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 The Universe in the Photos of Nobuyoshi Araki By Zdenek Felix The most striking feature of Nobuyoshi Araki’s photographs is the Japanese artist’s unmistakably obsessive appropriation of his motifs. In his painstakingly staged images of bodies in bondage or his precisely composed flower still lifes, in his more spontaneous ‘snapshots” of Tokyo night-life or the melancholy scenes from his own garden, the traces of his obs… NOBUYOSHI ARAKI: “The Universe in the Photos of Nobuyoshi Araki”  By Taeko Tomioka Manhed Wilimann and Seiichi Furuya have selected more than one hundred of Nobuyoshi Araki’s photographs – out of so many! I believe this is the first time that someone other than Araki himself has made the selection of photos to be exhibited. In more than twenty years, Araki has published more than eighty books of photographs, that have been edited so as to create cleverly and carefully prepared narratives that cou…  Nobuyoshi Araki by Monty DiPietro No Japanese artist is as provocative or triggers such extreme reactions. People either admire Nobuyoshi Araki, or despise him. Like one of his characteristic bondage-nudes, the life’s work of this country’s best-known photographer is laid out unapologetically in “Araki Retrographs,” a retrospective now on at Tokyo’s Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. I’ve never liked Araki. I’ve always been disgusted…  By C.B. Liddell, The Japan Times, November, 2006 Usually reviews of Nobuyoshi Araki’s work start by pointing out the contradictions “monster,” “genius,” “pornographer,” “artist,” etc. The greatest negative routinely cited is his attitude toward women, photographed smeared with paint or bound in bondage ropes, images that reflect attitudes rooted in Edo’s ancient past or Tokyo’s … INTERVIEW: “Nobuyoshi Araki: Intimate Photography – Tokyo, Nostalgia and Sex” (2006) | ||||||||||||||
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