{"product_id":"icons-vol-2-shintaro-kago","title":"ICONS vol.2 – Shintaro Kago","description":"\u003ch2\u003eICONS vol.2 Shintaro Kago – Historical Figures as Specimens\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eICONS vol.2 Shintaro Kago\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact A4 illustration artbook published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-mansion-press\" title=\"Browse all publications by The Mansion Press\"\u003eThe Mansion Press\u003c\/a\u003e. It presents 52 colour portraits of historical figures, treated not as icons in the reverential sense, but as subjects: observed, fixed, and rendered with deliberate formal control. The tone is clinical. The colour is precise. Nothing is incidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe premise of the ICONS project is consistent across volumes: historical figures are approached as specimens rather than symbols. In this second volume, Kago applies his characteristic formal discipline to the portrait format — each image contained, each colour decision accountable. The softcover with French flaps gives the object a portfolio quality. It is thin by design, and it reads as a sequence rather than a collection of isolated images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume functions as a standalone publication. It does not require prior familiarity with the series. It also locks into the larger 4-volume ICONS project without redundancy — the logic of the set becomes clearer when this volume is read alongside \u003ca href=\"\/products\/icons-vol-1-by-shintaro-kago\" title=\"Browse ICONS vol.1 by Shintaro Kago\"\u003eICONS vol.1\u003c\/a\u003e. Each volume is governed by the same hand, the same restraint, and the same refusal of decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eICONS vol.2 is published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-mansion-press\" title=\"Browse all publications by The Mansion Press\"\u003eThe Mansion Press\u003c\/a\u003e, a publisher whose output is represented in the Lokator100 catalogue through a selection of carefully produced artist publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCollection Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis title is held within the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\" title=\"Explore the Artbooks \u0026amp; Artist Publications collection\"\u003eArtbooks \u0026amp; Artist Publications\u003c\/a\u003e section of the shop — a category that brings together illustration books, artist-led projects, and publications that sit at the boundary between print object and visual document. Further titles by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shintaro-kago\" title=\"View all Shintaro Kago titles in the shop\"\u003eShintaro Kago\u003c\/a\u003e are available in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Mansion Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52642137669978,"sku":"9782492646652","price":21.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/icons-vol-2-shintaro-kago-front-cover-mask-portrait.jpg?v=1778509724","url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/products\/icons-vol-2-shintaro-kago","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}