2021.4.15 ー 7.6 *exhibition extended

Kanae Yokoyama
“Unbreakable Egg”

We are pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition of Kanae Yokoyama’s series ’Unbreakable Eggs.’ In her photography, Yokoyama focuses on the eggs laid every day at her workplace, a poultry farm on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture.

Rather than perfectly round, white eggs, the subjects of Yokoyama’s photographs feature many different looks and forms. They have warped shapes, are covered in strange bumps or colored in unusual shades and patterns. They would be dismissed as ‘non-standard’ by most markets. In Yokoyama’s photography, however, these unbreakable eggs lend their strengths and weaknesses as living organisms to become artworks that seem like unknown planets or like lines tracing the curves of the human body. For the series, Kanae Yokoyama was awarded the 2020 Backyard Pitch Grant.