Yuichi Hibi: Zero Hour
Marvelli Gallery, New York
November 27 - December 30, 2002
Marvelli Gallery presents Zero Hour, the second solo show at the gallery of Japanese photographer and filmmaker Yuichi Hibi. This exhibition features thirteen new black and white photographs shot entirely at night with no additional lighting other than natural, and without any creative arrangements or props.
With Zero Hour, Yuichi Hibi continues the exploration of his bleak and stylized cinema-noir vision with a more dramatic edge to his moving high-contrast set pieces. Devoid of people, these cinematic photographs portray the dark, airless romantic reality which is at the center of Hibi's imaginative gaze. In his compositions stingy moments of light act as an emotional climax within the confines of an urban nightmare.
Yuichi Hibi, who has developed an enthusiastic cult following in New York and Tokyo, graduated from Tokyo's famed Nikkatsu School in 1985. In 1986, Hibi joined Japan's highly-acclaimed theater group Bungaku-za, where he performed in many productions of classic works of drama. His directing career began with an intimate portrait of photographer Robert Frank at his home in Nova Scotia. Yuichi Hibi's most recent film, "Unveiled", will appear at film festivals worldwide in 2003.
MARVELLI GALLERY
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