"Now on view at Meredith Rosen Gallery, Les Miserables, an exhibition of silver gelatin prints by Nobuyoshi Araki from his Kinbaku series in collaboration with Anton Kern Gallery.
In intensely sexual black and white silver gelatin prints, nude women are tied intricately with ropes in intimate settings often in an expression of both pain and desire. Kinbaku-bi, the traditional art of Japanese erotic bondage, has been one of the most significant subjects for Araki. The exceptional silver gelatin prints in this exhibition were made by Araki in the early 2000s during one of the most prolific periods for the artist. These works exemplify the deeply personal and erotic nature of Araki’s vast output, in images which have been widely regarded as the most transgressive and transformative series in the artist’s multifaceted oeuvre.
Abandoning the boundary between art and pornography, Araki’s images look unflinchingly at the interconnectedness of subjugation, power, death and desire. Often working quickly with a focus on his own life experiences, Araki’s explicit works both shock and emancipate the viewer,
inviting a public audience to collectively view taboo or forbidden images. Araki’s images hold this complexity of loss always present in pleasure."
- Meredith Rosen Gallery
December 18, 2024 - January 18, 2025
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Pictured:
(50.8 x 61 cm)