Dedicated to La Duquesa de Alba/Black Alba
Maker and role
Artist: Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese, born 1951
Year
2004
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Chromogenic print, mounted on canvas
Measurements
70 7/8 x 47 1/4in (180 x 120cm)
Credit line
Museum purchase with funds from the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum
Accession number
2018.33
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Location
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"I keep taking photographic self-portraits because of my fascination with being seen."
—Yasumasa Morimura
Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura recreates famous European and American paintings using makeup and costume to disguise himself. Morimura’s photograph is based on a painting by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) of Spanish aristocrat María Cayetana de Silva, the 13th Duchess of Alba, which is reproduced below. Following the death of her husband, Goya depicted the Duchess wearing a black mourning dress. Morimura’s reinterpretation of art historical masterpieces comments on Japan’s complex absorption of European and American culture.
—Yasumasa Morimura
Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura recreates famous European and American paintings using makeup and costume to disguise himself. Morimura’s photograph is based on a painting by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) of Spanish aristocrat María Cayetana de Silva, the 13th Duchess of Alba, which is reproduced below. Following the death of her husband, Goya depicted the Duchess wearing a black mourning dress. Morimura’s reinterpretation of art historical masterpieces comments on Japan’s complex absorption of European and American culture.
Copyright
© Yasumasa Morimura
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