What was your 20th century like?
Morimura Yasumasa is an artist known for self-portrait photos in which he poses as models in famous paintings or movie actresses. In an exhibition titled "A Requiem: Art on Top of the Battlefield" held at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Morimura poses as famous male figures from the 20th century. Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler, Guevara, and Mishima Yukio in the poster above are all Morimura.
What will you make of his requiem of the 20th century?
Duration: ~2011.4.10
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