YASUMASA MORIMURA (b. 1951, Osaka, Japan) lives and works in Osaka.
Yasumasa Morimura is best known for his self-portraits that investigate issues ranging from politics and gender to art history. The artist’s most recent series Requiem for the XX Century: Twilight of the Turbulent Gods, inspired by Goya’s Caprichos, examines an array of historical figures and political events that have been significant in shaping the 20th century. The artist uses costumes, make-up and props to create unconventional renderings of iconic images from history.
Morimura has shown extensively in international solo and group exhibitions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ (2007); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007); the International Center of Photography, New York (2005); and SITE Santa Fe (2002). His work is in the collections of The Rose Art Museum, Boston; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; The Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA.
Morimura is represented by Yoshiko Isshiki in Tokyo, and Luhring Augustine in New York.