Dream Within a Dream
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition ”Dream Within a Dream,” by photographer Masakazu Murakami, from Saturday, October 24 to Saturday, December 19, 2026.
The first exhibition at our new Paris location, this show features eight works selected from his collection of negatives spanning 25 years since around 2000, marking Murakami’s Paris debut. The show follows the publication of his latest photobook by Zen Foto Gallery in October 2025.
Peculiar signboards, drifting gazes, the sky above, streams of sunlight and the silhouettes it reveals...
As if one were sinking beneath water, with blurred vision and muffled hearing, the experience while looking at these photos evokes the curious sensation of peering into someone else's daydream.
During the exhibition, on Thursday, November 12, a talk event with photography critic Kenji Takazawa will be held.
“I can hardly remember when and where the photographs were taken. Together with the negative films that I never reviewed, they remained submerged in my memory. Perhaps these photographs, taken half-unconsciously without any intention, offer a glimpse of something similar to the boundary between dream and reality.”
― from Masakazu Murakami’s afterword
