curatorial project | Jonathan Schmidt-Ott solo exhibition
The images of Jonathan Schmidt-Ott seem to be based on a semiotic system of symbols and signs whose meaning eludes the viewer. In each of his pictures there is implied a hidden history. This is not because he has a covert agenda which he has chosen to withhold from the viewer. Rather it is his interpretation that gives the images their power. They draw the viewer into the spell, without revealing the secret. They pulsate like buried memories, painful but beautiful allegories of the unconscious. Each image tells us a story, but it is our own story.
Claire Usiskin/Nadine Zoller
彼の写真は、我々にその解釈をゆだねる記号論のシステムに基づき、それぞれの写真は隠れた歴史を意味します。彼の解釈は、秘密を明らかにする事なく、展示されます。そして、埋設された記憶（無意識の痛みを伴うが、美しい寓話）のように脈動します。それぞれの写真は我々にその物語を語ります、しかし、それは我々の物語なのです。
Claire Usiskin/Nadine Zoller
2016, July 8 Thursday - 18 Thursday / Close Tuesday
Open: 11:30 AM - 07:00 PM
Venue : gift_lab GARAGE
address : #102, 1-13-13 Shirakawa Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0021 Japan
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Jonathan Schmidt-Ott