Tokyo. 1955-1970. A New Avant-Garde

Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde explores the extraordinary convergence of artists, intellectuals, and creators in Japan´s capital city during the radically transformative postwar period. Examining works from a range of media - paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings, prints, videos and films, as well as graphics, architecture, musical compositions and dance - this is the first publication in English to focus in depth on the full scope of postwar art in Japan. The city during this period was a vibrant hub that attracted such critical artistic figures as Taro Okamoto, Hiroshi Nakamura, Ay-O, Yoko Ono, Mieko Shiomi and Tetsumi Kudo.