今回紹介の展覧会は、“アラーキー”の愛称で親しまれる日本が誇る天才写真家・荒木 経惟(あらき のぶよし)氏の個展『The Incomplete Araki: Sex, Life, and Death in the Work of Nobuyoshi Araki(ザ・インコンプリート・アラキ)』。50年かけて「写真に存在する“親密性”」を追求してきた写真家に関する400冊の書籍、150のプリント、500のポラロイドが埋め尽くす。
アラーキーの代名詞でもある緊縛美や、そこから紐解くポルノとアート、性差別、芸術における東洋女性へのフェティシズム、作品にはらむコントラバーシャルな側面を考察できるほか、妻・陽子を被写体にした『センチメンタルな旅』、レディ・ガガのポートレートなど、アラーキーの半世紀を目に焼きつけることができる。開催場所は、おっぱいトランポリンでも話題となったニューヨークの「Museum of Sex(セックス博物館)」、開催期間は2018年8月31日まで。

Juergen Teller, Araki No. 1, Tokyo 2004, Courtesy of the Artist

Nobuyoshi Araki, A’s Lovers, 1997, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Blind Love, 1999, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Colourscapes, 1991, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Colourscapes, 1991, Museum of Sex Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Erotos 2013, 1993, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Erotos 2013, 1993, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Erotos 2013, 1993, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Flowers, 1985, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Flowers, Yamorinski and Bondage Woman, 2007, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, KaoRi Love, 2007 (Diptych), Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, KaoRi Love, 2007 (Diptych), Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, KaoRi Love, 2007 (Diptych), Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Kinbaku (Bondage), 1979, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Kinbaku (Bondage), 1989_Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Komari from L’Amant d’aout (Suicide in Tokyo), 2002, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Lady Gaga, 2011, Courtesy of Longmen Art Projects

Nobuyoshi Araki, Marvelous Tales of Black Ink (Bokuju Kitan) 068, 2007, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Personal Sentimentalism in Photography, 2000, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-portrait with Yoko (Colourscapes), 1991, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Sentimental Journey, 1971/2012, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Sentimental Journey, 1971/2017, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Sentimental Journey, 1971/2017, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy, 1997, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy, 1997, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy, 1997, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy, 1997, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Novelle, 1995, Courtesy of Private Collection

Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled (Eros Diary), 2015, Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled (Eros Diary), 2015, Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled (Eros Diary), 2015, Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled (Painting Flower), 2005, Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery

Nobuyoshi Araki, Winter Journey, 1989-90, 2005, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery
▶︎THE INCOMPLETE ARAKI: SEX, LIFE, AND DEATH IN THE WORKS OF NOBUYOSHI ARAKI