Subjects are, from left to right: 1 Andy.W, 2 J.Morrison, 3 J.Baez



4 The Prodigy, 5 Kraftwerk (Band), 6 Elvis, 7 J.Joplin (Rockstar), 8 Bjork



9 Hunter.T, 10 Aphex Twin, 11 Jimmi.H



All images c1997-2004 by Franz Keller. All rights reserved.

Since 1997, I have been designing the "Kabuki Series" of transformative portraits.
The subjects are various celebrities / entertainers, depicted in a way that they aren't usually seen.
The style is a high tech, postmodernist interpretation of traditional Japanese methods (ukiyo-e, shodo).
Note that many of the original ukiyo-e prints were posters for Kabuki entertainers,
and were lithographed with a minimal color pallete.
The Japanese Kanji symbols within each picture relate to the name and / or atributes of the subject.