Research Catalog

Title

Ay-Ō : happy rainbow hell / Kit Brooks.

Author

Brooks, Kit (Writer on Japanese art)

Publication

• Washington, DC : Freer Gallery of Art : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, [2023]
• Washington, DC : Distributed by Smithsonian Books
• ©2023

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• 靉嘔, 1931-
• Ay-o, 1931-
• 助田憲亮, 1941-
• Sukeda, Kenryō, 1941-
• Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), host institution, organizer.

Description

158 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 30 cm

Summary

"Ay-Ō Happy Rainbow Hell will accompany an exhibition of works of art by Japanese artist Ay-Ō, scheduled to open in the National Museum of Asian Art's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on March 25, 2023 and close on September 10, 2023. Known as "The Rainbow Artist," Ay-Ō (b. 1931) is internationally regarded for his prismatic silkscreen prints and for covering a kaleidoscopic range of subjects from the human body to the natural world to glistening machinery. The artist's rainbow aesthetic is a fixation he has maintained-and by his admission, has been compelled to produce-for over six decades, with a focus on silkscreen prints since the 1970s. The exhibition Ay-Ō's Happy Rainbow Hell will feature approximately eighty works and will be the first solo show dedicated to a representative display of Ay-Ō's works in a major US museum. Ay-Ō Happy Rainbow Hell, the accompanying fully illustrated catalogue, will be the first monographic publication on Ay-Ō for an English-speaking audience. The publication provides an essay describing the artist's biography and significance as well as detailed entries for many of the works in the exhibition. The catalogue also includes a message from the artist and an essay from Ay-Ō's longtime printer Sukeda Kenryō exploring how Ay-Ō's silkscreens push the medium to its limits, taking from three months to up to a year to complete"--

Alternative Title

Happy rainbow hell

Subject

• Ay-o, 1931- > Exhibitions
• Ay-o, 1931-
• 1900-1999
• Prints, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Rainbows in art > Exhibitions
• Serigraphy > Japan > 20th century
• Art museums > Washington (D.C.) > Exhibitions
• Serigraphy
• Art, Japanese
• Rainbows in art
• Prints, Japanese
• Art museums
• Japan
• Washington (D.C.)

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, March 25-September 10, 2023.
• Artist's signature and copy no. on pages [5-6].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 150 - 153) and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English with "Message from Ay-Ō" also in Japanese, and some Japanese text throughout the essays.

Contents

Introduction. Message from Ay-Ō / Ay-Ō; Director's message / Chase F. Robinson; Acknowledgements / Kit Brooks; Introduction / Kit Brooks; Printing Ay-Ō's work has been the most incredible career / Sukeda Kenryō -- Essay. Ay-Ō's happy rainbow hell / Kit Brooks -- Catalogue. Entries -- Appendix. Notes; Contributors; Bibliography; Image credits; Index.

Call Number

JQF 24-288

ISBN

• 9781588347411
• 1588347419

LCCN

2022038226

OCLC

1348178500

Author

Brooks, Kit (Writer on Japanese art), author.

Title

Ay-Ō : happy rainbow hell / Kit Brooks.

Publisher

Washington, DC : Freer Gallery of Art : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, [2023]

Distributor

Washington, DC : Distributed by Smithsonian Books

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150 - 153) and index.

Language

Text in English with "Message from Ay-Ō" also in Japanese, and some Japanese text throughout the essays.

Alternate Script for Subject

靉嘔, 1931- Exhibitions.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Ay-o, 1931- artist, contributor.

Alternate Script for Added Author

靉嘔, 1931- artist, contributor.

Added Author

Sukeda, Kenryō, 1941- writer of supplementary textual content.

Alternate Script for Added Author

助田憲亮, 1941- writer of supplementary textual content.

Added Author

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), host institution, organizer.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-288