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Takashi Murakami
With reproductions of the artist's works, insightful essays, and an exuberant Tokyo-pop design, this book will appeal to contemporary art fans as well as people interested in "anime" (animation films), "manga" (comics), and other aspects of Japanese popular culture. 110 illustrations, 93 in full color.
Japan
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.
Takashi Murakami
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The Age of Micropop
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Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans' (b.1968) first book, published in 1995 when the artist was just 24 years old, sold 40,000 copies and is a cult manual of young style and photography. Tillmans is a rare example of a photographer who has expanded his audience into the art world. This is the first book to draw together all the different episodes from Tillmans' high-profile, exciting career. Tillmans became known in the early 1990s for his photographs of young people in their social environments: clubs, Gay Pride parades, house parties. His style is enigmatic, sexy and highly innovative, inventing new icons of beauty and style for millions of young readers internationally. Images such as Lutz and Alex Sitting...
Consuming Bodies
Fran Lloyd focuses on the resurgence in the imaging of sex and consumerism in contemporary Japanese art and the connections they establish with the wider historical, social and political conditions within Japanese culture.
Tam Ochiai
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Daido Moriyama
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Contemporary Art and Classical Myth
Contemporary art is deeply engaged with the subject of classical myth. Yet within the literature on contemporary art, little has been said about this provocative relationship. Composed of fourteen original essays, Contemporary Art and Classical Myth addresses this scholarly gap, exploring, and in large part establishing, the multifaceted intersection of contemporary art and classical myth. Moving beyond the notion of art as illustration, the essays assembled here adopt a range of methodological frameworks, from iconography to deconstruction, and do so across an impressive range of artists and objects: Francis Al?s, Ghada Amer, Wim Delvoye, Luciano Fabro, Joanna Frueh, Felix Gonzales-Torres, ...
