Nobuyoshi Araki je japonský fotograf a současný umělec, proslulý svou rozsáhlou a často provokativní tvorbou. Jeho dílo, zahrnující stovky publikovaných knih, se vyznačuje syrovou upřímností a zkoumá témata jako erotika, smrt a každodenní život s nekompromisní vizuální vášní. Arakiho jedinečný styl zachycuje tělo a jeho vztah k okolnímu světu, často s důrazem na intimitu a zranitelnost. Jeho vliv přesahuje fotografii, inspiruje umělce napříč médii a zanechává nesmazatelnou stopu v současném umění.
Exploring profound themes of life and death, this project showcases a poignant series that reflects on the loss of the photographer's uncle and step-father. It intertwines intimate images of his mother and Bavarian homeland with symbolic representations of fertility and vitality captured during a trip to Bhutan with his partner. The book emerges from a collaborative exhibition, offering a deeply personal narrative that connects personal grief with broader themes of existence and renewal.
A young woman with her legs spread wide; buttoned-up dressed workers on a city street. Contrasting photos like these of intensely private scenes, and snapshots of nameless passers-by are Nobuyoshi Araki’s early commentary on the heterogeneity of Japanese society, calling the moral responsibility of its members into question. This book combines Araki’s Tokyo series from his early works with a selection of his recent Polaroid collages and newly developed slide shows—all of them exploring the contradictions between anonymity and intimacy, the public and private sphere, reality and dream. The legendary Araki is one of the most influential and widely discussed artists today, one who deals with nakedness, sexuality and the body in a radical and realistic way. Through an extreme emotional and physical closeness with his subjects, he becomes not only part of their lives but plays a central role in his own photos, thus transcending voyeurism. Together with Nan Goldin, Larry Clark and Boris Mikhailov, Araki is considered one of the pioneers of intimate subjective photography. Co-published with C/O Berlin Exhibition: C/O Berlin, 8 December 2018 to 3 March 2019
"This new abridged edition of the highly acclaimed Self Life Death provides an overview of Nobuyoshi Araki's (b.1940) prolific forty year career, featuring his finest and most iconic images in a new, expanded format. Arguably Japan's greatest living photographer - and certainly its most controversial - Araki consistently challenges artistic and social conventions in postwar Japan. The book examines Araki's work from a wide variety of viewpoints: Japanese and European; female and male, including all his major works, such as Sentimental Journey (1971), Tokyo Story (1989) and Erotos (1993). Araki's writings, widely admired and published in Japan, which were translated into English for the first time for Self Life Death, are also included. At this affordable and accessible format, a new audience of photography students and enthusiasts will be able to own a book on this influential photographer."--Publisher's description
"Nobuyoshi Araki distills decades' worth of images down ot 512 pages in this ultimate retrospective of his career. This intimate collection delves deep into his best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of bondage"--Book flap
" There is nothing more interesting than women, and nothing more exciting." -Nobuyoshi ArakiAraki by Araki is a record of the career of Nobuyoshi Araki, self-styled "photomaniac" and permanent enfant terrible of the Japanese art world. Published to mark the artist's sixty-third birthday on May 25, 2003, this volume features 2002 photographs covering his entire career from 1963 to 2002.Sex-trade voyeur, recorder of Tokyo cityscapes, chronicler of married life, or experimental photo artist - no matter what your image of Araki, this collection will reveal new aspects of his talent, as it traces his unique vision over forty prolific years.All the pictures were selected by Araki himself (who also provides an original commentary), making Araki by Araki not only a comprehensive but highly personal overview of the artist's work to date. High quality color and duotone black and white printing ensure the highest standard of reproductionthroughout.
Here you will find over 400 Polaroids by Andy Warhol of street hustlers and call boys engaging in sexual acts and posing as drag queens. The pictures inspired paintings known as the Torso Series but, as Bob Colacello recounts, were known around the office as the Cocks, Cunts, and Assholes Series.
