Die Gelbe Wand is a new exhibition space dedicated to photography within the Mercati Culturali Pordenone (Via delle Caserme 2) and is one of the projects included in the Pordenone 2027 dossier.
Die Gelbe Wand is a new exhibition space dedicated to photography within the Mercati Culturali Pordenone (Via delle Caserme 2) and is one of the projects included in the Pordenone 2027: A City That Surprises dossier, with which Pordenone won the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2027.
A space with an international outlook inspired by the best European examples, featuring a hybrid identity that spotlights contemporary photography—with a particular fondness for the experimental work flourishing in German-speaking countries and Japan.
The exhibition inaugurating Die Gelbe Wand is "The Cosmic Prayer" by photographer Gak Yamada (Ehime, Japan, 1973)—his first solo exhibition in Europe, held right here in Pordenone.
Not merely a series of shots, but a synesthetic journey crafted by Yamada to offer an overview of his artistic trajectory—a narrative arc that begins with photography and arrives at a "third space": one that is no longer painting and not yet sculpture, yet vibrates with an autonomy all its own.
The artist leads us through an evolution that views photography as a representation of the external world and abstract painting as an expression of the inner world, while constantly seeking that breaking point—that creative process in which the categories merge into one another.
Opening on Saturday, May 9 at 6:00 PM – Conversation with the artist Gak Yamada and the exhibition curator Marco Minuz. Official remarks by Alberto Parigi, Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Pordenone.
The exhibition is open from May 10 to June 14, 2026, on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Last updated: 29/06/2026 10:47
The exhibition traces the evolution of his increasingly layered, restless, and furious style, revealing the creation of works that break free from traditional constraints and reinvent the relationship between solid and void, black and white, and the use of color.
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