{"product_id":"richard-kern-xx-girls-1996","title":"RICHARD KERN — XX GIRLS (1996)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fiction Inc. (フィクション・インク), Tokyo, Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Richard Kern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e July 15, 1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover with original plastic dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 48\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Approximately 23 × 30.6 × 0.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Japanese edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4309901611\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-4-309-90161-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e New — exceptionally well preserved, with no visible imperfections, damage, or signs of wear. The cover, original plastic dust jacket, binding, and interior pages remain in pristine condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eXX Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a 1996 Japanese photography book by Richard Kern, published in Tokyo by Fiction Inc. This edition brings together 48 pages of photography by one of the defining figures of New York’s underground art and film scene. Originally associated with the Cinema of Transgression movement of the 1980s, Kern developed a distinctive visual language that combined confrontational imagery, intimate portraiture, eroticism, and the raw aesthetic of independent underground culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKern’s work emerged from a creative environment shaped by experimental cinema, punk music, and downtown New York’s independent art scene. Alongside figures such as Nick Zedd and Lydia Lunch, he helped establish a transgressive approach to image-making that challenged conventional boundaries between art, sexuality, and popular culture. His later photographic work extended this sensibility into portraiture, documenting young women through direct, often provocative compositions and carefully staged private interiors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in Japan in 1996, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eXX Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reflects the international circulation of underground photography during the 1990s, when independent publishers introduced alternative visual culture to audiences beyond its original New York context. The volume is also associated with the wider photographic legacy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Kern’s earlier body of work, and carries a recommendation from Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and X-Girl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its hardcover construction and original plastic dust jacket, this edition is a collectible document of 1990s underground photography, particularly relevant to collectors interested in Richard Kern, experimental cinema, punk and alternative culture, and the intersection of photography and fashion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Contains nude photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"richard kern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67907879469344,"sku":null,"price":10000.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/richard-kern-xx-girls-1996-cover-intermission.jpg?v=1792603443","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/richard-kern-xx-girls-1996","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}