Greatly influenced by Surrealism, Kansuke Yamamoto made innovative photographs, collages, and poems and was a key figure in the Japanese avant-garde.
His work is featured in Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto.Stapled Flesh, 1949, Kansuke Yamamoto. From the Collection of Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. © Toshio Yamamoto
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The earliest surviving letter from Oscar Wilde’s passionate (and tragic) relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, known to friends and family as Bosie. (via)
Detail of Lyal Burr, coal miner, and his sons Kerry and Phillip, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Koosharem, Utah, May 7, 1981, with Avedon’s instruction to the printer
gelatin silver print with red grease pencil, 16 x 20 inches
French Poster for Empire of Passion (Nagisa Oshima, 1978)
RIP Sensei Oshima
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Sound/Art, 1984. SculptureCenter, New York. Vito Acconci, Three Columns for America, 1976. Wood, table, stools, headphones, sound. Dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist.
Check out Roy Lichtenstein’s explosive cover design for Newsweek’s 1966 Pop art issue.
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