Yasumasa Morimura: Requiem for the XX Century: Twilight of the Turbulent Gods - Hardcover

Filippo Maggia; Marinella Venanzi

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9788861302990: Yasumasa Morimura: Requiem for the XX Century: Twilight of the Turbulent Gods

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ISBN 10: 8861302998 ISBN 13: 9788861302990

Publisher: Skira Editore, 2008

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Yasumara Morimura burst onto the international art scene in the eighties with his Art History series, computer-aided reconstructions of great Western paintings in which he injected his own visage onto the faces of the works original subjects. This book presents Morimuras interpretation of a collection of key figures from the twentieth-century - some of their most celebrated images that have become icons for entire generations. Subjects such as Mao, Che Guevara, the comic Hitler portrayed by Charlie Chaplin, the histrionic Einstein, Mishima or Oswald all invite us to reflect now on the significance of their experience and the weight of their heritage: politically, culturally and especially socially.

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About the Author:

Filippo Maggia lives and works in Milan and Turin for art journals both in Italy and abroad. He has curated more than 50 group and solo exhibitions and teaches Contemporary History of Photography and Design at the European Institute of Design in Turin. Since 2006 he has been Photography Editor at Skira publishing house. In 2007, he received a visiting fellowship from the Royal College of Art in London.

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