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Yasumasa Morimura

Japanese · b. 1995 · Painter, Sculptor

Yasumasa Morimura is a contemporary Japanese performance and appropriation artist whose work encompasses photography, film, and live performance. He is known for his… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Yasumasa Morimura, To my little sister for Cindy Sherman, 1998, Chromogenic printTo my little sister for Cindy ShermanPhillips · $35,000≈ £23,148≈ €27,284Sign up to see
  2. Yasumasa Morimura, Blinded by the Light, 1991, chromogenic print with surface varnish laid on panel, in 3 partsBlinded by the LightPhillips · $25,000≈ £17,309≈ €21,978Sign up to see
  3. Yasumasa Morimura, Eight Works: i) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Liza Minnelli ii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Sylvia Kristel, iii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Brigitte Bardot, iv) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Greta Garbo v) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Ingrid Bergman, vi) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Audrey Hepburn, vii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Greta Garbo 2, viii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Marilyn Monroe, 1996, gelatin silver prints, in 8 partsEight Works: i) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Liza Minnelli ii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Sylvia Kristel, iii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Brigitte Bardot, iv) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Greta Garbo v) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Ingrid Bergman, vi) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Audrey Hepburn, vii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Greta Garbo 2, viii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Marilyn MonroePhillips · £7,500≈ $11,598≈ €10,139Sign up to see

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Yasumasa Morimura is a contemporary Japanese performance and appropriation artist whose work encompasses photography, film, and live performance. He is known for his reinterpretation of recognizable artworks and figures from art history, history, and mass media through his adoption of personas that transcend national, ethnic, gendered, and racial boundaries. Across his photographic and performative series, Morimura's works explore a number of interconnected themes, including: the nature of identity and its ability to undergo change, postcolonialism, authorship, and the Western view of Japan – and Asia, more broadly – as feminine.

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Born 1995, OsakaOccupation Painter, Sculptor, PhotographerWikidata Q595342 ↗ULAN 500115979 ↗

In the collections of

Art Institute of ChicagoHessel Museum of ArtJ. Paul Getty MuseumKunstmuseum Den HaagMinneapolis Institute of ArtMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y CantabriaMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of VictoriaPicker Art GallerySan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtWhitney Museum of American Art

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contemporary art

Also known as Morimura Yasumasa

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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