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Made using deep black ink, the artworks are larger in scale, produced either as unique works or limited editions – a complete reversal to his uneditioned gelatin silver prints. Recognised immediately for their gritty and mysterious style, the artworks pay tribute to the multiple aspects of his oeuvre from his initial projects made in Tokyo in the ’60s to his later influences which would push his work to contemporary, international acclaim.

This year marks 50 years since Moriyama saw Andy Warhol’s silkscreens at his inaugural exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York in 1971. The New York …