Wind under the Wings, Tokyo, Japan, 2017
Wind under the Wings – Year of the Bird
Muriel Pénicaud
The French Institute in Japan – Tokyo is pleased to present Muriel Pénicaud's photography exhibition, Wind under the Wings – Year of the Bird.
As head of an international public agency, Muriel Pénicaud travels the world. Previously a senior executive at major international corporations, she created the Sakura patronage fund, which promotes the link between art and societal issues. Photography and writing have always been her two great passions.
French Institute in Japan
The bird embodies the divine.
When it disappears, there will be nothing left.
No humans, no gods.
Nothing left to tickle the sky.
Nothing left to pay homage to the earth.
The bird brings together the angel and the demon.
When it disappears, there will be nothing left.
Neither good nor evil.
Neither beauty nor monstrosity.
Nothing left to signify the invisible.
Nothing left to rekindle the embers.
Muriel Pénicaud does not "photograph birds."
She photographs what they still embody.
Myths, deities, angels, demons, men.
She attempts to restore within us
a part of the splendor that once belonged to us.*
The bird embodies the divine.
When it disappears, there will be nothing left.
Pierre Bongiovanni
"Wecannot deny that humanity today has lost the secret, kept until the present age, of giving itself a face in which it could recognize the splendor that belongs to it."
Organized by thethe French Institute in Japan – Tokyo
In collaboration with: Maison Laurentine, Sakura Patron Fund
With the kind cooperation of: Restaurant Le Bretagne.
French Institute of Japan - Tokyo, gallery
〒 162-8415
15 Ichigaya-funagawara-machi, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo