Japan Art Revolution
the japanese avant-garde, from angura to provoke
$78.01
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2025
Summary
Japan Art Revolution: Avant-Garde Outburst of the 1960s
A unique survey of the explosion of avant-garde art in 1960s Japan.
We’ve all heard of Paris 1968, but in Japan, a movement just as revolutionary, interesting and enduring was underway. The turbulent times of the post-war era inspired an artistic explosion in the country, with the emergence of a revolutionary scene of avant-garde artists who pioneered many disciplines: experimental and erotic photograph…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500029107 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0500029105 |
| Author: | Amélie Ravalec |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.52kg |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 264mm |
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About The Author
Amélie Ravalec
Amélie Ravalec is a London-based Parisian film director, producer and colourist. She directed her first documentary, Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno (2012) at the age of sixteen. She went on to direct films on avant-garde, underground and experimental art and music - Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers (2025), Japan Visions (2026), Art & Mind (2019), Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay (2015). Her films have been shown at cinemas, festivals, museums and cultural institutions across fifty countries, and acquired by TV networks including ARTE, Sky Arts UK and ORF Austria. Her first work of narrative fiction, Sumarsólstöður (2025), expands her exploration of underground and avant-garde culture in a new cinematic form, and won ten awards at international festivals.
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