Tsunehisa Kimura [SEP] date of birth
Tsunehisa Kimura
Tsunehisa Kimura (木村恒久, "Kimura Tsunehisa"; 1928–2008) was a Japanese artist who created works using photomontage. His montages often contain themes of surreal urban destruction and chaos, or juxtaposition of man-made monuments and natural phenomena.
He provided the cover artwork to Midnight Oil's 1984 album "Red Sails in the Sunset". Additionally, altered versions of one of his works appear as cover art for Climax Blues Band's 1980 album Flying the Flag and Cut Copy's 2011 album "Zonoscope"
stance was positive. The band continued to expand their sound and explore themes of politics, consumerism, militarism, the threat of nuclear war and environmental issues.
The album cover by Japanese artist Tsunehisa Kimura featured a photomontage of Sydney – both city and harbour – cratered and devastated after a hypothetical nuclear attack. Live concert footage of "Short Memory" was used in the Australian independent anti-nuclear war movie "One Night Stand". A promotional video for "Best of Both Worlds" received airplay worldwide on cable music