Tetsumi Kudo: Garden of Metamorphosis - Softcover
Synopsis
Tetsumi Kudo: Garden of Metamorphosis accompanies the first solo museum presentation of this highly original but under-studied artist's work in the United States. Organized by the Walker Art Center in close collaboration with Hiroko Kudo, the artist's widow, it features approximately 70 works covering the full trajectory of his amazingly productive career, which spanned from the late 1950s through the 80s. Born in Japan, Kudo first gained notoriety in the Tokyo art scene of the late 50s. He immigrated to Paris in 1962, working in a range of media--objects, sculpture, installation, drawing and painting--and presenting numerous Happenings and performances. Kudo's work and activities intersect with many important postwar artistic trends--including French Nouveau Réalisme, Fluxus, Pop art, 60s anti-art tendencies and 80s Postmodernism. Throughout his life and career, Kudo remained particularly Japanese while his art and vision were consistently and uniquely transcultural, internationalist and cosmopolitan. This beautifully designed exhibition catalogue includes an essay examining Kudo's philosophy, the evolution of his artistic vocabulary and his place in art history by curator Doryun Chong; a reflection by artist Mike Kelley; a selection of Kudo's writings, interviews with the artist and other historical criticism; and an illustrated chronology by Hiroko Kudo.
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About the Author
Mike Kelley, one of the most controversial, prolific and influential figures in contemporary art, was born in 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, and earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Michigan and a Masters from California Institute of the Arts. His work, often wickedly humorous and drawing on both high art and the vernacular with distinctively American iconography, ranges across media such as drawing, painting, sculpture, music, performance, writing and video projects, the last often in collaboration with artists such as Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon and Tony Oursler. In 1993, The Whitney Museum of American Art held a major retrospective of his work. He lives in Los Angeles, and is a member of the graduate faculty at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.
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- PublisherWalker Art Center
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0935640924
- ISBN 13 9780935640922
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages304
- EditorChong Doryun
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Softcover. florescent red/orange wraps w/ black printing. 304 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. linen cloth illustrated jacket w/ round, die-cuts. A nice, bright copy. "The first solo U.S. museum exhibition of Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo's work includes more than 100 works of diverse media and scale--objects, sculpture, installation, drawing, and painting--covering the entire trajectory of his career, from the late 1950s through the late 1980s. Also featured will be a study room, in which viewers can explore a timeline of the artist's life and work and examine historical documentation, posters, and ephemera, as well as studies for some of his larger-scale works. Kudo was a rare artist who bridged many disparate artistic tendencies in the latter half of the 20th century--including French Nouveau Realisme, international Fluxus, Pop art, 1960s anti-art tendencies, and 1980s Japanese postmodernism--without specifically belonging to any of them. Throughout his life and career he remained an eccentric and enigmatic figure in postwar art. In his stance and approach, temperament, and philosophy, the contemporary artists he perhaps shared most with were figures like Joseph Beuys, Paul Thek, James Lee Byars, and Yayoi Kusama. But the significance of Kudo's work lies not only in art history but in postwar culture and thought more generally. Throughout his career, he remained particularly Japanese, while his art and vision were consistently and uniquely transcultural, international, and cosmopolitan. Deeply concerned with the fate of humanity in the wake of nuclear attacks on his native land and the dawn of the global arms race, Kudo sought to develop a universal humanist language of creativity and regeneration until his untimely death in 1990."--WorldCat. VG (light edge-wear to wraps; small crease to spine top. rubbing to corners w/ light curling. very tightly bound; appears unread. light wear to jacket edges.). Seller Inventory # 193776
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is a very good softcover copy with a very good dustwrapper with just light cover wear. Die cut dustwrapper. The top right corner of the front cover is creased. The text and illustrations not affected by this. Text in English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Walker Art Center from October 18, 2008 to January 11, 2009. Essays by Doryun Chong, Mike Kelley, Nakahara Yusuke. Many texts by Tetsumi Kudo from 1959 to 1984. Chronology. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. Exhibition history. Epilogue by Pierre Restany. Illustrated mostly in black & white, some color. 9" high X 6" wide, 303 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Seller Inventory # 017217
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