For a new world to come

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For a new world to come

[editor, Heather Brand ; consulting editor and translator, Reiko Tomii]

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2015

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For a new world to come : experiments in Japanese art and photography, 1968-1979

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"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition For a New World to Come : Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from March 7 to July 12, 2015. Other exhibition venues include the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, September 11 to December 5, 2015, and the Japan Society Gallery, October 9, 2015 to January 11, 2016."--Colophone

Exhibitors: Shōmei Tōmatsu, Shunji Dodo, Kazuo Kitai ... [et al.]

Authors and contributors: Yasufumi Nakamori, Allison Pappas, Yuko Fujii ... [et al.]

Biography: p. 232-245

Bibliography: p. 246-248

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In Japan, the student protests and avant-garde art initiatives of the late 1960s gave way to political apathy, economic uncertainties, and an introspective tendency in art. As a result, many artists sought different avenues of expression, using photography in experimental and conceptual ways as part of their larger artistic practice. Many photographers also responded by moving away from a straight documentary approach, some displaying their images in series and installations as works of art. For a New World to Come provides a thought-provoking look at photography-based works and other works by twenty-nine of these artists, including such well-known names as Nobuyoshi Araki, Koji Enokura, Daido Moriyama, Hitoshi Nomura, and Jiro Takamatau, as well as others who are less familiar but no less important. International scholars discuss their innovative works, many of which have not been published previously outside Japan. They also shed light on the important artistic collectives, photographic journals, and independent exhibition spaces of the era, offering fresh perspectives on this critical period in art and photography in Japan.

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