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SELECTIONS FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF KOSEN OHTSUBO ORGANIZED BY CHRISTIAN  KŌUN ALBORZ OLDHAM

November 3–19, 2022



Manhattan Art Review
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Osmos Magazine

                                                                                                     
植物人間 - Botanical Man, September 1978, the author himself, castor oil plant. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. Untitled (Willow), Winter 1983, weeping willow. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. 化粧する大根 - Radishes Wearing Makeup, October 1989, cockscomb, daikon radish, desk, huge electric bulb, hot dog warmer. Inkjet print, 17 x 16.9 in. (43.2 x 42.9 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. Untitled (Rikka of Cherry Blossom), ca. 2003, cherry blossom, pine, Japanese sacred lily. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. Untitled (Wardrobe), October 1996, New Zealand flax, various garments, wire, wooden wardrobe, clothing hangers, radio-controlled car plastic cover. Inkjet print, 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. ”ジョニーは戦場にいった” を思い出しながら - While Remembering “Johnny Went to the Battlefield”, May 1979, white cabbage. Inkjet print, 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. Lovely Leaves II, April 1974, rubber plant leaves, acrylic box, acrylic cylinder, reeled thread. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. 黝めく幹 - A Bruised Trunk, August 1975, Chinese parasol tree. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. N先生へお中元 / ジュワッと押し出すすいかジュース - Midsummer Gift to Dr. N / Oozing Out Watermelon, July 1976, acrylic box, cloth. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. 神供華 - Flowers Offered to the Gods, November 1977, carnation petal and leaf, untreated wood. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. おつまみキウリ１本１００円 ひねくれバーにて - ¥100 per Cucumber Snack at a Twisted Bar, June 1978, glassware made by Shigeo Fukuda, cucumber. Inkjet print, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. Untitled (Bell Pepper Linga), August 2017, bell pepper, small chrysanthemum, ceramic container made by Thomas Edward Sellen. Inkjet print, 14.7 x 22 in. (37.3 x 55.9 cm.). Photographer: Koichi Taniguchi. Yugoexport, Corner Vase, 2022, inox, welded, 19 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (50 x 6 x 6 cm.) Yugoexport, Corner Vase, 2022, inox, welded, 19 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (50 x 6 x 6 cm.)