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Art Space Tokyo

An Intimate Guide to the Tokyo Art World

Book Specifics:

Published by Chin Music Press
ISBN 978-09741995-5-9
Edited by Ashley Rawlings
Available online from April 2008
US Pub date: September 2008
US $30
272 pages
Hardcover, clothbound
Sewn in bookmark
125mm x 195mm
28 Interviews
8 Essays
Over 40 illustrations

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Topics Include:

Japan's position within the rise of the Asian art scene
Takashi Murakami and the relationship between contemporary art and manga/anime
changes in the Ginza area's position in the Tokyo art world
an account of connecting with the Tokyo art world as a foreign curator
converting subway luggage lockers into galleries
100 artists renovating a 160 year old warehouse
contemporary Japanese architecture and urban regeneration in Tokyo
the current state of Japanese art publishing and art criticism
international art fairs in Tokyo
the collecting of artwork and the history of Japanese auction houses
the potential for open source urbanity in Tokyo
art and performance in Tokyo's public spaces
and much more ...

Interviews with:

Atsuko Koyanagi
Masami Shiraishi
Toshio Hara
Fumio Nanjo
Masato Nakamura
Yukio Futagawa
And many, many (many) more ...

Essays by:

Fumihiko Sumitomo (MoT)
Tetsuya Ozaki (ART iT)
Roger McDonald (AIT)
Clementine Deliss (Metronome)
Roland Kelts (Japanamerica)
Dominique Chen (Divvy/dual)
And more ...