Before and After Superflat: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art 1990-2011

Adrian Favell (1)

1 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Any discussion of Japanese contemporary art inevitably leads to Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara and the other artists of the Superflat movement. But Japan as a whole has changed dramatically since the collapse of its “bubble” economy. Before and After Superflat offers the first comprehensive history in English of the Japanese art world from 1990 up to the tsunami of March 2011.

Domains: Art and art history; Architecture, space management

Adrian Favell. Before and After Superflat: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art 1990-2011. Blue Kingfisher, pp.246, 2012. ⟨hal-03417515⟩