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Tokyo, 1955-1970 : a New Avant-garde by Doryun Chong; Michio Hayashi; Mika Yoshitake; Miryam Sas; Yuri Mitsuda; Masatoshi Nakajima; Nancy Lim; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Jap

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Author

Doryun Chong; Michio Hayashi; Mika Yoshitake; Miryam Sas; Yuri Mitsuda; Masatoshi Nakajima; Nancy Lim; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780870708343

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24