos, Social Media, Photography, ArtLocated in Zurich, CHJOHN Yuyi (*1991, Taiwan) Wear Perfume, 2018 Archival Pigment Print Sheet 90 x 60 cm (36 x 24 in.) Edition of 6, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/6 John Yuyi (*1991, Ta...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Untitled #2 (from series 'Float') – Jun Ahn, Fine Art Photography, NatureBy Jun AhnLocated in Zurich, CHJun AHN (*1981, South Korea) Untitled #2 (from series 'Float'), 2011 HDR Ultra Chrome Archival Pigment Print Sheet 91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.) Edition of 5...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Gravity #02 – Jun Ahn, Photography, Apple, Abstract, Nature, SurealismBy Jun AhnLocated in Zurich, CHJun AHN (*1981, South Korea) Gravity #02 2013 HDR Ultrachrome Archival Pigment Print Face-mounted to acrylic (Diasec) in wooden frame Image 152,4 x 101,6 cm (60 x 40 in.) Sheet 154...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
You May Also Like
- Calla Lilly IIIBy Paul CoghlinLocated in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASigned, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 11 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- English Rose IBy Paul CoghlinLocated in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASigned, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Field Poppy IIBy Paul CoghlinLocated in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASigned, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x 11"...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Opium Poppy IBy Paul CoghlinLocated in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASigned, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x 11"...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Lily UnfurledBy Paul CoghlinLocated in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASigned, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x 11"...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Icelandic Poppy IIBy Paul CoghlinLocated in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CASigned, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size. Available in 4 sizes: 9" x ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
