Title & Author:

Japanese photography : desire and void / edited by Peter Weiermair and Gerald Matt ; [translations from the German texts by John S. Southard].

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Edition Stemmle, ©1997.

Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition entitled Lust und Leere, Japanische Photographie der Gegenwart presented at the Kunsthalle Wien from Apr. 25th to July 20th, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references.
Desire and void : curator's introduction / Peter Weiermair -- Nobuyoshi Araki -- Naoya Hatakeyama -- Noritoshi Hirakawa -- Miyako Ishiuchi -- Osamu Kanemura -- Mariko Mori -- Yasumasa Morimura -- Sakiko Nomura -- Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Manabu Yamanaka -- Miwa Yanagi -- Toshihiro Yashiro.

Summary:

"Pleasure and asceticism, openness to and aloofness from the world, the personal and the impersonal ... these and other related oppositions are the poles of Japanese philosophy and life, of a dialectic tension intensified through the encounter with western culture. The title Desire and Void underscores this polarity. "Desire" alludes to taboos surrounding sex and the body, issues of increasing importance in present-day Japan. The "void" represents the Buddhist concept of emptiness as timelessness but stands as well for a state of alienation that leaves an indelible mark on Japanese life today." "Represented under the programmatical title Japanese Photography, Desire and Void are twelve contemporary photographic artists selected by curator Peter Weiermair for their extraordinary accomplishments in the medium in recent years - for works unique in both their formal and thematic power and characterized by an impressive command of advanced technologies. The photographers presented here exemplify the most innovative positions not only in current Japanese art but in the international art scene as well."--Jacket

ISBN:

390816270X
9783908162704

Subject:

Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photography Japan Exhibitions.
Photography Austria Vienna Exhibitions.
Tenrankaikatarogu.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography
Photography, Artistic
Austria Vienna
Japan

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Weiermair, Peter.
Matt, Gerald.
Kunsthalle Wien.

Desire and void

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196421
Call No.: ID TR654.J37; ID:97-B4423
Status: Available