Eikoh HosoeJapan, 1933–2024Ordeal by Roses
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Waar is „Ordeal by Roses” nu? Collectie: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Nu niet te zien. Gecontroleerd 29 september 2026.
Chicago, Verenigde Staten
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Over het werk
Ordeal by Roses, the first in a series of sumptuous book projects by Eikoh Hosoe, was a collaboration with the ardently nationalist novelist Yukio Mishima and featured the writer in a series of provocative poses. In the years after World War II Mishima embodied a scholarly aristocracy, with ties to classical Chinese and Japanese culture, as well as royalist militarism—an unusual position in Japan’s pacifist postwar society. Hosoe was a supporter of internationalist renewal and democracy, but his aesthetic sensibilities tended toward the aristocratic and classical as well. The symbolism of an egg, which could also represent the center of the Japanese flag, lovingly torn by the thorns of a rose, is direct and poignant as a line of poetry. This annotated print seems to have been made specially to produce the book.
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Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- 2014.660
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Afbeelding: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
