Thursday 30 May 2013

Yasumasa Morimura

 
1) Yasumasa Morimura is a Japanese Artist who was born on the 11th June, 1951
2) Yasumasa is famous for his appropriation, satire and parody which he expresses in his recreations and original artworks.
3) He communicates his own ideas of gender, sexuality, beauty and culture through his artworks
4) He questions the audience by confronting them with recreations of famous images in which he has reversed the gender roles or incorporated his own culture.
5) He uses techniques like photoshopping to recreate western artworks, himself in make-up and costumes before he inserts his face into well known artworks.

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