Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant Garde

Doryun Chong
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012.
First Edition.

27.5cm x 23cm. 228 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial matte papered boards.

“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.” (publisher’s blurb)

Interior Fine. Scratch marks to spine near tail. Minor shelf wear to boards. Price sticker ghost to lower board. Very minor bumping to fore-edge corners. Very Good Condition.

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