Japan. Born 1970
Painting and sculpture;pop art
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Born 1951 Osaka, Japan. Known for: Collage, chromogenic prints.
Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951, Osaka, Japan) has been working as a conceptual photographer and filmmaker for more than three decades. Through extensive use of props, costumes, makeup, and digital... Read full biography
Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951, Osaka, Japan) has been working as a conceptual photographer and filmmaker for more than three decades. Through extensive use of props, costumes, makeup, and digital manipulation, the artist masterfully transforms himself into recognizable subjects, often from the... Read full biography
Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951, Osaka, Japan) has been working as a conceptual photographer and filmmaker for more than three decades. Through extensive use of props, costumes, makeup, and digital manipulation, the artist masterfully transforms himself into recognizable subjects, often from the Western cultural canon. Morimura has based works on seminal paintings by Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Diego Velázquez, as well as images culled from historical materials, mass media, and popular... Read full biography
Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951, Osaka, Japan) has been working as a conceptual photographer and filmmaker for more than three decades. Through extensive use of props, costumes, makeup, and digital manipulation, the artist masterfully transforms himself into recognizable subjects, often from the Western cultural canon. Morimura has based works on seminal paintings by Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Diego Velázquez, as well as images culled from historical materials, mass media, and popular culture. The artist’s reinvention of iconic photographs and art historical masterpieces challenges the associations the viewer has with the subjects, while also commenting on Japan's complex absorption of Western culture. Through his depiction of female... Read full biography
Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951, Osaka, Japan) has been working as a conceptual photographer and filmmaker for more than three decades. Through extensive use of props, costumes, makeup, and digital manipulation, the artist masterfully transforms himself into recognizable subjects, often from the Western cultural canon. Morimura has based works on seminal paintings by Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Diego Velázquez, as well as images culled from historical materials, mass media, and popular culture. The artist’s reinvention of iconic photographs and art historical masterpieces challenges the associations the viewer has with the subjects, while also commenting on Japan's complex absorption of Western culture. Through his depiction of female stars and characters, Morimura subverts the concept of the “male gaze”; within each image he both challenges the authority of identity... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: Doublonnage (Dancer 1), 1988
Doublonnage (Dancer 1), 1988
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Doublonnage (Dancer 1; 2; 3) (a set of 3)
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Japan. Born 1936
Paintings
New York. 1929 - 2022
Whimsical pop art sculpture, public installations
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Installation sculpture, images of commercial merchandise, female dolls, watches
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Cartoon-style paintings of adolescent children
New York / Japan, Mexico. 1922 - 2011
Found object artwork, drip, gestural painting, airbrush abstraction
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Mod child figurative, animal
New York, Ohio. 1931 - 2004
Painting-pop nude figure, mod real images, collage
New York, Pennsylvania. 1958 - 1990
Pop-modern graffiti, figure and genre painting
Japan. 1928 - 2002
Abstract painting
France. 1877 - 1953
Fauve painting-beach scenes, illustration, design
Japan. 1924 - 2008
Avant-garde painting