Morimura,  Yasumasa - Self-Portrait "Money Game" UNOPEND

Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura demonstrates his clever mastery of mimicry by portraying himself as famous artists, artworks, political figures, celebrities and others on a range of banknotes and postal stamps, plus full-page original portraits. Frida Kahlo, Ghandi, Marilyn Monroe, Rembrandt, Vladimir Lenin, Albert Einstein, Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, Caravaggio’s ‘Medusa’, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara are all pictured here in stunning colour, detail and likeness. 72 p, ills colour, 22 x 30 cm, hb, Japanese/English.