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"In 'White Casket,' Japanese artist Miwa Yanagi has created a bizarre fantasy world inhabited by department store 'elevator girls.' In upscale Japanese department stores, the elevator girl performs the role of a hostess, directing customers to their destinations while lending an aura of elegance to the shopping experience. The position of elevator girl is a highly prized one; those holding this position are selected by management, and are expected to exude youth, innocence and beauty. In White Casket--the collective title for the work as presented here--Yanagi takes advantage of digital technology to create virtual spaces composed of elements from several different locations, creating elaborate settings in which the elevator girls live as 'prisoners in paradise'"--Publisher's description.
Type
Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date
[2004]
Call number
653298
Creator
Yanagi, Miwa (1967-)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN
1590050622
9781590050620
1590050630
9781590050637
Provenance
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, August 2020.
Dimensions
39 cm
Associated people
Okabe, Aomi,
Associated organization
Nazraeli Press,
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