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SWITCH: COMME des GARÇONS 50th Anniversary Issue

Various Artists

$29.85

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The Japanese magazine SWITCH honors the 50th anniversary of Comme des Garcons with a special issue. The magazine celebrates CdG’s vision, achievements, heritage and lasting impact with a deep dive into its archives, including a long interview with founder Rei Kawakubo, features on ...

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SWITCH: COMME des GARÇONS 50th Anniversary Issue (Special edition)

Various Artists

$74.61

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The Japanese magazine SWITCH honors the 50th anniversary of Comme des Garcons with a special issue. The magazine celebrates CdG’s vision, achievements, heritage and lasting impact with a deep dive into its archives, including a long interview with founder Rei Kawakubo, features on ...

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Print House Session Bundle

Yoshiyuki OKUYAMA

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This publication was published in conjunction with the Print House Session 2023 & Photo Market held during the T3 Photo Festival Tokyo 2023.

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Death Book

$53.96

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The fourth edition of UK-based Baron Books’ “Death Book” series focuses on the work of the late Japanese artist Toshio Saeki (1945-2019). Rooted in traditional Japanese genres such as Shunga and ero-guro-nonsense, Saeki’s provocative art is characterized by combining eroticism, dea...

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HARUMI GALS (B)

Harumi YAMAGUCHI

$35.81

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“Harumi Gals” collects the iconic series of pin-up drawings created by Japanese artist Harumi Yamaguchi since the 1970s. The art became symbolic of changes of the role of the woman in Japanese society and enjoys high critical esteem, partly due to its nature as a pin-up series crea...

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ASSEMBLE_Community Fantasy and Future

$24.18

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Assemble is an informal collective formed in 2009 by Japanese artist Takayo Iida. This art book provides an overview of the works created by the group through photographs of their art as well as analytical essays, i.a. Ryuji Fujimura.

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Where Did Issey Come From? The Work of Issey Miyake

Kazuko KOIKE, Issey MIYAKE

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HeHe Press’ “Where did Issey Come From?” explores the question asked in its title: how Japanese fashion design Issey Miyake arrived at his position as one of Japan’s dominant clothes designers of the past decades. The book features Kazuko Koike’s eight text chapters from German pub...

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New Photographic Objects

Daisuke YOKOTA, Hiroshi TAKIZAWA, Nerhol, Teppei SAKO, Takashi MAKINO

$52.23

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This special catalogue, published to commemorate the eponymous exhibition at the Saitama Museum of Art, contains works by all five featured artists as well as a photographic record of the exhibition itself. Just like the exhibition itself, the “New Photographic Objects” catalogue e...

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Comme des Garçons Zine Bundle

Vvery Negative Gucci Production

$78.62

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This set of seven zines made by the anonymous collective Vvery Negative Gucci Production and designer Texas Knuller celebrates the work of Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo and her fashion label Comme des Garcons. Six of the zines are dedicated to the inventive, unusual styles...

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Middle Plane Issue 6

Yoshitomo NARA, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Takashi HOMMA, Osamu YOKONAMI, Various Artists

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The sixth issue of London-based magazine “Middle Plane” features work by Yoshitomo Nara, Rinko Kawauchi, Takashi Homma, Clémentine Schneidermann, Letty Schmiterlow, Fumiko Imano, Jack Day, Sam Rock and Osamu Yokonami as well as photographs from the archive of the legendary Harajuku...

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Art for the First Time

$27.13

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Brazilian-Japanese artist Oscar Oiwa presents an updated version of his picture book “Art at First Time”. Originally published in 1995, Oiwa’s book follows an inquisitive ten-year old boy and his pet dog as they explore answers to a simple question: what is art? Through cute and im...

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Yoshitomo Nara

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A landmark new study that brings to life the complexity and infinite worldview of Yoshitomo Nara Art historian Yeewan Koon presents a thorough account of the life and career of one of Japan’s most important contemporary artists, Yoshitomo Nara. Written in close collaboration with t...

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Contact High Zine Issue 4: Into the Parallel

Yusuke YAMATANI, Mari KATAYAMA, Motohiko HASUI, Hideki MAKIGUCHI, RYU Ika, Yoko KUSANO, Daisuke MATSUMOTO, Yoshirotten, Various Artists

$104.46

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Japanese independent magazine Contact High Zine presents its fourth issue, titled “Into The Parallel.” Featuring solo and collaborative works by artists such as Yoshirotten, Mari Katayama, Hideki Machiguchi, Kota Nakazono, Ohiana, Henry Darger, Yoko Kusano, Tsutomu Ono and many mor...

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Infinity Mirrors

$66.13

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“Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors”, originally published in conjunction with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2017 exhibition of the same name, explores the Japanese artist’s most spectacular and well-known series, and provides a comprehensive overview of her life and her wo...