Japanese Postwar Avant-garde
Two movements that went out from postwar Japan claiming a flatness and a use of the body for which Western modernism had no slot, and were read internationally on those terms.
Dictionary entry
- Superflat 2000s– / Style
Juxtaposes anime, manga, advertising and traditional painting on one flat plane, questioning the border of high art and consumer culture.
- Gutai 1954–1972 / Style
Acts directly on body, mud, paper, water, smoke and light bulbs, making the work an event in which spirit does not master material and each exposes the nature of the other.