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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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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Check out Roy Lichtenstein’s explosive cover design for Newsweek’s 1966 Pop art issue.
A throw of the dice will never abolish chance
Still from Les Mystères du château de Dé (1929), directed by Man Ray. Originally a silent film, recent copies have been dubbed using music taken from Man Ray’s personal record collection of the time.
Watch it on UbuWeb.
Mary Weatherford, Ruby II, flashe on linen with neon light and transformer, 93 x 79 inches
Opens tonight at LA><ART
Vik Muniz, Manhattan II, from Pictures of Clouds, 2001
Franz West (1947–2012), Sisyphos IX, 2002. Papier-mâché, styrofoam, cardboard, lacquer & acrylic. 68-1/2 x 59-3/4 x 44 inches
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