1. Kimiko Yoshida PAINTING. SELF PORTRAIT (2007-2010) techniques in her images is to paint herself in a monochrome color scheme to blend with whatever background-- usually black or white. She does this so she fades into the background and the focus of the image are the bright and bizarre clothing, or objects she wears. The subject is center focused; which makes these photos even more striking!
2. Kimiko Yoshida likes to use influences of famous Western fine art portraits and European fashion. Though she considers PAINTING. SELF PORTRAIT to be "anti-portraits", stating, "a refusal to be known and a declaration that is impossible to be understood. Yoshida wanted to move away from the archetypes trying to push aside the famous artists that everyone knows so well. Though not pictured, or mentioned in the recreation the reference is known. Yoshida wanted to not focus so much on the person in the photos as in Western art portraits tend to been a symbol of status, or question about who the person was.
3. I really wanted to do a post on body painting, or a form of it. I follow many artists that use the concept of body painting to distinguish their perceptions of world. Yoshida gave a different view on something that I never really thought to much about in a interesting way. Paint as a medium can be really diverse, and that is one of my favorite mediums to use-- especially in my photography. I believe paint is like makeup, and they can go hand-in-hand it can transform a person to be someone they are not successfully. Photography is the same way, many people use photography to look into someone else's life and thoughts, or it can cover up and show what the artist, or person wants the viewer to see.
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