Talk & Meet

Eric Poitevin x Fukutaro Nakayama ”Perspectives of Eric Poitevin on the Tea Table "

RESERVATION REQUIRED

2025.4.17: 11:00–12:00

2025.4.17: 14:00–15:00

Ryosokuin Zen Temple

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Within the setting of Eric Poitevin's works and a themed display, this event will take the form of a tea gathering. It will offer an opportunity for deeper engagement with the exhibition at Ryosokuin Temple and the background of the works through a dialogue between the artist, Ryosokuin's tea master Fukutaro Nakayama, and the participants.

Important Notice: *No KYOTO GRAPHIE passport or single venue ticket is required for this event, but a separate participation fee of 3,000 yen is necessary.
*The planned guest number is 4 people for each session.
*Please refrain from wearing skirts shorter than knee-length, slim pants, or other attire that will be uncomfortable at the tea ceremony. Please wear socks.
*Chairs will be provided as needed, so those who cannot sit directly on the floor may also participate.

Speakers Speakers

Eric Poitevin (KYOTOGRAPHIE 2025 Artist)

Eric Poitevin is a leading artist in contemporary French photography. Born in 1961 in Longuyon (France), he lives and works in Mangiennes (Meuse) and had the responsibility of a workshop at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
His works revisit the major genres of classical painting (nudes, portraits, still life, landscapes, etc.) in a photographic process that centres on nature and the body. Whether the subjects are faces of veterans from the First World War (1985), dead bucks (1995), skulls or butterflies (1994), woods (1995), or human or animal body parts (1999–2001), Eric Poitevin’s photographs are the result of a progressive decision-making process. Sometimes requiring months of waiting for the subject of the photograph to be constituted as he wishes, he then meticulously constructs his image. The light and framing, size and paper chosen all contribute to shedding his subject of outward aspects to reveal it’s fragility.

His works were notably exhibited at Pascale and Piero Sparta (Chagny), Le Plateau (Paris), Villa Medici (Rome), and at MAMCO (Geneva).
Fukutaro Nakayama (Tea Master, Organizer of Chanoyu Group "Kamonkai")

As a tea master at Ryosokuin Zen Temple in Kyoto, Fukutaro has been practicing the tea ceremony for 20 years. He is passionate about preserving and passing down a profound understanding of people, nature, and objects, along with a refined aesthetic sensibility, shaped by more than 500 years of the tea ceremony’s history. While honoring tradition, he also explores innovative expressions of the tea ceremony, adapting it to contemporary times and occasions.