We are delighted to present an exhibition of works by the acclaimed German artist and photographer Michael Wolf (1954-2019) from his Tokyo Compression series. Comprising 72 photographs and 8 lithographs, they are extracted from a wider collection of images in the series shot over a four year period at Shimo-Kitazawa station in Tokyo.

Wolf has become known for his documentation of life in hyper-density cities, and Tokyo Compression spotlights the claustrophobic experience of commuting in the Tokyo subway in which millions of commuters make their daily journeys between work and home. Pressed against the windows, caught in the transitory space between home and work, the disquieting images of Wolf’s subjects capture the incommodious life in densely populated urban centres.

Gallery address: 49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan