"Hasegawa Kyoko wears Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (411)" (2003) is one of the most sought-after large-scale color photographs by acclaimed Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru (b. 1954 ). This photograph is from an edition of 5, in mint condition, mounted on aluminum and face-mounted to plexiglass. This is the only edition of this photograph to come to international auction at the largest dimensions: 71 x 97.50 inches (180 x 247.7 cm). This work is larger as framed (dimensions listed are approximate).
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In 1993, Kaoru began his ongoing and now famous "Landscape With a Corpse" series, to which this work belongs, where famous Japanese and Western models describe the fantasies of their own deaths to the artist, who then elaborately stages them for the camera with cinematic perspectives. The models are each individualized, perfectly coiffed, hair and makeup flawlessly in place, outfitted in couture by today's top designers, all underscored in the titles of the specific works. Reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe’s assertion: “The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world,” Kaoru admittedly meditates on mortality and the transitory nature of feminine beauty, but also, perversely, conflates its disposability both in fashion and in erotic fantasy.
The artist has been the subject of solo and group exhibitions world-wide. Recent exhibitions include ‘New Work’, von Lintel Gallery, New York (2007), ‘True Fictions’, Stadtische Galerie Erlangen, and ‘Rapture: Arts Seduction by Fashion’, Barbican Centre, London (2002). His photographs are held in select permanent collections including: Musée d’Art Modèrne Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg and Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein Collection, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany. The artist is represented by von Lintel Gallery, New York. The arist lives and works in Tokyo.
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