Format:
320 Seiten
ISBN:
0847859118
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9780847859115
Content:
The first major U.S. monograph in ten years on Murakami is the definitive survey of the paintings of one of today's most influential artists. Takashi Murakami (born 1962), one of contemporary art's most widely recognized exponents, receives a long-awaited critical consideration in this important volume. Accompanying the first retrospective exhibition devoted solely to Murakami's paintings, this book traces Murakami's career from his earliest training to his current studio practice. Where other books address the commercial aspects of Murakami's work, this is the first serious survey of his work as a painter. Through essays and illustrations many previously unpublished it explores the artist's relationship to the tradition of Japanese painting and his facility in straddling high and low, ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, commercial and high art. New texts address Murakami's output in the context of postwar Japan, situating the artist in relation to folklore, traditional Japanese painting, the Tokyo art scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and the threat of nuclear annihilation. This richly illustrated volume also includes a detailed biography and exhibition history
Note:
Impressum: "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. [...] Exhibition Itinerary: Museum of Modern Art Chicago June 6 - September 24, 2017; Vancouver Art Gallery January 27 - April 29, 2018; Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth June 27 - September 2, 2018"
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Note to the reader ; Glossary of terms ; Foreword
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Doomed to survive
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The total work of art : Takashi Murakami and Nihonga
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Plates I: Early works ; The bubble goes pop : Takashi Murakami and the early days of Tokyo neo-pop
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Plates II: Superflat ; Murakami's monsters and the art of allusion
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Plates III: The studio ; Super/flatline : Takashi Murakami's anime/n
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Plates IV: Recent works ; The central dogma of art
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Biography, exhibitions, and publications ; Exhibition checklist.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Murakami, Takashi 1962-
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Malerei
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Bildband
Author information:
Murakami, Takashi 1962-
Author information:
Darling, Michael 1968-
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