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Author Kunimoto, Namiko, 1974- author.

Title The stakes of exposure : anxious bodies in postwar Japanese art / Namiko Kunimoto
Published Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
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Contents Introduction: Gendered bodies and the Minamata disaster -- Katsura Yuki's Bodies of Resistance -- Nakamura Hiroshi and the Politics of Embodiment -- Tanaka Atsuko and the Circuits of Subjectivity -- Heroic Violence in the Art of Shiraga Kazuo -- Conclusion: Thresholds of Exposure
Summary "How would artistic practice contribute to political change in post-World War II Japan? How could artists negotiate the imbalanced global dynamics of the art world and also maintain a sense of aesthetic and political authenticity? While the contemporary art world has recently come to embrace some of Japan's most daring postwar artists, the interplay of art and politics remains poorly understood in the Americas and Europe. The Stakes of Exposure fills this gap and explores art, visual culture, and politics in postwar Japan from the 1950s to the 1970s, paying special attention to how anxiety and confusion surrounding Japan's new democracy manifested in representations of gender and nationhood in modern art. Through such pivotal postwar episodes as the Minamata Disaster, the Lucky Dragon Incident, the budding antinuclear movement, and the ANPO protests of the 1960s, The Stakes of Exposure examines a wide range of issues addressed by the period's prominent artists, including Tanaka Atsuko and Shiraga Kazuo (key members of the Gutai Art Association), Katsura Yuki, and Nakamura Hiroshi. Through a close study of their paintings, illustrations, and assemblage and performance art, Namiko Kunimoto reveals that, despite dissimilar aesthetic approaches and divergent political interests, Japanese postwar artists were invested in the entangled issues of gender and nationhood that were redefining Japan and its role in the world. Offering many full-color illustrations of previously unpublished art and photographs, as well as period manga, The Stakes of Exposure shows how contention over Japan's new democracy was expressed, disavowed, and reimagined through representations of the gendered body."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Katsura, Yuki, 1913-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation
Nakamura, Hiroshi, 1932- -- Criticism and interpretation
Tanaka, Atsuko, 1932-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation
Shiraga, Kazuo, 1924-2008 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Katsura, Yuki, 1913-1991 fast
Nakamura, Hiroshi, 1932- fast
Shiraga, Kazuo, 1924-2008 fast
Tanaka, Atsuko, 1932-2005 fast
Subject Art and society -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
Art -- Political aspects -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
Human beings in art.
Sex role in art.
Art, Japanese -- 20th century.
20.43 Japanese art.
ART -- General.
Art and society
Art -- Political aspects
Human beings in art
Sex role in art
Art, Japanese
Japan
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016047979
ISBN 9781452953762
1452953767
9781452953755
1452953759