9780714845555: Nobuyoshi Araki
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{"authorDescription":"Edited by Akiko Miki, Yoshiko Isshiki and Tomoko Sato; essays by Ian Jeffrey, Akiko Miki, Yuko Tanaka and Jonathan Watkins; interview by Hans-Ulrich Obrist; annotated bibliography by Kotaro Iizawa","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":11597,"guid":"65dbd4f7-2267-435f-b6e0-c5e02eb9eb66","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"89.95","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"99.95","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"75.00","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"45.00","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"75.00","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714845555","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Hardback","colIlls":null,"extent":"720","language":"English","lenInch":"11 3/8","lenMm":"290","weightKilo":"3.05","widthInch":"8 3/8","widthMm":"214"},"status":false,"subtitle":"Self, Life, Death","title":"Nobuyoshi Araki","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"\u003cp\u003eAkiko Miki is a curator at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris and contributor to art magazines including \u003cem\u003eBijutsu Techo\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStudio Voice\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTema Celeste\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eExit Express\u003c/em\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoshiko Isshiki has been working with Araki for over 10 years and has been closely involved in all exhibitions of Araki's work in Europe. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomoko Sato is a curator at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, where she has organized and curated a wide range of exhibitions. She has edited and published a number of books and catalogues.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKotaro Iizawa is a photography critic and writer. He is the author of many books on Japanese photography, including \u003cem\u003eAraki!: The Legacy of a Prodigy\u003c/em\u003e (1994). He was also the founder of \u003cem\u003eDéjà-vu\u003c/em\u003e magazine (1990).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Jeffrey is a photography writer, lecturer and curator. His books include \u003cem\u003eMagnum Landscape\u003c/em\u003e (1997) and \u003cem\u003eShomei Tomatsu\u003c/em\u003e (2001), also published by Phaidon.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans Ulrich Obrist is a curator (at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris), writer, editor and interviewer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuko Tanaka is Professor at Hosei University, Tokyo, and has written extensively on Japanese literature and culture during the Edo period (1600-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Watkins is Director of the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. He was the Artistic Director of the 11th Sydney Biennale (1998) and has curated many exhibitions, including 'Nobuyoshi Araki: Tokyo Still Life' (2001).\u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1940, Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan's greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. His inexhaustible creative energy is attested to by the more than 300 books he has published in the last four decades, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sex and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1971 Araki privately published \u003ci\u003eSentimental Journey\u003c/i\u003e, an intimate account of his honeymoon with his wife Yoko. In the Preface to this book, Araki declared that his 'point of departure as a photographer was love ... and the idea of an \u003ci\u003eI-novel\u003c/i\u003e [a form of Japanese fiction written autobiographically and in the first person]'. With this statement, Araki established the genre of 'I-photography', in which his own life and feelings became the central subject of his work. The idea was to have a great impact on a new generation of Japanese photographers, especially in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1990, the year of Yoko's death, Araki had produced an immense body of work. Through his photographs he has created his own universe, where the themes of sex, life and death are closely intertwined. Tokyo, Araki's home city, often plays a leitmotif in his work, while his rich visual vocabulary is drawn from the erotic Shunga of the Eda period (1600-1867) as well as the glossy imagery of the new commercial culture. Through his innovative approach to his medium - sometimes combining painting, drawing and film - Araki has become an influential figure in contemporary art, beyond the field of photography.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis major publication provides the most comprehensive overview yet of Araki's prolific 40-year career. Araki's key series of works are included alongside many rare and previously unpublished photographs. Featuring an interview and essays by writers from Japan and Europe, this book examines Araki from a broad range of perspectives and gives a cultural context to his work. Also included are a large selection of Araki's writings, translated into English for the first time, as well as complete illustrated and annotated bibliography of his own books. Reflecting Araki's principle of 'I-photography', the book is divided into three sections that follow the main recurring themes in his work: Self, Life and Death.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"'The work of Nobuyoshi Araki is virtually impossible to sum up in a few words. But here goes ... gritty reportage, rope bondage, dead cats, naked women, naked women drinking coke, and the occasional naked woman covered in small lizards. Phew! ... If nothing else, \u003cem\u003eNobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death \u003c/em\u003eis guaranteeed to cause heated debate!' \u003cem\u003e(Practial Photography)\u003c/em\u003e","webShortDescription":"The definitive overview of Japan's greatest and most controversial living photographer."}