EXHIBITION DETAILS
Star of the Starts | Yoichi Nagata
July 1 – August 27, 2011
STATEMENT
The Center for Fine Art Photography is pleased to present Star of the Stars, by Yoichi Nagata. Yoichi Nagata documents fancifully costumed club-goers at dress-code parties. Their outfits range from Western fetish styles, such as bondage or S&M, to homegrown looks such as Yamanba and cyberpunk. These nightlife fashions in Tokyo present a strange jumble of East and West, past and future. Nagata notes that, “This series of pinups creates an atmosphere similar to a séance, an endless fete in supplication to the spirits.”
Yoichi Nagata’s work is inspired by the myriad of colors these club-goers don. To Nagata, the “fake eyelashes, hair extensions, tattoos, and character goods seem almost to breed and multiply in a motley riot of colors. Since ancient times, wearing bright colors and ornaments has been considered an effective way to call down luck from the spirits.”
