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Head in the Stars, 2022 👁️ Kensuke Koike 27x24cm Unique Accompanied by a signed certificate of Authenticity “I always think that limiting freedom can push me to surpass my capacity and imagination and it’s true. Cutting into the original photograph is always really important for me for that reason. It allows me to understand deeper the possibilities given by one single image.” – @kensukekoike , 2022 Kensuke Koike (b.1980, Japan) creates unique artwork by manipulating found, vintage, photographic material. Kensuke’s approach revolves around the idea of using the assets found within an image to create a contemporary visual with a new narrative. DM for more information or see our website. @single_image_processing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Open Doors Gallery Photo London | 11–14 May | Booth D14 OD Photo Prize, 2023 | June Use #odtakeovers to be featured

@odprintsales : How do you select the portraits you use?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​@kensukekoike : I often use human faces because even small changes can give a strong feeling of discomfort or joy. I have always been fascinated by this. It’s like magic or a supernatural phenomenon.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​​ Excerpt from publication in conjunction with de/re CONSTRUCT exhibition, published by @schoeniprojects (2022)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ AN INTERVIEW WITH KENSUKE KOIKE​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ With Tom Page, Director of Open Doors Gallery​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​​ 📸 Kensuke Koike, Close-up details of Conscience, 2022 @nicksmithphoto ​​​​​​​​ Artwork: 4.8 x 4 cm​​​​​​​​ Frame: 30 x 25 cm​​​​​​​​ 📧 [email protected]​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Courtesy of Schoeni Projects and Open Doors Gallery​​​​​​​​ Copyright The Artist

👀 Come and see @kensukekoike ' s artwork for yourself. We are open today from 10am, see below for more details. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📣 This is our FINAL WEEK. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ de/re CONSTRUCT 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 2 - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Thur: 10.00-18.00; Fri: 10.00-21.00; Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Organised by @schoeniprojects In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸 1: Kensuke Koike, Marchiali, 2022 (detail), Switched vintage photo 📸 2: Kensuke Koike, Marchiali, 2022, Switched vintage photo, 23.4 x 17.5 cm (left) and 4.6 x 3.3 cm (right) Framed: 37.2 x 23.3 cm ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #dereCONSTRUCT #artinlondon #art #instaartsy #arts #artoftheday #artist #contemporaryart #photography #photographyart #小池健輔 #kensukekoike #contemporaryphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #photoworks #vintagephoto #GBSasakawa #asianartinlondon #asianartinlondon2022 #odtakeovers #pixel

de/re CONSTRUCT | Now Open Come on in… "Before I used archival images, I was shooting photographs on my own and altering them. But because I had the negatives and originals, I could make mistakes in the cutting and altering of them – I could just print another copy of an image and start all over again. I began to use archival images because I wanted to try something more challenging and delve deeper into the meaning of an image. More risk means that I have to think twice before cutting the originals, and that is important,” – @kensukekoike de/re CONSTRUCT Tanabe Chikuunsai IV & Sawako Kaijima and OD artist Kensuke Koike 21 Oct – 6 Nov, 2022 Wing Gallery | @cromwellplace | London Wednesday-Sunday, 10.00 – 18.00 Organised by @schoeniprojects In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon Open Doors Gallery Exhibitions | Artwork | Books Use #odtakeovers to be featured

"Very old photographs can’t really tell their stories because they have gone with the memories of their owners. They are like vessels adrift after breaking their moorings. Each one of us can let our imagination wander. We can grant them a new story.” - Kensuke Koike​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #dereCONSTRUCT Exhibition​​​​​​​​ Artists: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV @chikuunsai4 & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike @kensukekoike ​​​​​​​​ 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 21 October - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Wed-Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Organised by @schoeniprojects ​​​​​​​​ In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art ​​​​​​​​ Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon

The cut is Koike's medium. Slicing, collaging, and weaving are his methods. Scissors, scalpels, and even a pasta maker are his tools. Some works in his other ongoing series, "Today's Curiosity," are less restrictive, often cut, torn, and rebuilt into three-dimensional objects, while others become videos that record the process of the image's transformation.​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #dereCONSTRUCT Exhibition​​​​​​​​ Artists: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV @chikuunsai4 & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike @kensukekoike ​​​​​​​​ 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 21 October - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Wed-Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Organised by @schoeniprojects ​​​​​​​​ In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art ​​​​​​​​ Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon

“Before I used archival images, I was shooting photographs on my own and altering them. But because I had the negatives and originals, I could make mistakes in the cutting and altering of them – I could just print another copy of an image and start all over again.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ I began to use archival images because I wanted to try something more challenging and delve deeper into the meaning of an image. More risk means that I have to think twice before cutting the originals, and that is important.” – Kensuke Koike​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #dereCONSTRUCT Exhibition​​​​​​​​ Artists: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV @chikuunsai4 & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike @kensukekoike ​​​​​​​​ 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 21 October - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Wed-Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Organised by @schoeniprojects ​​​​​​​​ In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art ​​​​​​​​ Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon

"Before I used archival images, I was shooting photographs on my own and altering them. But because I had the negatives and originals, I could make mistakes in the cutting and altering of them – I could just print another copy of an image and start all over again. I began to use archival images because I wanted to try something more challenging and delve deeper into the meaning of an image. More risk means that I have to think twice before cutting the originals, and that is important,” explains Kensuke Koike.​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #dereCONSTRUCT Exhibition​​​​​​​​ Artists: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV @chikuunsai4 & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike @kensukekoike ​​​​​​​​ 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 21 October - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Wed-Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Organised by @schoeniprojects ​​​​​​​​ In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art ​​​​​​​​ Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon

“Some time ago, browsing through old photographs in a flea market, two group portraits caught my eye. Of the eight women in the first photo, six appeared in the other photo as well. I recognized them from their faces, not their dresses, which were different. No clue as to what photo was shot first. On the reverse, both bore the same studio imprint, a photographer of the First World War.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ I asked myself the reason why there were eight in one photo and only six in the other. What happened to the missing two? Did they quarrel, lose touch with each other, move to another town or simply die young?" - Kensuke Koike​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #dereCONSTRUCT Exhibition​​​​​​​​ Artists: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV @chikuunsai4 & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike @kensukekoike ​​​​​​​​ 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 21 October - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Wed-Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Organised by @schoeniprojects ​​​​​​​​ In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art ​​​​​​​​ Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon

"I always worked on smaller scale works in the past because I used unique, found photographic prints and that determined the size... When I worked using these images, I concentrated on the image itself and not on how to present it as such." - Kensuke Koike (2022)​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #dereCONSTRUCT Exhibition​​​​​​​​ Artists: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV @chikuunsai4 & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike @kensukekoike ​​​​​​​​ 📍Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London​​​​​​​​ 🗓 21 October - 6 November 2022 ​​​​​​​​ 🕰 Wed-Sat: 10.00-18.00; Sun: 10.00-16.00​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Organised by @schoeniprojects ​​​​​​​​ In collaboration with @odprintsales @wamono_art ​​​​​​​​ Supported by @GBSasakawa @asianartinlondon ​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Photo by Kensuke Koike

Forgotten Thing, 2022 | Kensuke Koike Unique Final Artwork: 21 x 29.7 cm Individual: 14.9x10.4cm & 6.6 x 6.6 cm Cut vintage photo Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity From Single Image Processing From $3,500 Kensuke Koike (b.1980, Japan) creates unique artwork by manipulating found vintage photographic material. The resulting sculptures are often witty, dynamic and abstract. Kensuke’s work revolves around the idea of using the assets found within an image to create something new and contemporary. The process often starts as a puzzle with each image setting its own challenges for the artist. Kensuke’s unique artwork has been exhibited globally at art fairs & exhibitions around the world and is now found in various collections. Open Doors Gallery is the UK representative for his work. See more on our website. An exhibition of his work will open later this year in collaboration with Schoeni Projects (@schoeniprojects ). News on this will be announced soon! Follow @kensukekoike @single_image_processing #odtakeovers #odprintsales #unique

Open Doors Gallery is excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for OD Photo Prize, 2022. An annual open call devoted to discovering and nurturing the next generation of photographic artists. Follow the links to find out more After the success of last year, the OD Photo Prize returns for its second edition. This prize is an exciting open call for emerging artists working within the first ten years of their practice, founded by Open Doors Gallery. For many years, OD has discovered and showcased artists working across all genres of contemporary photography. This prize is an extension of that philosophy, which looks to nurture long-term relationships with artists globally. This year's finalists will participate in a winter group exhibition with Open Doors Gallery in London to celebrate their talent and work. Selected finalists are also eligible for a variety of prizes chosen by our panel of influential experts in the field of photography. Meet this year's panel of judges: Tim Clark @1000words_magazine Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi @chose_commune Professor Steven Macleod @stevemac65 Efrem Zeloney Mindell @efrem_zelony_mindell Bill Shapiro @billshapiro Bindi Vora @bindi_vora Special thanks to our partners Metro Imaging @metroimaging Picter @picter_com MPB @mpbcom Wul Magazine @wul.mag We can't wait to see what you have been working on -------------- Open Doors Gallery Exhibitions • Artwork • Books Home of the OD Photo Prize --------------