Ryudai Takano - Kikuo (Reclining Woo-Man) Preface

A short text accompanying an artist's book, Kikuo (Reclining Woo-Man) by Japanese artist Ryudai Takano, in a book published by Libraryman.

Takano's explorations of gender, sexuality and body regularity challenge preconceived notions of acceptable forms and behaviours. In Kikuo, Takano displaces the stereotypical female nude for a heterogeneous male form. The short text asks questions of the reader about the role of photograph's in reproducing the world or bringing it into being.

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