- Yasumasa Morimura
Yasumasa Morimura (森村 泰昌,
June 11 1951 - ) is a Japaneseappropriation art ist. He was born inOsaka and graduated fromKyoto City University of Arts in 1978. Since 1985, Yasumasa Morimura has primarily shown his work in international solo exhibitions, although he has been involved in various group exhibitions.Yasumasa Morimura borrows images from historical artists (ranging from
Edouard Manet toRembrandt toCindy Sherman ), and inserts his own face and body into them. [Harumi Befu and Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, "Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe and America", Routledge, 2003, p142. ISBN 0415244129] His work engages with issues of gender, [Alyce Mahon, "Eroticism & Art", Oxford University Press, 2005, p262. ISBN 0192801872] and challenges both Western and Japanese notions of good taste. [Hugh Honour, "A World History of Art", Laurence King Publishing, 2005, p891. ISBN 1856694518]Among others, Morimura's exhibitions have been shown at the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1992), the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jouy-en-Josas,France (1993), theHara Art Museum in Hara, Japan (1994), the Guggenheim Museum (1994), theYokohama Museum of Art in Yokohama, Japan (1996),Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2006), and the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney, Australia (2007).In his most recent and most extravagant reproduction, Morimura created a series of hybrid self-portraits modeled after the art of
Frida Kahlo .References
External links
* [http://morimura-ya.com Official Website] (Japanese) Official Yasumasa Morimura website
* [http://morimura-ya.com/gallery/index.html Gallery] A gallery of works at Morimura official website
* [http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=75 Yasumasa Morimura] at Luhring Augustine Gallery
* [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/yasumasa_morimura.htm Saatchi Gallery] Additional information on Yasumasa Morimura including artworks, articles, text panels and full biography
* [http://www.mem-inc.jp/me.html Yasumasa Morimura] at MEM INC.
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