Nobuyoshi Araki - Bondage (3 vols in wooden cassette, signed copy) by Various artists
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Nobuyoshi Araki - Bondage (3 vols in wooden cassette, signed copy) 2012

Various artists

PaperWood
29 ⨯ 33 cm
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  • About the artwork
    November 2012, (29 x 33 cm), 3 vols., 600 pp. English/ French and german parallel text, full colour ills., Japanee binding in woonden case.

    Araki is altijd gefascineerd geweest door de Japanse kunst van erotische bondage Kinbaku-bi, wat letterlijk 'de schoonheid van het vastbinden' betekent. Men heeft Araki een genie genoemd en een dichter, maar ook een misogynist, een pornograaf en een monster. Echter, het werk van Araki overstijgt deze simplistische en moralistische classificaties. Björk en Lady Gaga zijn fans en hebben beiden voor hem geposeerd, de laatstgenoemde begeerlijk in touwen gebonden. Deze Collector's Edition is gelimiteerd tot 1.000 exemplaren en bestaat uit drie delen. Ze zijn op Japanse wijze met de hand gebonden en verpakt in een houten cassette. // Meaning literally, "the beauty of tight binding", Kinbaku-bi, the Japanese art of erotic bondage, has long fascinated Nobuyoshi Araki, who has made it one of his most important subjects. He's been called a genius and a poet, and also a misogynist, a pornographer, a monster, but Araki's work transcends simplistic moralistic classifications; he has said of his work: "There is no conclusion. It's completely open. It doesn't go anywhere." Whether literally or figuratively, his bound subjects are certainly immobilized, yet in the most tantalizing ways. This Collector's Edition is limited to 845 copies, each numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki. It consists of three volumes, enticingly hand-bound in the Japanese tradition and packaged in a wooden box, featuring Araki's selection of his favorite bondage photos from over his entire career.
  • About the artist
    More than one artist has worked on this object.

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