Miwa Yanagi is a Japanese photographic artist who examines self-image and stereotypes of women in contemporary Japanese society.
15 Facts About Miwa Yanagi
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Miwa Yanagi completed her postgraduate course work at the Kyoto City University of Arts.
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Miwa Yanagi received two degrees at this university: one in crafts in 1989, then another in art in 1991.
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Miwa Yanagi is known mainly as a photographer and video artist.
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Miwa Yanagi creates an elaborate, and often costly, staged event using female models ranging in different ages.
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Miwa Yanagi was influenced by a teacher in high school who was passionate for his artwork.
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Miwa Yanagi decided to go into art at Kyoto City University of Arts.
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Miwa Yanagi's best known body of works is her first, Elevator Girls.
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The switch from performance art to photography was because Miwa Yanagi wanted complete control in what was going on.
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Miwa Yanagi believes that younger people restrict what they can do.
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The gruesome quality appealed to Miwa Yanagi and helped her show the difference between youth and old age.
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Miwa Yanagi first released the series in 2005 at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art and Ohara Museum of Art.
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Miwa Yanagi did another performance piece in which she hired someone who was to show contemporary art in a museum to visitors as a real guide would.
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Miwa Yanagi gave them a script on what to say and at what points during the tour that they were supposed to perform certain gestures.
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In 1993 Miwa Yanagi held her first solo exhibition, and since 1996 her work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows throughout Europe and the United States.