Hironori Kikuchi ALCHEMICAL GRAPHICS 2 Photo Book New Rare Japan Art Indie Zine For Sale

1. Since his debut in the manga magazine *Garo* in 1995, manga artist Hironori Kikuchi has created surreal stories with pop characters, publishing numerous books such as *Bakuretsu Meisou Bakitoma-do*, *Gedatsu Man*, and *Heromi no Natsuyasumi*, and in recent years, his works have even been translated into French.
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3. Around 2011, he began using manga techniques while employing meticulous handwork to depict images seen in dreams or that came to mind in a new style.
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5. This collection includes 92 works, ranging from early pieces created using this technique to those finally completed after continuous refinement, as well as works drawn since his first art book.
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7. 22cm x 29cm, Hardcover, Codex Binding, 96 pages
8. 22cm x 29cm, hardcover, codex binding, 96 pages
9. Foil-stamped cover
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11. Design: Kisa Miyazaki (KISSA LLC)
12. Translation: Philip Gale
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14. This is the second collection of works by Hironori Kikuchi, following his first art book, *ALCHEMICAL GRAPHICS*, published in 2019.
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16. Like Monet\'s continuous painting of water lilies, Hironori Kikuchi continues to play variations on his own dream world. Continuing from the first volume, frequently appearing motifs such as celestial bodies, ruins, and half-human, half-animal figures are repeatedly depicted, transforming and mutating to create a magnificent universe.
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18. Similar to the first volume, the title and illustration on the cover are foil-stamped in a cascading style, but the holographic foil is applied to a slightly uneven gray background, creating a design that is both contrasting and Kikuchi
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20. Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1965
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22. 1995 Debuted with \"Fruit\" in the manga magazine Garo (Seirindo)
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24. 1998 \"Bakuretsu Meisou Bakitoma-do\" \"Gedatsu Man\" (Seirindo)
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26. 2000 \"Heromi no Natsuyasumi\" \"The admirable boys\" to the anthology \"COMIX 2000\" (L\'Association, an excerpt from \"Gedatsu Man\" to \"Secret Comics Japan: Underground Comics Now\" (Cadence Books, USA)
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28. 2006 \"Mademoiselle Takada\" (Humeurs, France)
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30. 2011 Began creating a new form of artwork
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32. 2018 Contributed to š! #32 Japan Special Issue
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34. 2019 Art book \"Alchemical Graphics\"
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36. TACO Solo exhibitions at ché (Tokyo) and Yokogawa Soen (Hiroshima)
37. 2020: Designed the cover for Momoko Okabe\'s photobook \"Ilmatar\"
38. 2024: Artbook \"Alchemical Graphics 2\"
39. Solo exhibition at Mangasick (Taipei)

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