Nobuyoshi Araki (*1940)
Untitled, Japan, 1993
From the series »Erotos«
With his series »Erotos«, also published as a book, controversial photographer Nobuyoshi Araki makes a radical departure from his usual sexed-up portraits and cityscapes. Arrestingly primal close-ups of parts of the body as well as pipes, fruit, cracks in the sidewalk, flowers, delve deep into the erotic subconscious. Most of his subjects are (or at least seem to be) glossy and shown against a black, that can't be any stronger.
Gelatin silver print, print date: 2005
Image dimensions 27 x 40,4 cm (27 x 40,4 inch)
Object dimensions 35,5 x 43 cm (35,5 x 43 inch)
Mounting, Framing Mounted in black wooden frame c. 50 x 60 cm
Condition
Double weight paper, semi-matte surface; light crease in the lower middle and left
Annotations
Signed in pencil on the reverse
Literature
Nobuyoshi Araki, Erotos,Tokyo: Libro Port Publishing 1993, p. 132-133; Erotos. The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki. vol. 16, Tokyo 1997, p. 76-77; Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-Life-Death, London: Phaidon 2005, p. 576; Nobuyoshi Araki, Araki. 40th Anniversary, Taschen: Cologne 2020, p. 317.
Prints / Japanese Photography / Eros / Mann / Tier /
