Nobuyoshi Araki (*1940)
Flowers and Jamorinsky, Tokyo, ca. 2005
With their striking colours and clearly defined textures, Araki's close-ups of flowers seduce to touch them. For him, flowers are symbols of the feminine, the lizards - Jamorinksys - which are placed on them represent the masculine. In Araki's symbolism, however, Eros rarely exists without Thanatos: the condition of the dried reptiles and the more or less advanced wilting of the flowers refer to the ephemerality of all sensual pleasures.
Chromogenic print
Bildmaße 61 x 76 cm (61 x 76 inch)
Objektmaße 68 x 84,6 cm (68 x 84,6 inch)
Montage, Rahmen Mount and maple wooden frame 73,5 x 91,5 cm
Beschriftung
Signed by the artist in pencil on the reverse
Literatur
Nobuyoshi Araki. 6x7 Hangeki, Tokyo 2007, o.p.
Photos / PHOTO ART / Botanik / Stillleben /