Tokyo 1955-1970 : A New Avant-Garde Hardback
by Doryun Chong
Hardback
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Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde explores the extraordinary convergence of artists, intellectuals, and creators in Japan's capital city during the radically transformative postwar period.
Examining works from a range of media - paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings, prints, videos and films, as well as graphics, architecture, musical compositions and dance - this is the first publication in English to focus in depth on the full scope of postwar art in Japan.
The city during this period was a vibrant hub that attracted such critical artistic figures as Taro Okamoto, Hiroshi Nakamura, Ay-O, Yoko Ono, Mieko Shiomi and Tetsumi Kudo; photographers Daido Moriyama, Eikoh Hosoe and Shomei Tomatsu; illustrators and graphic designers Tadanori Yokoo, Kohei Sugiura and Kiyoshi Awazu; and architects Arata Isozaki and Kisho Kurokawa; as well as many important artists' collectives.
Curator Doryun Chong's introductory essay investigates Tokyo's sociopolitical context and the massive urban changes that redefined the city as a vital node in the international avant-garde network.
Essays by scholars Hayashi Michio and Miryam Sas and curator Mika Yoshitake discuss central notions of postwar Japanese art, including design and graphics; the development of new sculptural languages; and the `intermedia' trend that engendered experimental performance works and cross-pollination among artistic modes.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:228 pages, 116 Illustrations, black and white; 154 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Museum of Modern Art
- Publication Date:12/11/2012
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- ISBN:9780870708343
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:228 pages, 116 Illustrations, black and white; 154 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Museum of Modern Art
- Publication Date:12/11/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780870708343