Research Catalog

Title

For a new world to come / Yasufumi Nakamori with Allison Pappas ; with contributions by Yuko Fujii and 10 others.

Author

Nakamori, Yasufumi.

Publication

• Houston : The Museum Fine Arts Houston, [2015]
• New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press, [date of distribution not identified]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nakamori, Yasufumi
• Pappas, Allison
• Fujii, Yuko (Research fellow)
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.

Description

255 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm

Summary

• "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 in the following decade, 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 photographs by twenty-nine of these artists, including such well-known names as Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama, and Shomei Tomatsu, 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 in the West. 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."--
• "International scholars explore the fascinating time period in Japan when artists and photographers began using the camera in experimental ways during the shift from modern to contemporary art"--

Alternative Title

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

Subjects

• Art and photography
• Photography
• Japan
• Exhibition catalogs
• Art and photography > Japan > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• 1900 - 1999
• Photography > Japan > 20th century > Exhibitions
• History

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.

Note

• "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"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

MFW+ 15-2558

ISBN

• 9780300207828 (pbk.)
• 0300207824 (pbk.)

LCCN

2014034867

OCLC

886474974

Author

Nakamori, Yasufumi.

Title

For a new world to come / Yasufumi Nakamori with Allison Pappas ; with contributions by Yuko Fujii and 10 others.

Publisher

Houston : The Museum Fine Arts Houston, [2015]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press, [date of distribution not identified]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900 - 1999

Added Author

Nakamori, Yasufumi, author, curator.

Pappas, Allison, curator.

Fujii, Yuko (Research fellow), author.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.

Research Call Number

MFW+ 15-2558