The contemporary art in Japan is naturally influenced by the world contemporary art. But the power of the Japanese traditions, the oppressive presence of a dense urban environment and the various traumatism undergone by Japan for 60 years (defeat of 1945, Hiroshima, earthquakes, economic crisis, etc.) involve a production very rich, original and little known.
Some examples, paintings, sculptures, photographs, classified very arbitrarily by broad topics: All the artists
- A modern vision of the traditional arts of Japan
- A rather classic geometrical abstraction
- A popular art influenced by mangas and vidéos
- The obsessional presence of the city and the technique
- The difficult search for an identity
A popular art influenced by mangas and vidéos
The young Japaneses live since their youngest age in the cartoons
of the TV, the comic strips (" mangas " ), the video games and the
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Hiroshi Masuyama ( b. 1943) works in Tokyo; |
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Koichi Enomoto Very young artist, graduate in 2002 of Kanazawa
College of Art.
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The obsessional presence of the city and the technique
75 % of the Japanese live in the big urbanized
coastal plain which goes from Tokyo to Osaka. All the cities are equipped with slot machines
delivering train tickets, subway tickets, and also drinks, foods,
cameras, tooth-brushes...
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Naoya Hatakeyama
( b 1958 Iwata ) ![]() Osaka 2002 |
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Maki Miyashita (b 1978)
photographer, lives in Tokyo ![]() |
Torin Boyd
Photographer, american-japanese, lives and works in Tokyo ![]() Downtown Shinjuku, black and white |
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Daïdo Moriyama is born 1938 in Ikeda, near Osaka .
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Hiroshi Araki is born 1956 in Hiroshima
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