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Tsuchi : earthy materials in contemporary Japanese art / Bert Winther-Tamaki.
Fine Arts Library N7355 .W566 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winther-Tamaki, Bert, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Japanese--20th century--Themes, motives.
- Art, Japanese.
- Art, Japanese--21st century--Themes, motives.
- Soils in art.
- Ecology in art.
- Art, Japanese--Themes, motives.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Bert Winther-Tamaki explores how Japanese artists have continually sought a passionate and redemptive engagement with earth. By focusing on the role of tsuchi (earthy materials such as soil and clay) as a convergence point for a wide range of creative practices, this book offers a critical reassessment of contemporary art in Japan and its intrinsic relationship to the environment"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. Postwar Silos of Tsuchi Media
- 1. Ceramics: Earth Flavor In Fired Clay
- 2. Photography: Soil Conditions In The Lens
- 3. Avant-Garde Actions: Wrestling And Digging Earthy Materials
- II. Convergence and Proliferation since the 1980s
- 4. The Bubble and Its Aftermath: Containment of Spillage and Blast
- 5. Earth Diving Before And After The Triple Disaster.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781517911904
- 1517911907
- 9781517911911
- 1517911915
- OCLC:
- 1285872052
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