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The photographs that have divided audiences for years<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[6413,38,4628,6414,402,6415,141,3503,65,154],"class_list":["post-39628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-araki","tag-art","tag-bdsm","tag-hamiltons-gallery","tag-japan","tag-japanese-photographer","tag-london","tag-nobuyoshi-araki","tag-photographer","tag-photography"],"acf":{"legacy":false,"main_category":false,"hero_title":"Nobuyoshi Araki's 10 Most Controversial Photos (NSFW)","subtitle":"","hero":{"video":false,"image":false,"header_color":"black","overlay_color":"","overlay_text_color":"black"},"teasers":{"video":false,"image":{"ID":70048,"id":70048,"title":"Araki_3 (1)","filename":"Araki_3-1-1.jpg","filesize":734871,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_3-1\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"Shino\", 2000","name":"araki_3-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:11:47","modified":"2018-09-13 08:11:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1251,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":120,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","medium-width":1251,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1251,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","large-width":1251,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1251,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1251,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1251,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}},"width":"4","proportion":"default"},"facebook_image":false,"related_articles":"","next_article":[44928],"content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70044,"id":70044,"title":"Araki_3","filename":"Araki_3-1.jpg","filesize":734871,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_3\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"Shino, 2000. Nobuyoshi Araki","name":"araki_3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:06:54","modified":"2018-09-13 08:07:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1251,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":120,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","medium-width":1251,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1251,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","large-width":1251,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1251,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1251,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1251,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

The works of Nobuyoshi Araki\u00a0have always been met with divided audiences, as naysayers\u00a0denounce his photographs and label them\u00a0dehumanising towards women. Conversely, fans continue to praise\u00a0the artist for his pornographic portraits depicting kinbaku \u2013<\/em>\u00a0the Japanese term for rope bondage, a practise made popular in the 15th century. The theme sits\u00a0well with\u00a0the rest of Araki’s\u00a0work, playing perfectly into his narrative of mythical monsters and bound genitalia. Despite criticism from appalled media outlets and attempts at censorship, these shocking photos\u00a0have secured his place in the canon of iconoclastic image makers. Here, we take a look at ten of the photographer’s\u00a0most controversial works in celebration of his monographic exhibition at London\u2019s Hamiltons Gallery.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","text":"\u201cwoman is photography\u2026 women teach you how the world goes around.\u201d - Araki","source":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70046,"id":70046,"title":"Araki_1","filename":"Araki_1-1.jpg","filesize":304033,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_1\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\u00a0Kekkai, 2010","name":"araki_1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:08:33","modified":"2018-09-13 08:08:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":838,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":80,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","medium-width":838,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","medium_large-width":838,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","large-width":838,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":838,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":838,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":10,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_1-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":838,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

1. “kekkai”, 2010<\/h2>\n

Typically, bondage is understood as\u00a0synonymous with pornography. Since 1979 however, Araki\u2019s artistic interpretations of erotic scenes have elevated\u00a0kinbaku<\/em>\u00a0into an art form that is\u00a0consumed by mainstream audiences.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70047,"id":70047,"title":"Araki_2","filename":"Araki_2-1.jpg","filesize":312982,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_2\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"ARAKISM\"","name":"araki_2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:10:21","modified":"2018-09-13 08:10:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":720,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":69,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","medium-width":720,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","medium_large-width":720,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","large-width":720,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":720,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":720,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_2-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":720,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

2. “ARAKISM”<\/h2>\n

Araki\u2019s images juxtapose cultural heritage and highly eroticised, intimate scenes of BDSM sexual play. His oeuvre challenges conservative attitudes in Japan where the artist\u2019s compulsion for capturing kinbaku<\/em> is, in his words, a way to \u201cfree [the women\u2019s] souls by tying up their bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","text":"\u201cI tie women\u2019s bodies up because I know their souls can\u2019t be tied. Only the physical self can be tied\u201d \u2013 Nobuyoshi Araki","source":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70048,"id":70048,"title":"Araki_3 (1)","filename":"Araki_3-1-1.jpg","filesize":734871,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_3-1\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"Shino\", 2000","name":"araki_3-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:11:47","modified":"2018-09-13 08:11:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1251,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":120,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","medium-width":1251,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1251,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","large-width":1251,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1251,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1251,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_3-1-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1251,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

3. “Shino”, 2000<\/h2>\n

The photographer\u2019s subjects do, however, occasionally wear traditional Japanese dress. Many of his photographs also draw on the nation’s mythical monsters, which are often seen terrorising Japanese cities in Kaiju<\/em> (strange beast) films.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70049,"id":70049,"title":"Araki_4","filename":"Araki_4-1.jpg","filesize":425069,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_4\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"Kekkai\", 2010-2014","name":"araki_4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:12:42","modified":"2018-09-13 08:12:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":838,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":80,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","medium-width":838,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","medium_large-width":838,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","large-width":838,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":838,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":838,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":10,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_4-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":838,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

4. “Kekkai”, 2010-2014<\/h2>\n

Araki is far from shy when it comes to turning the camera on himself, and nothing is too intrusive or off-limits for the artist. Referencing the Japanese literary genre\u00a0shishosetsu \u2013<\/em>\u00a0or \u201cI-novel\u201d \u2013 in his self-portraits, the artist has famously labelled these books\u00a0as \u00a0\u201cthe closest thing there is to photography.”<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70050,"id":70050,"title":"Araki_5","filename":"Araki_5-1.jpg","filesize":347635,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_5\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"Kekkai\", 2010-2014","name":"araki_5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:13:45","modified":"2018-09-13 08:13:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":836,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":80,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","medium-width":836,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","medium_large-width":836,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","large-width":836,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":836,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":836,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":10,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_5-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":836,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

5. “kekkai”, (2010 – 2014)<\/h2>\n

An\u00a0extension of his carnal fascination with women, flowers represent female anatomy in many of Araki\u2019s photographs. The artist has expressed his beliefs, stating: \u201cThere is the bud and the flower\u2026 The flowers are genital.\u201d Araki\u2019s photo book \u201cFlowers in Ruins\u201d reflects this point of view and is fecund with images of rotting flowers and fruit coupled with abstracted body parts.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70051,"id":70051,"title":"Araki_6","filename":"Araki_6-1.jpg","filesize":246598,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_6\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\u00a0\"ARAKISM\"","name":"araki_6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:14:23","modified":"2018-09-13 08:14:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":771,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":74,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","medium-width":771,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","medium_large-width":771,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","large-width":771,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":771,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":771,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_6-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":771,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

6. “ARAKISM”<\/h2>\n

For Araki, \u201cwoman is photography\u2026 women teach you how the world goes around.\u201d The artist developed his practice in a booming post-war Japan, a time when photojournalism and art photography were going through enormous\u00a0social and economic transformations. Araki was a major figure\u00a0in this movement, as he sought to memorialise Japanese traditions as well as modern scenes from Karaoke bars and the streets of Tokyo.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70052,"id":70052,"title":"Araki_7","filename":"Araki_7-1.jpg","filesize":631172,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_7\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"TOKYO SELF DIARY\", 1986","name":"araki_7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:15:02","modified":"2018-09-13 08:15:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1286,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":123,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","medium-width":1286,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1286,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","large-width":1286,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1286,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1286,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_7-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1286,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

7. “TOKYO SELF DIARY”, 1986<\/h2>\n

Araki has always been one for demystifying and destroying taboos. Wielding\u00a0his\u00a0camera, the photographer’s works unearth and magnify the arousal that is shielded by what he refers to as \u201cJapan\u2019s ambiguous censorship laws.”<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":false,"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70053,"id":70053,"title":"Araki_8","filename":"Araki_8-2.jpg","filesize":430926,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_8\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"Marvellous Tales of Black Ink\", 1994","name":"araki_8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:15:58","modified":"2018-09-13 08:16:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1234,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","thumbnail-width":118,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","medium-width":1234,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","medium_large-width":1234,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","large-width":1234,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1234,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1234,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_8-2.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1234,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

8. “Marvellous Tales of Black Ink”, 1994<\/h2>\n

When commenting on Japan\u2019s pornography censorship laws, the artist said, \u201cThere may be a strict law on censorship, but you can still find anything and everything in Japan\u2026 Rigid strictness co-exists with the glamour of deviant opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70054,"id":70054,"title":"Araki_9","filename":"Araki_9-1.jpg","filesize":536914,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_9\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"67 Shooting Back (GDN038)\", 2007","name":"araki_9","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:16:42","modified":"2018-09-13 08:16:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1253,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":120,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","medium-width":1253,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1253,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","large-width":1253,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1253,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1253,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_9-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1253,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

9. “67 Shooting Back (GDN038)”, 2007<\/h2>\n

Araki\u2019s deviant style has afforded him notoriety in the fashion world, where he recently shot Bottega Veneta<\/a>\u2019s SS15 campaign and has influenced Alexander McQueen<\/a>, Simone Rocha<\/a> and Christopher Kane<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70055,"id":70055,"title":"Araki_10","filename":"Araki_10-1.jpg","filesize":464663,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/nobuyoshi-araki\/araki_10\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"\"Tokyo Comedy\", 1997","name":"araki_10","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39628,"date":"2018-09-13 08:17:24","modified":"2018-09-13 08:17:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1264,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":121,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","medium-width":1264,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1264,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","large-width":1264,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1264,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1264,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":15,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Araki_10-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1264,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

10. “Tokyo Comedy”, 1997<\/h2>\n

\u201cEros\u201d, the Greek word for \u201cdesire\u201d, is the essence of Nobuyoshi Araki\u2019s oeuvre. From the kinbaku<\/em> models to his sexually suggestive flowers, he has dedicated a\u00a0life to documenting the women he believes to possess \u201call the charms of life itself\u2026.” To some, his work represents an obscene compulsion, and to others, an act of moral pornography.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

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