TANI Atsushi "Ambivalence"

Dark and chaotic, fetish and avant-garde, and supremely stylish!

A virgin photo collection of an atypical photographer!

The appeal of Atsushi Tani's photographs lies in the fact that they remind us of our approach to the beginning. The humiliated woman he draws rather boldly asserts her existence, and her twisted body looks like a reptilian inverting and enjoying life.

--Keiji Ueshima (religious anthropologist)

"Even the poisonous dish." Atsushi Tani has continued to literally put his body through human experiments to see how long he can withstand the powerful fetish poison. What I always feel when looking at photographs of valleys is that the body is endowed with plasticity far beyond our imagination. The state of the body that transforms, is torn, and convulses pushes it to the extreme of Bizarre.

-- Kotaro Iizawa (photo critic)

Atsushi Tani stands on stage with the decadence of the 20th century and the sensuality of the 21st century.

There was a faint stench of 22nd-century death behind it.

--Akira Uno

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Profile of Atsushi Tani

Born and raised in Osaka.

He began presenting his photographic works around 1992, and since then has consistently presented his works in both domestic and international group and solo exhibitions.

Since around 2000, his works have been published one after another in magazines such as BURST, DUNE, Yaso, and Talking Heads Series, and his works with a fetish and avant-garde taste are mainly gothic/underground art fans. supported by and expanded the fan base.

In 2008, he received an offer from Mylène Farmer, an artist who is extremely popular in the French-speaking world, to shoot the jacket and booklet for the album "Point de Suture", which became a hot topic.

Since around 2009, he has continued to present a series of works with literary motifs such as Bataille's "Eyeball", Ranpo Edogawa's works, and Grimm's fairy tales.

Established one of the mainstream works of Tani up to the present.

His most recent work is Portrait of a Man (2010), in which he broke new ground by taking only portraits of men. "Pop and fetish daily life continues today as well!" (2011) and Atsushi Tani 20 Years Trajectory + New Works Exhibition (2012).

Since November 2012, he has held a six-month solo exhibition at the Musée de la Eroticism in Paris, demonstrating his talent as a visual artist that goes far beyond the realm of photography.

He is also involved in many other works, including visual production for books and CD jackets, as well as promotional photography for plays, stage performances, and musicals.

A5 size, 64 pages, 2,800yen (consumption tax not included)