This exclusive release brings together one rare group photograph and five intimate solo portraits of the Spice Girls — Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Mel B, and Melanie C — shot by acclaimed photographer Dean Freeman at the height of their global phenomenon. Iconic, unrepeatable, and steeped in 90s cultural history — this drop is a rare opportunity to own a piece of contemporary art capturing the spirit of a generation.
A Woman in Time’s Layers—Ohjo Building, Kabukicho. A photographic collaboration by Aoi Yamada & Mumuko. One female body placed inside an architecture of time. Built in 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics, the Ohjo Building began as a place for music and words, later shifting with the city’s desires into cabaret, karaoke and izakaya. For over half a century, it accumulated layers of pleasure and time. Inside this structure, a woman appears. She does not speak. She exists. Leaning, hanging, dissolving, she shifts the weight of time, if only slightly. A brief breath within time.
1964年、東京オリンピックの年に建てられた王城ビル。音楽と言葉の場所として始まり、都市の欲望に合わせてキャバレー、カラオケ、居酒屋へと姿を変えてきた。半世紀以上、歓楽と時間の層を静かに重ね、2020年2月に時が止まった。その構造の中に、一人の女が現れる。彼女は語らない。ただ在る。寄りかかり、ぶら下がり、溶け込み、時間の重さをわずかに揺らす。時間の中での、ほんの短い呼吸。
Martina Matencio’s photographs coexist in a universe of contained nostalgia and melancholy, where light and emotions are perpetual. Subtle, sad or melancholic emotions, but cheerful at the same time. Since the age of 16 she experimented with photography and at 20 it was her way of life. Her relationship with photography began when she had to take care of a child with a mental illness. By taking photos of him, she discovered it was the best way to contribute to the world.
