Comments on: Yasumasa Morimura

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:59:22 +0000

Yeah! I forgot to mention that they are based on Goya’s etchings. This one is a little more obvious: http://burnaway.org/wp-content/myimages/2009/01/morimura-nightmare.jpg
(based on the sleep of reason produces monsters- I forget the exact title, but that etching.) Somehow I like the other ones a bit better in the series.

By: toni

toni — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:46 +0000

The imagination is from Goya…
http://goya.unizar.es/InfoGoya/Obra/Catalogo/Grabado/C26.html

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:57:26 +0000

Kira- for me, they remind me in particular of Hayao Miyazaki’s surrealist situations and morphing characters- the girls in the first photograph could almost be in “Spirited Away,” sort of half No-Face, half who knows what.

By: Amir

Amir — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:38:04 +0000

His older work was much more serious. I love great art that doesn’t take itself too serious.

By: so c.

so c. — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:30:39 +0000

these are amazing! haha :)

By: kira

kira — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:20:18 +0000

how does his work have anything at all to do with anime

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:03:28 +0000

Edward- thanks for stopping by, the one with the girls with chairs on their heads is my hands down fave too! Have you seen his series of him as Frida Kahlo? Pretty awesome.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:24:07 +0000

Haha and the title is puuuuuure genius. PS Im pretty sure all of the images are Morimura in drag.