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New Photographic Objects

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

$55.18

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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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De-porned Again

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Japanese artist DokiDoki Club is back with a second series of “de-porned” images. With the power of imagination, a black marker, humor and a touch of shamelessness, DokiDoki Club transforms soft pornographic photographs into funny and slightly less pornographic artworks. Though und...

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Real Estate Opportunities

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“Real Estate Opportunities” continues Japanese photographer Takashi Homma’s homage series to the influential American artist Ed Ruscha, following similar photobooks by Homma such as “Every Building on the Ginza Street”, “Royal Road Test”, “Babycakes”, and “Twenty-Six Gasoline Stati...

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SWITCH: COMME des GARÇONS 50th Anniversary Issue

Various Artists

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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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Yoshitomo Nara

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Published to accompany the large-scale exhibition of Yoshitomo Nara’s works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (April 2021–January 2022), this catalogue provides an in-depth look at each period of Nara’s career. Primarily known for his paintings of wide-eyed characters, Yoshit...

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Comme des Garçons Zine Bundle

Vvery Negative Gucci Production

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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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Psychedelic Death Pop

Keiichi TANAAMI

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“Psychedelic Death Pop” is a large-format, 40-page strong collection of Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami’s recent visual works. Two large stickers form part of the book, which was published together with “Amulet of the Tapir” to accompany Tanaami’s 2017 exhibition at Nanzuka Gallery.

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THERIACA Yarn, Rope, Spaghetti

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“Just like paint, yarn is a tool for expression. No rules; You can use it however you want. You can knit whatever you like. Yarn, rope, spaghetti, paper. Anything can become the weaving material. Erasers, lemon nets, Sudoku. Anything can be knit into clothes.” ― from the artist’s s...

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NAKAJO

Masayoshi NAKAJO

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The 640-page strong “Nakajo” covers almost the entire lifework of legendary Japanese graphic designer Masayoshi Nakajo (1933–2021) from the 1960s to his final works in 2021. Through his brilliant design work for influential companies and magazines, products, brands and public insti...

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WERK Magazine No. 29

Yoshirotten, WING Shya

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Issue number 29 of the influential Singapore-based “Werk Magazine” is dedicated to Japanese visual artist Yoshirotten, with Yoshirotten’s reinterpretations, remixes and reworkings of photographs from Daido Moriyama’s “New Shinjuku” series, a collaboration with Hong Kong photographe...

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Giger Sorayama

Hajime SORAYAMA, HR Giger

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This catalogue, published to commemorate the “H.R. Giger x Sorayama” exhibition that toured Japan between 2020 and 2021, brings together the works by two of the most significant science fiction artists of the 20th century. Presented in a large format, the book invites readers to ex...

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

Various Artists

$78.82

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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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SORAYAMA

Hajime SORAYAMA

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Hajime Sorayama graduated from Chubi Central Art School in 1969, and had initially spent some time working with an advertising company. Since becoming freelance in 1972, he has established his position as a legendary artist both within Japan and abroad, armed with his astounding se...

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Yoshitomo Nara：Self-selected Works―Paintings

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Yoshitomo Nara was born in1959, in Japan’s Aomori Prefecture. In 1987, he completed the master’s program at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. In1988,he taraveled to Germany and enrolled in Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,where he studied and received his Meisterschüler ...

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HARUMI GALS (A)

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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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HARUMI GALS (B)

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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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On Kurosawa: A Tribute to the Master Director

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“Why Kurosawa? Because his best work is for the ages; like an unscaled mountain range, it inspires, intimidates and challenges. Because he encapsulates both the history of cinema and the history of modern Japan. Because he changed my life.” Few artists have bequeathed the world an ...

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OKUSOKU VELOCITY OF MEMORY

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This extensive exhibition catalogue accompanied Shinro Ohtake’s show “Okusoku” at the Takamatsu Art Museum in summer 2013. The exhibition focused on seven separate themes and series—“Distant Views of Memories,” “Afterimages: Inner Exposures,” Africa: Reverberating Memories, “Japane...

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Oh! Tengoku Remixed

Tomoo GOKITA

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This book – published as part of the Neotokyozine project – presents a remix of Tomoo Gokita’s “Oh Tengoku” homage to Japanese gag manga legend Fujio Akatsuka. With much humor, boldness and freedom, Gokita approaches and samples Akatsuka’s style, characters, approach and heritage i...

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Samiro Yunoki - life・LIFE (A)

Samiro YUNOKI, Taro HIRANO

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All four covers available “Samiro Yunoki – life LIFE,” published on occasion of the same-titled exhibition at Play! Museum in Tachikawa, Japan, is a collection of numerous works by legendary Japanese folk artist Samiro Yunoki, whose practice spans from textile dyeing to prints, pai...