Nobuyoshi Araki – Kinbaku - May 2 – June 14, 2008 - Jablonka Galerie Berlin
This exhibition presents 100 B/W photographs from the series entitled Kinbaku.
This exhibition presents 100 B/W photographs from the series entitled Kinbaku.
In Japan, Kinbaku is a traditional art form combining elements from the arts of packaging and of flower decoration (Ikebana).
Araki has emphasized a contrast to the Western concept of Bondage: “Kinbaku (knots with ropes) are different from bondage.
"I only tie up a woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart.
Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.”
Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.”
Nobuyoshi Araki
Most models have asked Araki themselves to be photographed for the Kinbaku series.
In the Kinbaku images, Araki’s ideas of beauty, photography and eroticism are joined in an uncomparable and poetic way.
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