Death Book: Death Book

ISBN-13: 9781838424879 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 76 str.

Toshio Saeki

Opis

The fourth edition of The Death Book is dedicated to Japanese artist, Toshio Saekiâs (1945- 2019) archive of rarely published illustration work, that explores scenes of violence, brutality, horror and what lies beneath the surface of Japanese culture. Saekiâs work is notable for combining traditional Shunga and Y?kai styles with elements of Western art and is characterised by eroticism, death and gore, questioning Japanese ideology and expansionism. Historianâs often describe Saekiâs work as being closely related to the Japanese cultural phenomenon âErotic, Grotesque, Nonsenseâ (ero, guro, nansensu). The book also contains an introduction by historian Euphemia Franklin. Artist Bio Born 1945, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan. Saeki's drawings are created by using an original method called âchinto printingâ. This technique emphasizes the "flatness" composed of "lines" and "coloured surfaces," and gives the work a unique character. ?In recent years, Saeki has had exhibits in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Toronto, Japan, Taipei, all of them being received with much critical acclaim. ? Saeki spent his later years in the mountains of Chiba prefecture, drawing, reading, enjoying ikebana of wildflowers; treasuring and loving the activities of everyday life with his wife.