Yasumasa Morimura

I find Yasumasa Morimura's work very amusing.  He takes well known icons and recreates them by inserting his own face onto the picture. His work is very simply yet very powerful as he provokes his images which some people may find disturbing. He recreates anything from paintings to photographs.  Morimura has recreated famous icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Frida Kahlo and the Mono Lisa. Moriura's work inspires peoples imagination to realise that not every pretty face is a sign of beauty, if Morimura's face was placed instead of an iconic face such as the Mona Lisa would the painting still be considered beautiful.  His approach to his movement is strong and very effective and captures his true feelings and thoughts towards art.

          

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