Nobuyoshi Araki (*1940)
Untitled (Kinbaku), Japan, ca. 1985
Since the late 1970s, the photographs of bound naked women's bodies have been an integral part of Araki's repertoire. For them, he is equally well known - even outside a photo-interested public - as he is controversial. Within Araki's oeuvre, they can be read as a play on the stylised depiction of an all-pervasive sexual desire, which, in the dichotomy of Eros and Thanatos repeatedly invoked by Araki, ultimately stands for life itself and which he positions against restrictive social conventions and state censorship.
The term »kinbaku« refers to a Japanese tradition of artful binding driven by sexual motivation, which developed from the second half of the 19th century onwards.
Gelatin silver print, print date: 2005
Image dimensions 93,8 x 72,8 cm (93,8 x 72,8 inch)
Object dimensions 100,5 x 79,5 cm (100,5 x 79,5 inch)
Mounting, Framing Mounted in black wooden frame c. 118 x 97 cm
Condition
Double weight paper, semi-matte surface; Pinholes at the corners, bruised upper edges and some creases
Annotations
Signed by the artist in pencil on the reverse
Literature
Bondage. The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki. vol. 18, Tokyo 1997, p. 97
Prints / Japanese Photography / Nudes / Inszenierte Fotografie / Eros / Kunst / Akt /
