Artwork details

Artist

Title

Bondage

Description

Walk the fine line between art and pornography in this celebration of Kinbaku-bi, the Japanese art of erotic bondage and one of Nobuyoshi Araki’s most important subjects. This Collector’s Edition, featuring Araki’s favorite bondage photos captured over his entire career, is a testament to his ability to tantalizingly balance sexual vulnerability and seduction.

Limited Collector’s Edition of 845 copies, each numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki, packaged in a wooden box and hand-bound in the Japanese tradition.

Date

2000

Medium

Book

Edition

845

Signature

Signed

Status

Sold

Nobuyoshi Araki

Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki, is primarily known for his provocative images that combine fine art and photography. Working primarily in black and white photography, the subjects of his work range from food and flowers to Tokyo street scenes. Much of his work refers to Japanese cultural traditions. This is seen in his series, Kinbaku (1979), which features a multitude of photographs of young women in sexual positions, inspired by the Japanese art of rope-tying. Araki has gone on to photograph female musicians such as Bjork and Lady Gaga.