Giving Birth to a Joke, 1956. Kansuke Yamamoto
milk magazine posted an article by John Solt, “Perception, Misperception, Nonperception,” in which he frames photographer and poet Kansuke Yamamoto’s work within the history of Japanese Surrealism, as well as its dialogue with, and deviations from, its European lineage. Solt’s piece originally featured in the exhibit catalogue for “Yamamoto Kansuke: Conveyor of the Impossible” at Tokyo Station Gallery in 2001.
Yamamoto’s work is currently showing at the Getty Center exhibition, “Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto”, which runs through August 25.
