
Selected Images from Shijyo, Tokyo - Marketplace of Emotions and Kakyoku
Nobuyoshi Araki's six chromogenic prints draw from his deeply personal and unflinching exploration of Tokyo's emotional and physical landscapes, merging the intimate with the urban in his signature documentary style. The flush-mounted prints, produced in 2007, capture fleeting moments of desire, melancholy, and raw human connection found within the city's markets and emotional undercurrents. Araki's bold, unguarded compositions reflect his lifelong obsession with eros and mortality, transforming everyday encounters into charged, poetic visual narratives.
- Medium
- Six chromogenic prints, flush-mounted, printed 2007.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
May 19, 2016
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