Often as small as 3×5 inches, Yamamoto’s photographs individualize the prints as objects and require viewers to look at the pieces intimately.
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In this painting, Tokuriki Tomikichiro presents us with a feeling that we might not have felt in a while: serenity, a concept which is lost on many of us.
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By pairing such a unique and colorful subject with such a bland setting, Yasui characterizes her as a beautiful imperfection that disrupts the cold, sterile pattern of the tiled floor.
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By superimposing the branch in front of the sun, the photographer reinforces the sun’s status as mother of the natural world; it is because the sun rises each day that this Japanese maple has blossomed—religion, nature, and modernity are completely intertwined.
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Even the most virtuous of humans have a part of them that is intrigued by what society has taught them is grotesque, wrong, or ugly.
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