基本説明
In this comprehensive anthology, an array of key documents, artist manifestos, critical essays, and roundtable discussions are translated into English for the first time. Interspersed throughout the volume are more than twenty newly commissioned texts by contemporary scholars.
Full Description
A trove of primary source materials, From Postwar to Postmodern, Art in Japan 1945-1989 is an invaluable scholarly resource for readers who wish to explore the fascinating subject of avant-garde art in postwar Japan. In this comprehensive anthology, an array of key documents, artist manifestos, critical essays, and roundtable discussions are translated into English for the first time. The pieces cover a broad range of artistic mediums-including photography, film, performance, architecture, and design-and illuminate their various points of convergence in the Japanese context. The collection is organized chronologically and thematically to highlight significant movements, works, and artistic phenomena, such as the pioneering artist collectives Gutai and Hi Red Center, the influential photography periodical Provoke, and the emergence of video art in the 1980s. Interspersed throughout the volume are more than twenty newly commissioned texts by contemporary scholars. Including Bert Winther-Tamaki on art and the Occupation and Reiko Tomii on the Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, these pieces supplement and provide a historical framework for the primary source materials. From Postwar to Postmodern, Art in Japan 1945-1989 offers an unprecedented look at over four decades of Japanese art-both as it unfolded and as it is seen from the perspective of the present day.
Publication of The Museum of Modern Art
Contents
Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry 10
Acknowledgments / Jay A. Levenson and Gwen Farrelly 12
About This Book / Doryun Chong 14
Japan's Postwar and After, 1945-1989: An Overview / Harry Harootunian 17
1. 1945-1957: Postwar Reconstruction-From Occupation to the Cold War / Michio Hayashi 24
2. 1957-1964: From Postwar to International Reemergence / Doryun Chong 96
3. 1964-1970: After the Avant-Garde, An Expanding Field / Fumihiko Sumitomo 184
4. 1970-1980: Restructuring Toward the Postmodern / Kenji Kajiya 256
5. 1980-1989: Postmodernism and Global Negotiation / Michio Hayashi, Kenji Kajiya, and Fumihiko Sumitomo, with Akira Tatahata 342
Postscript: Japanese Art after 1989 / Michio Hayashi, Kenji Kajiya, and Fumihiko Sumitomo 410
Chronology: 1945-1989 / Compiled by Masathshi Nakajima, with editorial assistance by Doryun Chong 414
Index 424
Credits 438
Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art 440
