Nobuyoshi Araki (*1940)
Untitled, 1995
From the series »Tokyo Novelle«
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.
Vintage Gelatin silver print
Image dimensions 31,9 x 40,5 cm (31,9 x 40,5 inch)
Object dimensions 34,2 x 43 cm (34,2 x 43 inch)
Mounting, Framing Archival cardboard mat 50 x 60 cm, frame upon request
Condition
Double weight paper, semi-matte surface
Annotations
Signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, series title and numbered
Literature
Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Novelle, Wolfsburg: Kunstmuseum 1996/97.
Prints / Japanese Photography / Eros / Akt /
