Title & Author:

Photography and beyond in Japan : space, time, and memory / [introduction] Robert Stearns ; with foreword by Toshio Hara ; additional essays by Kohtaro Iizawa and Robert T. Singer ; [translated by Gavin Frew].

Publication:

Tokyo : Hara Museum of Contemporary Art ; New York : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, ©1995.

Description:

184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition organized by and held at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 19 Nov. 1994 to 19 Feb. 1995, and other venues through 5 Apr. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Japan's persisting traditions : a premodern context for postmodern art / Robert T. Singer -- The shock of the real : early photography in Japan / Kohtaro Lizawa -- Space, time and memory / Robert Sterns.
Translated from the Japanese by Gavin Frew.

Summary:

This richly illustrated volume is for anyone interested in Japan, in photography, and in contemporary Western and Asian arts. Here readers will discover how the medium developed in Japan and how ancient traditions of art and culture traversed the centuries to be regenerated in modern modes of expression. The authors offer important insights into contemporary photography that will affect the future of the medium in Asia and in the West.

ISBN:

0810935198
9780810935198

Subject:

Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photography Japan History 20th century Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography
Photography, Artistic
Foto's.
Fotografie.
Beeldende kunsten.
Japan

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Stearns, Robert.
Iizawa, Kōtarō, 1954-
Singer, Robert T.
Hara Bijutsukan (Tokyo, Japan)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120987
Call No.: ID TR646.J32 T6; ID:96-B596
Status: Available