PARIS PHOTO 2023: Ken Ohara & Melissa Shook
Overview
This year, in partnership with the Brussels gallery, La Patinoire Royal Galerie Bach, we will be presenting works of American artist Melissa Shook (b. 1939 - d. 2020) — which we proudly introduced last year — and works of Japanese-American artist Ken Ohara (born 1942). Unbeknownst to each other, both of these artists began a series of daily self-portraits in downtown New York in 1972.
These two major series of photo diaries will be exhibited side by side for the first time, revealing different approaches and forms in a common medium and similar period and location. In their psychologically complex journals, Shook's daughter and Ohara's live-in girlfriend play significant roles respectively in giving deeper meaning to these self-images. We believe you will be enchanted by these unpretentious and free-spirited portraitures.
These two major series of photo diaries will be exhibited side by side for the first time, revealing different approaches and forms in a common medium and similar period and location. In their psychologically complex journals, Shook's daughter and Ohara's live-in girlfriend play significant roles respectively in giving deeper meaning to these self-images. We believe you will be enchanted by these unpretentious and free-spirited portraitures.
Works
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Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942Self Portrait 365 / Diary 1972, 1972Titled, dated, and signed by the artistA pair of gelatin silver printsCase: L: 10 "x W: 2 1/8" x H: 3 1/8" (L 25.5 cm x W: 5.5cm x H: 8cm)
Overall Work: L 1.5" x 46.2' (5 cm x 1408 cm) -
Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942March 26, 1972, 1972Signed & datedA pair of gelatin silver prints (printed 2023)4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in / 10.5 x 16.2 cm (image, each)
10 x 7 in / 24.5 x 17.8 cm (two sheets combined)Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942March 29, 1972, 1972Signed & datedA pair of gelatin silver prints (printed 2023)4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in / 10.5 x 16.2 cm (image, each)
10 x 7 in / 24.5 x 17.8 cm (two sheets combined)Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942April 5, 1972, 1972Signed & datedA pair of gelatin silver prints (printed 2023)4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in / 10.5 x 16.2 cm (image, each)
10 x 7 in / 24.5 x 17.8 cm (two sheets combined)Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942May 15, 1972, 1972Signed & datedA pair of gelatin silver prints (printed 2023)4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in / 10.5 x 16.2 cm (image, each)
10 x 7 in / 24.5 x 17.8 cm (two sheets combined)Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942May 18, 1972, 1972Signed & datedA pair of gelatin silver prints (printed 2023)4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in / 10.5 x 16.2 cm (image, each)
10 x 7 in / 24.5 x 17.8 cm (two sheets combined)Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Ken OharaJapanese-American, b. 1942December 1, 1972, 1972Signed & datedA pair of gelatin silver prints (printed 2023)4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in / 10.5 x 16.2 cm (image, each)
10 x 7 in / 24.5 x 17.8 cm (two sheets combined)Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Melissa Shookb. 1939 - d. 2020, AmericanMay 7, 1973, 1973Titled on recto and signed on versoGelatin silver print4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm(Edition record) -
Melissa Shookb. 1939 - d. 2020, AmericanMarch 12,1973, 1973Titled on recto, signed on versoGelatin silver print4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm(Edition record) -
Melissa Shookb. 1939 - d. 2020, AmericanMarch 17 (?), 1973, 1973Titled on recto, signed on versoGelatin silver print4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm(Edition record) -
Melissa Shookb. 1939 - d. 2020, AmericanMarch 23, 1973, 1973Titled on rectoGelatin silver print4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm3 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Melissa Shookb. 1939 - d. 2020, AmericanMarch 24, 1973, 1973Titled on rectoGelatin silver print4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm(Edition record) -
Melissa Shookb. 1939 - d. 2020, AmericanMarch 13,1973, 1973Titled on recto, signed on versoGelatin silver print4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm(Edition record)
