Kensuke Koike is a Japanese Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1980. His work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums. He looks at the idea of identity, primarily using portraits. Koike uses found imagery from shops, archives and books. He edits these images analogue and is known for distorting bodies and faces in simplistic but effective ways.
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I like his style of work as it has a message that one photo can have multiple meanings. His work conveys this message as most of his images he has created have been all from one single photo. I especially like his 3 dimensional cube photo (second down) as it is made all from 2 dimensional shapes he has cut yet effectively distorts the face.
Image analysis
Visual – This is a flat 2 dimensional black and white image with an illusion of a 3 dimensional cube in the middle. This effect creates a very confusing image especially when viewing it printed out in 2d.
Conceptual – This photo is meant to emphasise the idea of loss of identity. Koike has done this by distorting this mans face the perfect amount to make him un recognisable but still able to see his facial features