Against Nature : Japanese Art in the Eighties

Hosokawa, Shuhei; Ikui, Eikou; Sokolowski, Thomas; Holbreich, Kathy; Kobata, Kazue; Kohmoto, Shinji; Nanjo, Fumio. Against Nature : Japanese Art in the Eighties. Cambridge, MA: MIT List Visual Arts Center; s.l.: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University; s.l.: The Japan Foundation, 1989.

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Abstract (English)

Hosokawa discusses the influence of American English and Roman alphabet transcriptions of Japanese in the public sphere in Tokyo while Ikui describes the predominance of American culture. Includes a round table discussion between representatives of the American and Japanese art communities. Biographical notes on the nine artists as well as Dumb Type, a collaborative group of 15 members.

Types:	Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors:	Hosokawa, Shuhei (Author); Ikui, Eikou (Author); Sokolowski, Thomas (Curator); Sokolowski, Thomas (Author); Holbreich, Kathy (Curator); Holbreich, Kathy (Author); Kobata, Kazue (Author); Kohmoto, Shinji (Curator); Kohmoto, Shinji (Author); Nanjo, Fumio (Curator); Nanjo, Fumio (Author); Kline, Kathy (Prefacer); Katori, Yasne (Prefacer)
Dossier:	600 - JAPON / JAPAN
Collation:	90 p. : 33 ill. col. ; 30 x 22 cm
ISBN:	0938437240
Language of Publication:	English; Japanese
Publishers:	Cambridge, MA: MIT List Visual Arts Center; s.l.: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University; s.l.: The Japan Foundation
Artists:	Dumb Type; Funakoshi, Katsura; Hirabayashi, Kaoru; Maemoto, Shoko; Miyajima, Tatsuo; Morimura, Yasumasa; Ogino, Yusei; Ohtake, Shinro; Tsubaki, Noboru; Yamamoto, Tomioki
Critics / Curators / Historians:	Halbreich, Kathy; Sokolowski, Thomas; Kohmoto, Shinji; Nanjo, Fumio
Event Statement:	Exhibition organized by Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, MIT List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge) and the Japan Foundation. - Itinerary: June 1989 - Feb. 1991, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; Akron Art Museum ; MIT List Visual Arts Center ; Bank of Boston Art Gallery ; Seattle Art Museum ; The Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati) ; Grey Art Gallery, University of New York ; Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston).
Deposited by:	Users 1 not found.
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 1990
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2012 13:32
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/2064

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