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Murakami»rank: 14396by: Takashi Murakami, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf
: :Takashi Murakami is one of contemporary art’s most innovative and important figures. Drawing from street culture, high art, and traditional Japanese painting, Murakami takes the contemporary art trend of mixing high and low to an unprecedented level (critics call him the new Warhol), producing original paintings and sculptures as well as mass-produced consumer objects such as toys, books, and most famously, a line of handbags for Louis Vuitton. A committed supporter and spokesperson for Japanese artists and a powerful commentator on postwar culture and society, Murakami has organized influential exhibitions of Japanese art as well as a biannual art fair in Tokyo. Murakami has positioned himself as a new type of artist ... |
Psycho Buildings: Artists Take On Architecture»rank: 703032by: Brian Dillon, Jane Rendell, Ralph Rugoff, Francis Mckee, Tumelo Mosaka, Midori Matsui, Paulo Herkenhoff, Francesco Manacorda, Tom Morton, Miwon Kwon, David Greene, Iain Sinclair
: :Psycho Buildings: Artists and Architecture marks the fortieth anniversary of London's Hayward gallery--itself an architectural icon, and one of the few remaining examples of the 1960s Brutalist style. The exhibition brings together the work of artists--including Atelier Bow-Wow, Michael Beutler, Los Carpinteros, Gelitin, Mike Nelson, Ernesto Neto, Tobias Putrih, Tomas Saraceno, Do-Ho Suh and Rachel Whiteread--who create habitat-like structures and architectural environments that are mental and perceptual spaces as much as physical ones. The works in this book revisit and reanimate the history of Modernist design while reminding us that built spaces can be defined in social, political, psychological, physical and aesthetic terms. An invaluable exploration of this contemporary trend, the volume ... |
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Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning»rank: 861962by: Amanda Cruz, Dana Friis-Hansen, Midori Matsui
: :Takashi Murakami is one of the most thoughtful-and thought-provoking-Japanese artists of the 1990s. His work ranges from cartoony paintings to quasi-minimalist sculptures to giant inflatable balloons to performance events to factory-produced watches, T-shirts, and other products, many emblazoned with his signature character, Mr. DOB. Murakami mixes and morphs on canvas, light boxes, posters, and other mediums. His rich body of work reflects his voracious appetite for postwar history, art, and popular culture from Japan and the West, and has attracted the attention of the international art world. Takashi Murakami is the first monograph on this important artist. With reproductions of dozens of Murakami's works, insightful essays, and an exuberant Tokyo-pop design, this ... |
Japan Rising»rank: 903623by: Yasufumi Nakamori, Noriko Ambe, Keisen Hama, Toru Hayashi, Tam Ochiai, Hiroshi Sugito
: :As Japan Rising reveals, contemporary art in Japan goes beyond the 'New Pop' forms of Takashi Murakami. Included are 14 up-and-coming artists representing diverse artistic practices, from the ethereal, minimalist canvases of Yoshie Sakai, to the undulating sculptures of Keisen Hama, and the colorfully coiffed portraits of Tam Ochiai. |
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Painting at the Edge of the World»rank: 1110859by: Kathy Halbreich, Midori Matsui
: :With the hotly discussed resurgence of painting at the dawn of the new century, it is clear that reports of the medium's death have been greatly exaggerated. 'Painting at the Edge of the World' explores the possibilities of a redefinition and ''hybridization'' of painting begun in the 1960s, examining the manifestations of these new artistic vistas in the present day. This full-color catalogue features illustrations and a variety of critical texts by some of the most exciting established and emerging critical voices working today, in addition to work by an international and intergenerational group of artists hailing from places as diverse as Brazil, Ethiopia, Germany, South Africa, Scotland, Japan, Belgium, Iran, Italy, ... |
54Th Carnegie International»rank: 1538371by: Cuauhtemoc Medina, Jean-Pierre Mercier, Elizabeth Smith, Branka Stipancic, Elizabeth Thomas, Laura Hoptman, Richard Armstrong
: :When Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Museum of Art, his goal was to introduce the people of Pittsburgh to paintings by modern American and European artists. His vision for developing the collection program centered on purchases from an annual exhibition of modern art, now known as the Carnegie International. First held in 1896, the exhibition is the longest running survey of recent art in North America. What was modern then is contemporary in 2004, and the 54th Carnegie International promises to fulfill the exhibition's long-standing tradition of assembling the best contemporary art from around the world . A large-format, fully illustrated exhibition catalogue accompanies this tightly conceived exhibition of interrelated projects grouped ... |
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The Age of Micropop: The New Generation of Japanese Artists»rank: 1538371by: Midori Matsui
: :When Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Museum of Art, his goal was to introduce the people of Pittsburgh to paintings by modern American and European artists. His vision for developing the collection program centered on purchases from an annual exhibition of modern art, now known as the Carnegie International. First held in 1896, the exhibition is the longest running survey of recent art in North America. What was modern then is contemporary in 2004, and the 54th Carnegie International promises to fulfill the exhibition's long-standing tradition of assembling the best contemporary art from around the world . A large-format, fully illustrated exhibition catalogue accompanies this tightly conceived exhibition of interrelated projects grouped ... |
Chu Enoki: Kirin Plaza Osaka.: An article from: Artforum International»rank: 1538371by: Midori Matsui
: :This digital document is an article from Artforum International, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 593 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Chu Enoki: Kirin Plaza Osaka.Author: Midori MatsuiPublication: Artforum International (Magazine/Journal)Date: October 1, 2006Publisher: Thomson GaleVolume: 45 Issue: 2 Page: 282(1)Distributed by Thomson Gale |
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Euan Macdonald: Everythinghappensatonce»rank: 2565580by: Euan Macdonald, Ann McDonald, Barbara Fischer, Midori Matsui, Giorgio Versotti, Lisa Gabrielle Mark
: :The multitalented Euan Macdonald comes from all over: he was born in Edinburgh in 1965, moved to Canada with his family as a kid, then headed still further west to settle in Los Angeles as an adult. everythinghappensatonce brings together his video works, drawings and paintings influenced by all those places--its title is also the subtitle of his 1999 video Home, whose ironic, distanced approach is characteristic of the production strategies he has been employing for years. His videos find him an eyewitness to the unconscious and the casual. His drawings, despite tie-ins to the motifs and themes of his videos, preserve their autonomy as significant works of their own. |
Past In Reverse»rank: 1820884by: Betti-Sue Hertz, Taehi Kang, Li Xianting, Zhang Zhaohui, Ryoko Aoki, Yiso Bahc, Cao Fei, Hiroshi Fuji, Zheng Gougu, Hee-Jeong Jang, Wang Jianwei, Soun-gui Kim, Wang Quinsong, Tadasu Takamine, Mitsushima Takayuki, Shao & Muchen Yinong, Kim Young-jin, Yang Fudong, Cai Guo-Qiang
: :Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia features 22 artists and artist groups from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. As strategies for incorporating cultural and artistic genealogies in their work, these practitioners variously access traditional materials and techniques, established philosophical underpinnings, and behaviors surrounding the production and use of material culture. The region's cultural hybridization is asserted in their declaration that East and West are not separate and that the one is embedded in the other. Art historical interdependencies within the region, in relationship to current systems of global connectivity, supply a dynamic framework for understanding these works of art. Yet the artists reveal new views on cu093826236X |