Little boy : the arts of Japan's exploding subculture リトルボーイ : 爆発する日本のサブカルチャー・アート

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Little boy : the arts of Japan's exploding subculture = リトルボーイ : 爆発する日本のサブカルチャー・アート

edited by Takashi Murakami ; contributors, Toshio Okada ... [et al.] ; planning and editing by Chiaki Kasahara ; bilingual editing by Reiko Tomii = 村上隆編著 ; 岡田斗司夫 [ほか] 執筆 ; 笠原ちあき企画編集 ; 富井玲子バイリンガル編集

Japan Society , Yale University Press, c2005

  • : hard : Yale University Press
  • : soft : Japan Society

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リトルボーイ : 爆発する日本のサブカルチャーアート

Title Transcription

Little boy : the arts of Japan's exploding subculture = リトル ボーイ : バクハツ スル ニホン ノ サブカルチャー アート

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Differs from <BA72546648> for having no accompanying material

Exhibition catalog

会期・会場: 2005年4月8日-7月24日 ジャパン・ソサエティー・ギャラリー, ニューヨーク市内各所

"This volume accompanies the exhibition Little boy : the arts of Japan's exploding Subculture, presented at Japan Society Gallery, New York, and venues throughout New York City from April 8 through July 24, 2005"--T.p. verso

主催: アレクサンドラ・モンロー, ヒャンスー・ウー

Organizer: Alexandra Munroe with Hyunsoo Woo

Contributors: Toshio Okada, Kaichirō Morikawa, Noi Sawaragi, Midori Matsui, Alexandra Munroe, Tom Eccles, Katy Siegel

Text in English and Japanese

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-295)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Little Boy examines the culture of postwar Japan through its arts and popular visual media. Focusing on the youth-driven phenomenon of otaku (roughly translated as 'geek culture' or 'pop cult fanaticism'), Takashi Murakami and a notable group of contributors explore the complex historical influences that shape Japanese contemporary art and its distinct graphic languages. The book's title, Little Boy, is a reference to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, thus clearly locating the birth of these new cultural forms in the trauma and generational aftershock of the atomic bomb. This generously illustrated book showcases the work of key otaku artists and designers, many of whom are cult celebrities in Japan, and discusses their feature film and video animations, video games and internet sites, music, toys, fashion and more. In the process, the following questions are posed: What is otaku? How is it related to the pervasive and curious fixation on 'cuteness' evident in Japanese popular culture? What impact did the atomic devastation of World War II have on the development of Japanese art and culture? This brilliantly designed, bilingual (English and Japanese) publication examines these themes to explore how contemporary Japanese art has become inseparable from the subcultural realms of manga and anime (Japanese animation), a world where meticulous technique, apocalyptic imagery and high and low cultures meet. Exhibition schedule: Japan Society, New York City, April-July 2005 other venues to be announced.

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