Michiko Kon: Still Lifes presents this unique artist's photographs of the impossible objects she has created in her studio. These objects are assembled from fish, flesh, and fowl with a Surrealist sensibility reminiscent of the works of Man Ray and Meret Oppenheim. Michiko Kon's photography deftly makes a permanent record of subjects that only exist temporarily: a garter belt fashioned from fish; a pair of melons covered with octopus tentacles; and a boot made of shrimp, among many other non-delectables. Michiko Kon takes ...
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Michiko Kon: Still Lifes presents this unique artist's photographs of the impossible objects she has created in her studio. These objects are assembled from fish, flesh, and fowl with a Surrealist sensibility reminiscent of the works of Man Ray and Meret Oppenheim. Michiko Kon's photography deftly makes a permanent record of subjects that only exist temporarily: a garter belt fashioned from fish; a pair of melons covered with octopus tentacles; and a boot made of shrimp, among many other non-delectables. Michiko Kon takes the classic tradition of the still-life photograph and gives it new life through the reanimation of object parts and body parts in new forms. Kon writes: "A fish with legs, a vacuum cleaner turned into an animal, a light bulb turned into a pear, a remote device turned into a living creature...." It is this exchange of the inanimate with the animate that imbues the stillness of her photography with the dynamism of the balance between life and death, the fashionable and the commonplace, being awake and dreaming.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 13x10x0; Hardcover, In Very Good Condition. 124 Pages With No Index. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on front pasted end page. Sticker on front free end page. Stamp on back free end page. Sticker and due date card on back pasted end page. Stamp on top text block. A green casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in gray and in black down a gray-green spine. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. "English edition of Japanese photographer Kon's first major release which represents more than ten of her 20 years of work. Sixty-four duotone and four-color reproductions, statements by the artist, a narrative by novelist Murakami, and an essay by art historian Ito illuminate the way in which she takes the classic tradition of the still-life photograph and gives it new life through the reanimation of object and body parts in new forms."
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4to. 124 pp. Very Good+. Hard Covers. Dust Jacket Very Good, in protective wraps. Pages fine. Presents a unique artist's photographs of the impossible objects she has created in her studio. Kon skillfully creates a permanent record of impermanent objects: a garter belt fashioned from fish; a pair of melons covered with octopus tentacles; a mid-calf boot made of shrimp, among many other nondelectables. An exhibition is currently touring worldwide. Heavy Volume, additional shipping fees may apply. ISBN 10: 0893817295 ISBN 13: 9780893817299.
