Japan Art Revolution: The Japanese Avant-Garde - Multicolour

The book explores the radical art scene of 1960s and 70s Japan, featuring over six hundred works spanning erotic photography, 'Angura' theater posters, butoh dance documentation, illustrations, and graphic design. Authored by Amélie Ravalec, it combines in-depth artist interviews with commentary from curators, academics, and archivists to provide layered context for the postwar cultural shift. Featured artists include Moriyama Daido, Hosoe Eiko, Araki Nobuyoshi, Ohno Kazuo, and Terayama Shuji, among others, with works ranging from photographs and film stills to stage and street performance records.

This thrilling study of the art scene in 1960s and 70s Japan features interviews with a host of revolutionary artists who captured the zeitgeist of the postwar era. A period of disillusionment and reconfiguration of cultural identity, artists experimented in radically new ways. Multiple traditional and non-traditional forms included erotic photography, "Angura" theater and street performance, butoh dance, illustrations, and graphic design. 'Japan Art Revolution: The Japanese Avant-Garde' showcases more than six hundred works from photographs and film stills to theater posters and illustrations. Featured artists include Moriyama Daido, Hosoe Eiko, Araki Nobuyoshi, Ohno Kazuo, Terayama Shuji, Tenjo Sajiki, Neo-Dada Organizers, Hi-­Red Center, Hanaga Mitsutoshi, Nakahira Takuma, and Tanabe Santaro, among others. In-depth insight through artist interviews is illuminated by quotes from curators, academics, and archivists. Authored by Amélie Ravalec, this essential title by Thames & Hudson is the perfect gift for Japanophiles, artists, designers, and aesthetes.