NOBUYOSHI ARAKI "BEDSIDE" + "FRINGE" POLAROIDS, 2000Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) is a renowned Japanese photographer acclaimed for his provocative style that blurs the line between fine art and pornography. With an oeuvre of over 450 photobooks, Araki's incredibly prolific output has simultaneously earned him both praise and notoriety, in Japan and internationally. Bold and audacious, the artist explores taboo topics, particularly BSDM, through an uninhibited, autobiographical lens. Thoroughly documenting

minor wear to the frame

Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol

which already has a Hitler-like milk moustache

Kelly's work can be found in every major American permanent collection in addition to the Centre Pompidou (Paris) the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid)

In this work we find the Grecian hero Cadmus

Zox’s drafting process is left exposed

The MoMA and the Albright-Knox Gallery

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this is still a bargain considering the auction records of her male colleagues such as John Chamberlain

in black linen-covered card box with gold hot-stamping)

From an edition of 12

Provenance: Bau-Xi Gallery (Toronto)