Exhibitions

Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to present an important group of Ishiuchi Miyako’s early work, made in the artist’s hometown, Yokosuka, and its neighbouring city, Yokohama. Ishiuchi Miyako (b. 1947) began her photographic career in the 1970s, shooting these familiar streets and buildings, which were transformed into one of the largest American naval bases in the Pacific during the post-war period. For over ten years, Ishiuchi documented this alien presence,...

The Japanese legend of the Fisherman's Wife and the Octopus, created by Hokusai in 1814 is reborn in London in September 2018! Japan has a long history of embracing the octopus as a source of physical pleasure. The motif was popularised by Hokusai's legendary woodblock print, The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (1814), which illustrates an erotic entanglement between a woman and two lustful octopi. An ecstatic commentary, which runs...

It is more than 10 years since Michael Hoppen Gallery's first Japanese photography exhibition Eyes of an Island. Since then the gallery has cemented its relationship with Japan and now holds one of the most important and extensive collections of post-war Japanese photography outside of Asia. We are proud to represent many important Japanese artists and estates and continue to play a key role in introducing Japanese photography to major...

A swamp is an ever-changing orchestra of life. The form of the swamplands changes yearly with the inundation of flood waters. An island that was here this year is gone the next. Some months the air is feverish and laden with insects and others it is as crisp as a Granny Smith apple and the waters are covered with ice crystals. No matter the relentless changes, in the Okavango Delta...