Publisher/ヒステリックグラマー

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"Hysteric Nine" is a collection of works by Korean photographer Koo Bon-chang (born 1953). Having studied photography in Hamburg, Germany in the 1980s, Koo Bon-chang is a representative figure of the generation that introduced a conceptual perspective and a contemporary art sensibility to Korean photography. From his early urban monochrome works such as "Long Afternoon" and "In the Beginning" to his still-life series such as "Vessel," "Soap," and "White," he has consistently explored themes of memory, time, loss, and spirituality. This book is the ninth in the "Hysteric" photobook series published by HYSTERIC GLAMOUR, and is centered around his representative series "Masks," which uses the traditional Korean mask "Tal" as a motif. The figures wearing "Tal," which is used in masked plays and folk rituals, quietly emerge from the dark background, exuding a mysterious presence that seems to drift between reality and fantasy, celebration and death, anonymity and corporeality. This is not merely a record of folklore, but a work that reconstructs Korean traditional culture as contemporary photography, and it is a uniquely serene volume within the "Hysteric" series, which saw the intersection of Tokyo subculture in the early 2000s and contemporary Korean art. (Missing plastic cover)