“The Square and Beyond: Through the Lens of Jamie Hawkesworth”

The KURA gallery of ISSEY MIYAKE KYOTO presents KURA Exhibition “The Square and Beyond: Through the Lens of Jamie Hawkesworth.”

The ISSEY MIYAKE AUTUMN WINTER 2023/24 collection The Square and Beyond looks at new creations derived from the square; the shape on which paper, boxes, furniture, architecture, fabrics, and form-making are founded. This exhibition introduces the collection through the photographs of British photographer Jamie Hawkesworth.

Hawkesworth first studied forensic science at university and was introduced to photography through a course on documenting crime scenes. Having gained experience working for a documentary photographer, he worked with a stylist on a fashion story and began his career as a fashion photographer. His photography brings out a sense of beauty that is intrinsic to humanity-an attribute fundamental to ISSEY MIYAKE’s design and making.

As the collection develops a new aesthetic and a new iteration of its fundamental concept of ma, "The Square and Beyond", shot in Paris, harmonizes the sense of life, intelligence, and humor that springs from within the subject, and is filled with the beauty of a moment that can only be drawn now. We invite you to experience the power of clothing created by ISSEY MIYAKE's craftsmanship and revealed through Mr Hawksworth's gaze.