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For a period of six months photographer Mie Morimoto worked with Yoshitomo Nara to create a revealing documentary of this internationally renowned artist at work in his studio. The results of this stunning interaction between artist and photographer comprise the body of work found within the pages of this book. Whether Nara is painting a white canvas with his favorite enfant terribles or turning ceramic molds into his signature weeping dogs, Morimoto skillfully captures the artist creating his work.
An artist's posturing for the world is a performance and in Birth and Present the reader is given the rare opportunity to observe Nara's work in process. The power and charm of Nara's art is revealed through the lens of an intimate photographic window on his previously undisclosed techniques.
Birth and Present includes an account of Nara's artistic process, excerpts from the artist's journals and an introduction by Ivan Vartanian.
96 pages (62 Full-color reproductions/Hardcover)
Author (Photographs) : Mie Morimoto
Design: Yuko Shoji (Karera)
Editor: Kyoko Wada
Introduction: Ivan Vartanian
Explanatory Notes by Noriko Miyamura
Publisher: Gingko Press
Price: $24.5
ISBN 1-58423-153-X
Aperture Foundation
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