ARAKI NOBUYOSHI - CRAZY OLD MAN

ARAKI NOBUYOSHI
CRAZY OLD MAN A

Published by Thircuit, 2015
Book Size 25.9 x 20.5 x 3 cm
Pages 280 pages
Hard cover
Language Japanese, English, French

Nobuyoshi Araki's Crazy Old Man A contains a series of polaroid snapshots exhibited at the Impossible Space Beijing in 2014.

The polaroid images capture figures and objects which resonate with themes familiar with Araki's works.The female subject returns again within this collection of polaroids, stark and portrayed in a more darker tone, seen through the different layers created in areas where the emulsion has eroded; leaving corners and areas blocked out by black and brown effects. Here the images of Araki's fascination with Kinbaku, and other familiar scenes of flowers modeled with toys signifying both male and female genitalia are coupled with the use of the polaroid medium. The resulting effect is a beautiful yet dark collection of images reflecting important themes within the artist's visual language, the endless cycle of life and death, female eroticism and of his love for his birth place Tokyo, Japan.

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Nobuyoshi Araki's "Crazy Old Man A" contains a series of reproductions of Polaroids exhibited at Impossible Space Beijing in 2014.

The polaroid images capture figures and objects that resonate with themes familiar to Araki’s works. The female subject returns again in this collection of polaroids, stark and depicted in a darker tone, seen through the different layers created in areas where the emulsion has eroded; leaving corners and areas blocked by black and brown effects. Here, images of Araki’s fascination with Kinbaku and other familiar scenes of flowers modeled with toys signifying male and female genitalia are coupled with the use of the polaroid medium. The resulting effect is a beautiful and dark collection of images reflecting important themes in the artist’s visual language, the endless cycle of life and death, female eroticism and her love for her birthplace Tokyo, Japan.