The World of Edogawa Rampo (1991).
Ushering in the Spook Season with the dark and strange etchings of Japanese artist Shin Taga. Dark, strange, also meticulously detailed and erotic enough for his work to be featured at Shunga Gallery where they draw fitting comparison with the eroto-Surrealism of Hans Bellmer. As is often the case with older Japanese artists—Taga was born in 1946—there doesn’t appear to be a dedicated website or even much information about the creator of these works. There are, however, a number of online galleries with decent reproductions, also catalogues, including one which presents a series of prints based on the stories of Japanese horror writer Edogawa Rampo.
Mask 01.
View with a Face.
Peerless.
Fish No. 19.
Blorden.
Bejart by Be Jart.
Nostalgia.
The World of Edogawa Rampo (1991).
The World of Edogawa Rampo (1991).
The World of Edogawa Rampo (1991).
The World of Edogawa Rampo (1991).
The World of Edogawa Rampo (1991).
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The etching and engraving archive
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The art of Takato Yamamoto
Wow, these are fabulous. Thank you for another artist I’ve never encountered.
Very nice graphics! I am strongly reminded of bookplate (ex libris) art I have admired.
Yes, there’s been quite a trend in recent years for etching artists creating bookplates. It’s an odd development; bookplates were more commonly done with wood engraving or ink on paper but for some reason the much finer etching medium seems to have taken over.