Includes work by artists: Akasegawa Genpei, Akiyama Kuniharu and Ichiyanagi Toshi, Akyuama Ryōji, Arakawa Shūsaku, Awazu Kiyoshi, Ay-O, Fukase Masahisa, Fukushima Hideko, Hamada Chimei, Haraguchi Noriyuki, Hi Red Center (Hai Reddo Sentā), Hosoe Eikō, Ichimura Tetsuya, Ichiyanagi Toshi, Iimura Takahiko, Ikeda Tatsuo, Ishii Shigeo, Isozaki Arata, Jōnouchi Motoharu, Kamekura Yūsaku, Kankō Geijutsu Kenkyūjo (Sightseeing Art Research Institute), Katsuragawa Hiroshi, Kawabata Minoru, Kawada Kikuji, Kawaguchi Tatsuo, On Kawara, Kikuhata Mokuma, Kikutake Kiyonori, Kitadai Shōzō, Kitadai Shōzō and Ōtsuji Kiyoji, Kojima Nobuaki, Shigeko Kubota, Kudō Tetsumi, Kurikawa Kishō, Yayoi Kusama, Lee Ufan, Madokoro (Akutagawa) Saori, Maeda Jōsaku, Matsumoto Toshio, Miki Tomio, Moriyama Daidō, Motonaga Sadamasa, Murakami Saburō, Nakamura Hiroshi, Nakanishi Natsuyuki, Narita Katsuhiko, Oikawa Masamichi, Okamoto Tarō, Okanoue Toshiko, Yoko Ono, Ōtsuji Kiyoji and Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, Ōtsuji Kiyoji, Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Tsuji Saiko, Sekine Nobuo, Shinohara Ushio, Shiomi Mieko, Shiraga Kazuo, Sugiura Kohei, Takamatsu Jirō, Tanaka Atsuko, Tange Kenzō, Tateishi Kōichi (Tiger Tateishi), Tōmatsu Shōmei, Tone Yasunao, Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, Yamashita Kikuji, Yokoo Tadanori, Yoshimura Masunobu, and Zero Jigen (Zero Dimension).

Bibliography compiled by Nancy Lim.

An exhibition co-organized by The Museum of Modern Art and the Japan Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199).

"Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde explores the extraordinary convergence of artists and other creators in Japan's capital city during the radically transformative postwar period. Examining works from a range of media--painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, video and film, as well as graphic design, architecture, musical composition and dance--this is the first publication in English to focus in depth on the full scope of postwar art in Japan. During this period, Tokyo was a vibrant hub that attracted such critical artistic figures as Taro Okamoto, Hiroshi Nakamura, Ay-O, Yoko Ono, Mieko Shiomi and Tetsumi Kudo; photographers Daido Moriyama, Eikoh Hosoe and Shomei Tomatsu; illustrators and graphic designers Tadanori Yokoo, Kohei Sugiura and Kiyoshi Awazu; and architects Arata Isozaki and Kisho Kurokawa; as well as many important artists' collectives. Curator Doryun Chong's essay investigates Tokyo's sociopolitical context and the massive urban changes that set the stage for the city to emerge as a vital node in the international avant-garde network. Essays by scholars Hayashi Michio and Miryam Sas and curator Mika Yoshitake discuss critical concepts in art and culture at this time, including 'graphism,' which manifested itself across various mediums; the development of new sculptural languages; and the 'intermedia' tendency that engendered provocative cross-pollination among artistic genres. Masatoshi Nakajima provides an illustrated chronology and Yuri Mitsuda supplies artist biographies. Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde brings fresh insight to this dynamic metropolis during a time of remarkable artistic burgeoning"--Publisher's description.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Nov. 18, 2012-Feb. 25, 2013.

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