For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979

by Yasufumi Nakamori

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, 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300207824
• ISBN13: 9780300207828
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Museum Fine Arts Houston
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.9" x 12.7"