Comments on: Yasumasa Morimura — A Requiem: Vladimir at Night http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/03/19/yasumasa-morimura-a-requiem-vladimir-at-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yasumasa-morimura-a-requiem-vladimir-at-night a personal introduction to Japanese photography Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Evans http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/03/19/yasumasa-morimura-a-requiem-vladimir-at-night/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 Peter Evans Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:59:15 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=5392#comment-2412 Morimura's works are not merely "on view" at the museum, they occupy two entire floors. Surely his oeuvre merits such treatment. After all, he's famous for using famous images of famous people. Me, I'm a simple soul, incapable of appreciating the genius needed for this or emanating from it. (Indeed, I rather wish I were instead within easy reach of Paris, where Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau is devoting itself to the work of Nikos Economopoulos.) Oh well, there'll be exhibitions elsewhere in Tokyo till summer, when "Syabi" perks up. Morimura’s works are not merely “on view” at the museum, they occupy two entire floors.

Surely his oeuvre merits such treatment. After all, he’s famous for using famous images of famous people.

Me, I’m a simple soul, incapable of appreciating the genius needed for this or emanating from it. (Indeed, I rather wish I were instead within easy reach of Paris, where Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau is devoting itself to the work of Nikos Economopoulos.) Oh well, there’ll be exhibitions elsewhere in Tokyo till summer, when “Syabi” perks up.

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