Araki
Araki by Nobuyoshi Araki is a comprehensive retrospective collection published by TASCHEN in 2020, featuring 512 pages of photographs. This multilingual edition showcases a selection of images curated by the artist himself, highlighting his most notable works that span decades. The collection includes a variety of themes, such as Tokyo street scenes, vibrant flowers, and the intricate Japanese art of kinbaku, or bondage.
Readers will find a deep exploration of Araki’s artistic vision, where he examines the interplay between subjugation and emancipation, as well as the contrasts of death and desire. The photographs present a dialogue between the photographer and his subjects, emphasizing the importance of conversation in capturing their essence. This edition offers a unique insight into Araki’s approach to photography, particularly in how he portrays female subjects and their expressions of desire.
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Decades’ worth of images have been distilled down to 512 pages of photographs in this ultimate retrospective collection of Nobuyoshi Araki’s work, selected by the artist himself.
First published as a Limited Edition and now back in a new format to celebrate TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, the curation delves deep into Araki’s best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of kinbaku, or bondage. As girls lay bound but defiant and glistening petals assume suggestive shapes, Araki plays constantly with patterns of subjugation and emancipation, death and desire and with the slippage between serene image and shock.
Describing his bondage photographs as “a collaboration between the subject and the photographer”, Araki seeks to come closer to his female subjects through photography, emphasizing the role of spoken conversation between himself and the model. In his native Japan, he has attained cult status for many women who feel liberated by his readiness to photograph the expression of their desire.
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