CV132 - Araki Nobuyoshi – Jessica Ragazzini
Ciel variable 132 - Tableaux (Summer 2026)
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Araki Nobuyoshi
POLARAKI
— Jessica Ragazzini
Prolific and provocative, Araki Nobuyoshi embraced the Polaroid for its simplicity and immediacy. It served, as Jessica Ragazzini puts it, as a means to “eternally fix the ephemeral,” a notion explored in her review of the Musée Guimet exhibition dedicated to the Japanese photographer. Linked to the donation of a collection of one thousand Polaroids, POLARAKI reflected both Araki’s penchant for excess and his experimental, almost casual approach to image-making, as he cuts, rearranges, and scribbles on his photographs. Ragazzini also notes the complexity of his practice, shaped by themes of eroticism and the traditional art of rope bondage.
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Language : English & French
Digital Version : PDF, 1.5 Mo
Bibliographical Notice
Jessica Ragazzini, “Araki Nobuyoshi, POLARAKI” in Ciel variable, No. 132, “Tableaux”, Montreal, 2026, p. 79-81.