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Gift / Mari Katayama ; editor Joyce Lam ; text Simon Baker, Mari Katayama.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tokyo : United Vagabonds, 2019Copyright date: c2019Edition: First editionDescription: 133 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9784908600043
  • 490860004X
Contained works:
  • Katayama, Mari. Photographs. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22 779.2092 KAT
Summary: "Presenting the first book of Mari Katayama (b. 1987, Gunma, Japan), Gift is a retrospective of her past works and evolution as an artist. Born with only two fingers on her left hand and tibial hemimelia, a rare deficiency in which one leg bone is absent, Katayama amputated both her legs at the age of nine, and has since then transcend her condition by works she creates with her prosthetics, intricately embroidered objects and also self-portrait photography, using her own body as a living sculpture." -- Provided by publisher
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Baccah 779.2092 KAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 37381 Available 000056697
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This book was shortlisted for the 2019 Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, PhotoBook of the Year.

"Presenting the first book of Mari Katayama (b. 1987, Gunma, Japan), Gift is a retrospective of her past works and evolution as an artist. Born with only two fingers on her left hand and tibial hemimelia, a rare deficiency in which one leg bone is absent, Katayama amputated both her legs at the age of nine, and has since then transcend her condition by works she creates with her prosthetics, intricately embroidered objects and also self-portrait photography, using her own body as a living sculpture." -- Provided by publisher

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