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Chiyoko Tanaka
Chiyoko Tanaka was not allied to the general stance of 1970s textile art which, broadly speaking, explored sculptural aspects in textiles. Since the 1980s the public has been able to see the fruits of Tanaka's inquiries, which may be summarized simply: she articulates her woven cloth as an accumulation of time.
Structure and Surface
The innovative aesthetics and practices of Japanese textile designers have had an impact on fabrics, fashion and interior design throughout the world. Many examples are illustrated here with details of materials and techniques used.
Artistic Visions and the Promise of Beauty
This volume examines the motives behind rejections of beauty often found within contemporary art practice, where much critically acclaimed art is deliberately ugly and alienating. It reflects on the nature and value of beauty, asking whether beauty still has a future in art and what role it can play in our lives generally. The volume discusses the possible “end of art,” what art is, and the relation between art and beauty beyond their historically Western horizons to include perspectives from Asia. The individual chapters address a number of interrelated issues, including: art, beauty and the sacred; beauty as a source of joy and consolation; beauty as a bridge between the natural and the human; beauty and the human form; the role of curatorial practice in defining art; order and creativity; and the distinction between art and craft. The volume offers a valuable addition to cross-cultural dialogue and, in particular, to the sparse literature on art and beauty in comparative context. It demonstrates the relevance of the rich tradition of Asian aesthetics and the vibrant practices of contemporary art in Asia to Western discussions about the future of art and the role of beauty.
Japanese Visual Culture
Born of Japan's cultural encounter with Western entertainment media, manga (comic books or graphic novels) and anime (animated films) are two of the most universally recognized forms of contemporary mass culture. Because they tell stories through visual imagery, they vault over language barriers. Well suited to electronic transmission and distributed by Japan's globalized culture industry, they have become a powerful force in both the mediascape and the marketplace.This volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialties to probe the richness and subtleties of these deceptively simple cultural forms. The contributors explore the historical, cultural, sociological,...
Reading the Thread
Reading the Thread brings together artists, theorists and designers to explore the nature and use of cloth as a means of record and communication. Cloth is constructed from threads and, in acknowledging its qualities of recording or communicating a story, we are reading the threads the read thread. There is also, however, an East Asian myth that when you are born you are linked by an invisible red thread to your soul mate; no matter what you do, this red thread connects you to your fate and, although the thread may become tangled or infinitely long, it will never break. Exploring histories of making and cultural practices, a multidisciplinary team of international scholars use the metapho...
Gods Without Men
Gods Without Men is Hari Kunzru's epic novel of intertwined lives and a vast expanse of American desert. In the Californian desert . . . A four-year-old boy goes missing. A British rock star goes quietly mad. An alien-worshipping cult is born. An Iraqi teenager takes part in a war game. In a remote town, near a rock formation known as The Pinnacles, lives intertwine, stories echo, and the universal search for meaning and connection continues. 'Kunzru's great American novel' Independent 'Readers speak of it in hushed tones as conveying the secrets of the universe' Newsday 'Extraordinary, smart, innovative, a revelation. Has the counterculture feel of a late-1960s US campus hit - something by ...
Chika Ohgi
Something floating in space, glimpsed through sliding doors, fireflies in summer ... Be beguiled by the poetry of Chika Ohgi, world-famous Japanese paper artist from Kyoto, who revels in the ambiguities created by her installations. With their frayed edges, their softness of texture and their organic forms, her vision is entrusted to the vagaries of daylight streaming through gallery windows, entrusted to the sensitivity of your perceptions.
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