Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama was one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed artists, at once hailed by critics and charged for public indecency.
Shinoyama was born in Tokyo in 1940. He began shooting award-winning advertising photography while still a student at Nihon University. After several years with the advertising agency Light Publicity, Shinoyama began working as an independent photographer in 1968. In the decades since, he took portraits of some of the most recognized people of our time, including Yukio Mishima, Momoe Yamaguchi, Rie Miyazawa, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Photographing everything from antiques to porn stars, Shinoyama was particularly recognized for his work with pop icons and celebrities, and the rare, private moments he captured with very public personalities. Through his lens, world-famous faces often reveal an unexpected openness and vulnerability.
This capacity for ease and intimacy is perhaps most poignantly expressed in Shinoyama's beautiful series of photographs of Yoko Ono and John Lennon, shot at Ono’s request for the cover and promotion of the couple’s celebrated 1980 album, Double Fantasy, just three months before Lennon’s untimely death. Now, decades later, the series' images — many of them never seen before — still resonate with a remarkable freshness and honesty, immortalizing the iconic couple at a pivotal moment in their personal and creative relationship.
In his “Gekisha” and “Shinorama” series, Shinoyama used the latest technologies to create new modes of expression. His digital multimedia project, “digi+KISHIN” brought a new perspective to both photography and cinema.
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Double Fantasy. Signed, Limited Edition Book & Print 2
By Kishin Shinoyama
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Partners in life and art - Intimate portraits of John and Yoko. Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama is one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed art...
Pigment
$2,000
John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Double Fantasy. Signed, Limited Edition Book & Print 1
By Kishin Shinoyama
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Partners in life and art - Intimate portraits of John and Yoko. Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama is one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed art...
Pigment
$5,500
H 47 in W 38 in D 1 in
"Chuck Close Study for 3D painting" 47x38" one of a kind archival pigment print
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
This art is a one of a kind print on canvas with archival ink, it is completely flat but has the characteristics of Ceravolo's 3 dimensional look. It was the study for a large canvas of Chuck Close that was comprised of actual three dimensional elements. This unique one of a kind print has the depth that a Ceravolo canvas in known for while being completely flat. It is framed under plexiglass and measures 47x38" When Ceravolo met Chuck Close for the first time in 2008 he told Chuck that Chuck had indirectly feed his (Ceravolo's) family for the past 25 years because he (Ceravolo) started to paint large scale portraits after seeing Chucks portrait of Phillip Glass...
Archival Pigment, Canvas
$1,370
H 10.24 in W 7.49 in D 1.58 in
Jan van Eyck-Portrait of a Man 1433 (2021) - contemporary twist
Located in London, GB
His love for painting has a major influence on his work... JAN VAN EYCK-PORTRAIT OF A MAN 1433 , 2021 Series: A Renaissance Archival Pigment Print/ Framed or Unframed available Print image size: 26 x 19 cm / Framed: 30.2 x 23.3 cm Larger dimensions prints also available - please enquire Edition of 15 + 2AP Series: A Renaissance Signed and dated About the Artist George McLeod...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Self Portrait
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Known for his monumental portraits, Chuck Close created this self-portrait in 2000 as an archival pigment print of a daguerreotype measuring 22 x 17 in (56 x 43.2 cm), unframed. The...
Archival Pigment
Plain Jane by BATIK Super Oversize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Plain Jane By BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture, fashion icon British born Jane Birkin, who famously emigrated to France and formed the iconic French It Couple wit...
Archival Pigment
Neo Classical by BATIK Oversize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Neo Classical by BATIK Pop artwork featuring Neo from the Matrix films stopping an onslaught of assorted colourful pills. signed & limited edition. BATIK is an increasingly collec...
Archival Pigment
Neo Classical by BATIK Super Oversize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Neo Classical by BATIK Pop artwork featuring Neo from the Matrix films stopping an onslaught of assorted colourful pills. signed & limited edition. BATIK is an increasingly collec...
Archival Pigment
Olhar Portrait
By Sergio Ranalli
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 Archival Pigment Print Unframed ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in São Paulo, Sérgio Ranalli manages to combine journalistic objectivity with the storytelling sensitivity in a...
Archival Pigment
American Icon by BATIK Oversize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
American Icon - Robert Redford by BATIK pop artwork featuring a portrait of the late film star, producer and director and male sex symbol Robert Redford. signed & limited edition. ...
Archival Pigment
American Icon by BATIK Oversize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
American Icon - Robert Redford by BATIK pop artwork featuring a portrait of the late film star, producer and director and male sex symbol Robert Redford. signed & limited editi...
Archival Pigment
$2,500
H 40 in W 32 in D 0.1 in
Day 257 by Juliette Jourdain - Big headed series - Self Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Juliette Jourdain Big headed series - Self Portrait 60 x 48 inches 150 x 120cm edition of 8 Also available in: 40 x 32 inches 100 x 80cm edition of 8 Archival Pigment Print Si...
Archival Pigment
$3,500
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Day 37 by Juliette Jourdain - Big headed series - Self Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Juliette Jourdain Big headed series - Self Portrait MOUNTED AND FRAMED FRAMED SIZE 48 x 40 inches 40 x 32 inches 100 x 80cm edition of 8 Archival Pigment Print Signature Label....
Archival Pigment
$5,000
H 60 in W 48 in D 0.1 in
Day 69 by Juliette Jourdain - Big headed series - Self Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Juliette Jourdain Big headed series - Self Portrait 60 x 48 inches 150 x 120cm edition of 8 Also available in: 40 x 32 inches 100 x 80cm edition of 8 Archival Pigment Print Si...
Archival Pigment