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Yasumasa Morimura — A Requiem: Infinite Dream/Che
Yasumasa Morimura

A Requiem: Infinite Dream/Che

In this striking gelatin silver print, Yasumasa Morimura inserts his own face into the iconic 1960 photograph of revolutionary Che Guevara, blurring boundaries between cultural identity, mythology, and historical memory. Flush mounted to Alpolic for a sleek, poster-like presence, the work carries the graphic boldness of political imagery while simultaneously subverting it through Morimura's signature act of self-insertion. Part of his broader *A Requiem* series, the piece meditates on the power of iconic images and the ways in which history, heroism, and representation are constructed and consumed.

Medium
gelatin silver print, flush mounted to Alpolic

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Contemporary Day Sale

July 3, 2014

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Yasumasa Morimura, A Requiem: Infinite Dream/Che

In this striking gelatin silver print, Yasumasa Morimura inserts his own face into the iconic 1960 photograph of revolutionary Che Guevara, blurring boundaries between cultural identity, mythology, and historical memory. Flush mounted to Alpolic for a sleek, poster-like presence, the work carries the graphic boldness of political imagery while simultaneously subverting it through Morimura's signature act of self-insertion. Part of his broader *A Requiem* series, the piece meditates on the power of iconic images and the ways in which history, heroism, and representation are constructed and consumed.

Medium
gelatin silver print, flush mounted to Alpolic
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Political, Conceptual, Photograph, Japanese, Gelatin Silver Print, Mounted, Portrait, Modern, Black and White, Contemporary

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