Kurama
A mystic personage somewhat mysterious as described by Henri Robert from PEN Magazine – “Kurama is a mysterious, even mystical artist. Little information is public about him, apart from having been born in the 1960s from a multiracial family and had lived all around the world. Kurama’s photographic practice is much dedicated to social taboos and censorships associated to women sexuality and sexual freedom, subjects that Kurama represents with erotica offering a clear dive into his (her) intoxicating universe.
Kurama – born in the mid-60s into a multiracial family, grew up in different Asian and Western countries, has a Plastic Arts degree in printmaking.
His work is not limited to silver gelatin photography; Kurama uses serigraphy as an alternative printing method.
Kurama’s photographic practice is much dedicated to social taboos and censorships associated with women sexuality and sexual freedom, subjects that Kurama represents with erotica offering a clear dive into his intoxicating universe.
His exhibitions go back to the late 80s and early 90s with exhibitions in the USA (Chicago, New York and Saint Louis), Osaka Japan at JUJIRU Gallery and in the late 90s in Buenos Aires Argentina.
It was only in 2004 that his works resurfaced this time in Taipei Taiwan with silver gelatin prints of elephants and sex-slaves-workers from Thailand evoking the controversy between divine and adored elephants in the Theravada Buddhism, yet chained and slaved for hard work and tourism and the beloved women of Thailand equally cherished religious divinities, thus far a large majority lives as sex-workers . Probably that was the origin of his book Elephant, ゾウサン , published in 2016.
Most Recent Exhibitions
2024 Rencontres Photographiques de Neves, Portugal
2024 Record Vol 50 – Silkscreens, Hayama Room, Hayama Japan
2023 Recor Vol 48 – Kurama Silver Gelatin Prints, Zushi Gallery – Zushi Kanagawa Japan
2022 at Incadaques Photo Festival, Cadaques Spain
2018 The Basement Prints Record Vol 38 – in)(between gallery, Paris France
2016 TAKARA BUNE NYC at Zurcher Gallery New York City, USA
2016 Eros No Eros Record Vol. 23 in)(between gallery, Paris France
2016 the-backroom-prints-takara-bune Vol. 20 in)(between gallery, Paris France
2023 Three books dedicated to show the path of Erotica and Lust as important elements of protest and how their massive strength can power objection to the cultural suppression of female sexuality