{"id":1488,"date":"2007-08-29T21:43:49","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T02:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/artist-of-the-day\/08\/29\/miwa-yanagi\/"},"modified":"2007-08-29T21:43:49","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T02:43:49","slug":"miwa-yanagi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/artist-of-the-day\/08\/29\/miwa-yanagi\/","title":{"rendered":"Miwa Yanagi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The compelling photographs of Miwa Yanagi explore themes depicting the role of women in the context of Japanese society, yet reflect the archetypal concerns of many women across cultures. Mixing both the imaginary and the real, Yanagi conjures compelling visions using theatrical set-ups and mesmerizing color. Elevator Girls, started in 1993, first gained international attention for the artist, and My Grandmothers, begun in 1999, is based directly on conversations with the women who apply to be her models. The most recent Fairy Tale series, mainly shot in black and white, further examine female roles as they are mythologized in fairy tales specifically by the ancient Greeks, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. She is currently on exhibition at the <a href=\"http:\/\/chelseaartmuseum.org\/exhibits\/2007\/yanagi\/index.html\">Chelsea Art Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/41\/86667305_bab1470861_o.jpg\" alt=\"?\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punctum.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/rapunzel.gif\" alt=\"rupunzel\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punctum.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/gretel.jpg\" alt=\"gretel\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=1590050622&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000PG55ZE&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=3775714502&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The compelling photographs of Miwa Yanagi explore themes depicting the role of women in the context of Japanese society, yet reflect the archetypal concerns of many women across cultures. 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Elevator Girls, started in 1993, first gained international attention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1140,1139,304],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Miwa Yanagi - Prose Before Hos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The compelling photographs of Miwa Yanagi explore themes depicting the role of women in the context of Japanese society, yet reflect the archetypal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/artist-of-the-day\/08\/29\/miwa-yanagi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Miwa Yanagi - 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