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[[File:Ao_title_downscaled.png|thumb|Title page from the printed book.]]
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|date=1991
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'''The Alphabetical Orgasm''' is a 1991 series of graphic artwork by Osamu Sato. It may be viewed on [http://www.osamusato.net/#graphics Sato's personal site]. The Alphabetical Orgasm was published in book form the same year by Tierrart, with additional messages and doodles in between each letter. The fully scanned book is available on [http://satoarchives.com/Archive/Art/(1991)%20Alphabetical%20Orgasm/Alphabetical%20Orgasm.pdf Sato Archives (large PDF warning)].
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'''The Alphabetical Orgasm''' is a 1991 series of graphic artwork by [[Osamu Sato]]. There are 26 total pieces, each depicting a different letter of the alphabet. An art book was published the same year by Tierrart, limited to 1000 copies. The pages are held loose-leaf with an outer cover. On the back of each picture is a black-and-white doodle and some text related to that particular letter.
  
 
==Exhibitions==
 
==Exhibitions==
According to the [http://osd.co.jp/sato/sato_history.html defunct OSD website], there were 2 exhibitions for The Alphabetical Orgasm: one at the Tierrart Tokyo Gallery in November 1991, and another at the Takichi Studio Com in April 1992 (verification of translations needed). The scans shown below seem to corroborate this information.
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There were 2 exhibitions for The Alphabetical Orgasm: one at the Tierrart Gallery in Tokyo from November 5-30, 1991, and another at the Tachikichi Studio Com in Kyoto from April 23 -  May 5, 1992.  
 
 
The first and third images are postcards [http://osd.co.jp/graphic/graphic_old/index_graphic.html showcased on the same website], and the second image is from page 22 of [http://satoarchives.com/Archive/Art/(1991)%20OSD%20Corporate%20Identity%20and%20Works/ OSD Corporate Identity and Works],
 
  
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==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Ao_card2.png
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File:Ao_card2.png|Postcard for the Tokyo exhibition, sourced from the old OSD site.
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File:Ao_exhibit_poster.png|Poster for the Tokyo exhibition, featured in ''OSD Corporate Identity and Works''
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File:Ao_card1.png|Postcard for the Kyoto exhibition, sourced from the old OSD site.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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==External links==
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* [https://www.osamusato.net The series can be found on Sato's website]
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* [http://satoarchives.com/Archive/Art/(1991)%20Alphabetical%20Orgasm/ The book on Sato Archives]
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[[Category: Art]]
 
[[Category: Art]]

Latest revision as of 20:51, 8 December 2024

The Alphabetical Orgasm
Aobook.png
Original name The Alphabetical Orgasm
Release date 1991
Format Online art collection and book
Lost? No

The Alphabetical Orgasm is a 1991 series of graphic artwork by Osamu Sato. There are 26 total pieces, each depicting a different letter of the alphabet. An art book was published the same year by Tierrart, limited to 1000 copies. The pages are held loose-leaf with an outer cover. On the back of each picture is a black-and-white doodle and some text related to that particular letter.

Exhibitions

There were 2 exhibitions for The Alphabetical Orgasm: one at the Tierrart Gallery in Tokyo from November 5-30, 1991, and another at the Tachikichi Studio Com in Kyoto from April 23 - May 5, 1992.

Gallery

External links

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