Ascending Chaos: The Art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006

Average Customer Rating: List Price: $60.00 Asia Trips Trips Price: $48.00 Your Savings: $ 12.00 ( 20% ) Subject To Change Without Notice Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13 EAN: 9780811850971 ISBN: 0811850978 Label: Chronicle Books Manufacturer: Chronicle Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 248 Publication Date: 2007-01-25 Publisher: Chronicle Books Studio: Chronicle Books
Accessories Oh! My God! I Miss You: 30 Postcards
Related Items Warriors of Art: A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists Paintings By Masami Teraoka The Art of Alex Gross: Paintings and Other Works Murakami Consuming Bodies: Sex and Contemporary Japanese Art
Editorial Reviews: Published to coincide with a series of major exhibitions extending beyond 2007, Ascending Chaos is the first major retrospective of Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka's prolific and acclaimed work thus far. In Teraoka's paintings—which have evolved from his wry mimicry of Japanese woodblock prints to much larger and complex canvasses reminiscent of Bosch and Brueghel—the political and the personal collide in a riot of sexually frank tableaux. Populated by geishas and goddesses, priests, and politicians, and prominent contemporary figures, these paintings are the spectacular next phase of a wildly inventive career. With essays by renowned art critics who discuss how Teraoka's work inventively marries east and west, sex and religion, Ascending Chaos is a critical overview of this cultural trickster.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: a great survey, fantastic introduction to an underappreciated master Comment: I'm a curator who has followed this artist's work for twenty years, and this book is a wonderful compendium of images and information about an under-rated artist who is both a brilliant craftsman and a deeply imaginative imagist who has gradually moved from Japanese traditions to Western European traditions to radical effect. The essays are wonderful. Customer Rating: Summary: Ascending Chaos. Comment: Absolutely brilliant. Three erudite essays and a full showcase of reproductions of all Teraoka's work. Customer Rating: Summary: Enjoy the Chaos Comment: If you've followed the career of Masami Teraoka and love his work you will also love this book. There are plenty of his earlier works all the way up to the present. The text adds insight into the mind of the artist and his complicated and original process. The reproductions of his artwork are of good quality. It is truly a collector's item. More Reviews