Cometman (Shinkyogoku), 1990

Hong Kong 2018
Cometman (Shinkyogoku)

MEM

Photography
gelatin silver print
12
24.5 x 16.5 （厘米）
9.6 x 6.5 （吋）
Image credit: ©Yasumasa Morimura, courtesy MEM, Tokyo “Cometman” is Morimura’s first work of video art, made in 1990. The title of this work comes from a famous portrait of Marcel Duchamp taken by Man Ray, in which the shape of a star has been shaved into the back of the former’s head. In the video, Morimura first shaves a star into his head in his Osaka studio. The setting then shifts to Kyoto, where he wanders through the streets, all the while spinning his unique tale of the “Cometman.”