{"product_id":"reve-ecarlate-toshio-saeki","title":"Rêve écarlate — Toshio Saeki","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRêve écarlate — Toshio Saeki's Ero Guro Anthology\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRêve écarlate\u003c\/em\u003e (Scarlet Dream) is the first volume of a chronological, annotated anthology of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/toshio-saeki\"\u003eToshio Saeki\u003c\/a\u003e's illustration work — the first publication of this scope for the artist in European publishing. Released in February 2016 as a second edition by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-cornelius\"\u003eÉditions Cornélius\u003c\/a\u003e under their Collection Pierre imprint, the book was produced directly from Saeki's originals and distributed as far as Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaeki's practice belongs to the tradition of \u003cem\u003eero guro\u003c\/em\u003e — a mode of image-making rooted in classical Japanese drawing, encompassing the erotic and the grotesque in equal measure. Where earlier artists worked within the conventions of Shunga and Yōkai visual culture, Saeki recast those traditions through the specific anxieties of the 1970s generation: the contradictions of modernisation, the residue of political disillusionment, and a sustained engagement with censorship as a formal constraint. In Japan, the prohibition on depicting genitalia redirected his imagery toward the oneiric and the absurd, producing a body of work that operates simultaneously within and against its own prohibitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis line has frequently been compared by European readers to the \u003cem\u003eligne claire\u003c\/em\u003e associated with Hergé and Joost Swarte — a comparison that points less to stylistic derivation than to a shared economy of mark-making that reads as foreign to both Japanese and Western audiences. The effect is one of deliberate estrangement: a clarity of execution that makes the imagery more, not less, unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colorisation in \u003cem\u003eRêve écarlate\u003c\/em\u003e was carried out in close collaboration with Saeki himself, restoring original colours with a distinctly pop sensibility. The book includes a trilingual preface in French, English, and Japanese. It is part of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eLokator100's art books and artist publications\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCultural Reach\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaeki's work has reached well beyond specialist circles. His drawing appeared on the cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 album \u003cem\u003eSome Time in New York City\u003c\/em\u003e. The 1979 animated short \u003cem\u003eDemain la petite fille sera en retard à l'école\u003c\/em\u003e, based on his drawings and directed by Michel Boschet, won the César award for Best Animated Short Film. More recently, one of his images was used as the cover of Geordie Greep's 2024 album \u003cem\u003eThe New Sound\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has been shown at Art Basel Hong Kong, among other international venues. Publications of this kind remain rare in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Cornélius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54281291268442,"sku":"9782360811069","price":36.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/r-ve-carlate-toshio-saeki-front-cover.jpg?v=1781090078","url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/products\/reve-ecarlate-toshio-saeki","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}