Japan Rising by Yasufumi Nakamori ISBN 13: 9780967648088

Palm Beach Institute of Contempo, 2004-01-02. Paperback. Good. 0.2402 11.8819 8.9409.

Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2004-01-02. Paperback. Good.

Lake Worth, FL: Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2004. [62] pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top right corner lightly bumped, wraps moderately rubbed. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "As Japan Rising reveals, contemporary art in Japan goes beyond the 'New Pop' forms of Takashi Murakami. Included are 14 up-and-coming artists representing diverse artistic practices, from the ethereal, minimalist canvases of Yoshie Sakai, to the undulating sculptures of Keisen Hama, and the colorfully coiffed portraits of Tam Ochiai." - Publisher. Includes: Noriko Ambe, Keisen Hama, Toru Hayashi, Mika Kato, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masahiko Kuwahara, Tam Ochiai, Oscar Satio Oiwam Toshie Sakai, Hiroshi Sugito, Kenji Sugiyama, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Ushio Torikai, and Satoshi Watanabe. CONTENTS: Japan: rising, by Michael Rush; Japan: rising/boxing/back, by Dominique Nahas; Japanese spirit: Hisashi Tenmyouya, by Yasufumi Nakamori; In… Read More

Text is clean and unmarked in tight, intact, and bright covers. Full page color plates included. Contributions by Midori Matsui, Dominique Nahas, Yasufumi Nakamori, and Michel Rush. "The current art craze in Japan is referred to as 'new pop'...Led by forty-one-year-old Takashi Murakami and his group of followers...derive inspiration from comic books ('manga') and animated films ('anime'). "

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