Yasumasa Morimura Yasumasa Morimura is an internationally respected and controversial Japanese artist who through his art‚ represents social changes in Japanese culture‚ such as Western influences‚ politics and gender values. Morimura explores how Japan interacts with the World through the lens of the artist and how the artist creates an identity within his culture and the global community. Morimura was born in Osaka‚ Japan‚ in 1951. He was educated at Kyoto City University of the Arts where
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Yasumasa Morimura’s Blinded by the Light is a clear appropriation of Pieter Breugel’s Parable of the Blind. In close reference to the materials‚ techniques and art elements employed by both artists‚ we are able to understand how they communicate their ideas‚ feelings and effects in their artworks. Painted in 1568‚ Parable of the Blind is a religious painting where Breugel portrays "a single moment but implies a whole sequence of events." In the Gospel of St. Matthew‚ Jesus tells a parable "If the
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which things were twisted‚ changed and critiqued. Some people questioned the ways and ‘rules’ of society‚ rebelling against conformity and the usual ideas of what was ‘right’ or ‘allowed’. Artists were largely in this group. Marcel Duchamp and Yasumasa Morimura are examples of artists who appropriated other people‚ things and paintings in their work‚ to change their meanings‚ and either rebel against the norms of society‚ make a statement about issues affecting them and their culture‚ or to add humour
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Yasumasa Morimura The Man Yasumasa Morimura was born on the 11th of June 1951. Today he is a well-known Japanese artist whom appropriates famous images by incorporating himself into the images. He does so with the firm believe that “all people have a common desire for transformation”. Morimura’ artworks involve maintaining the original image of another place and/or person but replacing the face of a subject with his own. By doing so he is subtly demonstrating to the audience how everything is
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Task Structured Essay Examine selected artworks by: Yasumasa Morimura‚ Julie Rrap and Anne Zahalka. How do the works of Yasumasa Morimura‚ Julie Rrap and Anne Zahalka challenge conventional ways in which gender has been depicted historically in the visual arts? In your response select at least two different artists and discuss the following: * Through the postmodern frame of reference‚ explain how artists have appropriated historical artworks. How has the artist incorporated parody
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as “The ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular people or society”. Artworks like ‘Venus of Urbino’‚ ‘Olympia’ and ‘Portrait (Futago)’ are direct products of time and place. The artists who created these works‚ Titian‚ Manet and Yasumasa Morimura were heavily influenced by their society and context. Thus‚ cultural histories are represented and documented through artworks. The Renaissance period involved a revival and rebirth of cultural awareness and learning. It took place during
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Sherman and Yasumasa Morimura are two great photographers whom have challenged the social subjectivity of sexual orientation through their provocative photos of the women’s body and representing it in how they imagined it should be represented. Both photographers come from different background and have different approach to their work‚ but it is evident that they both challenge the themes concerned with gender and the historical representation of women’s bodies. In the case of Tasumasa Morimura‚ it is
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include “Advance of Broken Arm” and “L.H.O.O.Q”‚ which caused heavy controversy over their acceptance as art. By breaking these artistic conventions‚ Duchamp paved the way for later artists including Damien Hirst‚ Choi Jeong Hwa‚ Ai Weiwei and Yasumasa Morimura‚ who were revolutionary in their own right‚ having explored new artistic avenues and ideas. All these artists and their works furthered the idea of rejecting artistic tradition‚ leaving a lasting mark on the face of the modern art world. Marcel
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conventional depictions of gender in the visual arts. Artists Yasumasa Morimura‚ Julie Rrap‚ Anne Zahalka and Cindy Sherman have each employed the use of appropriation to question the historical ideologies of gender‚ particularly in relation to women‚ and their role in art and society. They all borrowed past paintings and promoted them with new context to portray and explore different meanings towards gender‚ being mediated. Yasumasa Morimura appropriated historical works through the applications of
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History Essay‚ Postmodernism “Many Postmodern artists sought to deconstruct truths‚ and dominate ideas and cultural forms. Discuss with reference to at least two artists/designers and specifically the techniques they used to achieve these outcomes.” Synopsis This academic essay explores postmodern artists who form new perspective and controversy through the expression of their art. Research of various artists including Alessandro Mendini‚ Andy Warhol‚ David Ligare and Jenny Holzer were examined
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