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Fluence: The Continuance of Yohji Yamamoto
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Text by Terry Jones, Yoichi Ochiai
This volume celebrates the creative power and style of the great Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto. Shot in sensuous black and white, primarily in Tokyo, these previously unpublished images--by photographer Takay--respond to the iconic black designs and silhouettes of Yamamato's clothing, featuring some of Japan's most accomplished actors, musicians and models, such as stage director Yukio Ninagawa, photographer Daido Moriyama, actress Rie Miyazawa, media artist Yoichi Ochiai and musician Char. The locations hark back to Japan of the 1980s, the end of the Showa era. The seed for this book was planted many years ago, at the start of 'Takay's career, when he worked on a Yamamoto project, and came to fruition after he was offered the use of the Yamamoto archive, which spans 40 years of designs. For Takay, Yohji Yamamoto's work exemplifies a strong, avant-garde, masculine style, mixed with a keen Japanese sensibility and elegance.
- Size
- 340 x 260 mm
- Pages
- 208 Pages, 130 B&W Images
- Printing
- Hardcover
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Damiani
- Language
- Japanese, English
TAKAY
TAKAY
Born in 1973, Takay began his career in 1996 after moving to the United Kingdom, working with the British fashion magazine i-D. He is currently based in Tokyo and New York, contributing to a wide range of international publications such as Harper’s Bazaar Germany and L’Uomo Vogue, as well as producing advertising work for global brands including Armani Jeans and Y-3.
His major exhibition includes participation in the expanded edition of Bravehearts: Men in Skirts, originally held at the Victoria and Albert Museum and later showcased at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (2003); CULTURE CHANEL (2011, MoCA Shanghai), which explored the history and creative essence of the CHANEL brand; The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, a traveling exhibition that toured 12 cities worldwide from 2011 to 2016; and PUNK: Chaos to Couture (2013, The Metropolitan Museum of Art), among many others.
His publications include ECHOS (2016) and Fluence: The Continuance of Yohji Yamamoto (2020).
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