xiv, 298 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note
"This volume accompanies the exhibition Little Boy: The arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, presented at Japan Society Gallery, New York and venues throughout New York City from April 8 through July 24, 2005"-- T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Little boy : plates and entries / edited by Takashi Murakami -- Earth in my window / Takashi Murakami -- Superflat trilogy : greetings, you are alive / Takashi Murakami -- Otaku talk / Toshio Okada and Kaichirō Morikawa, moderated by Takashi Murakami -- On the battlefield of "Superflat" : subculture and art in postwar Japan / Noi Sawaragi -- Beyond the pleasure room to a chaotic street : transformations of cute subculture in the art of the Japanese nineties / Midori Matsui -- Introducing little boy / Alexandra Munroe -- Murakami's Manhattan project / Tom Eccles -- In the air / Katy Siegel.
Summary
English and Japanese text explore the complexity of postwar Japanese art, focusing on the influence popular culture has had on Japanese art and tracing the development of the manga and anime genres.
