Despite the censorship of dissident material during the decade between the Manchurian Incident of 1931 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, a number of photographers across Japan produced a versatile body of Surrealist work. In a pioneering study of their practice, Jelena Stojkovic draws on primary sources and extensive archival research and maps out art historical and critical contexts relevant to the apprehension of this rich photographic output, most of which is previously unseen outside of its country of origin. The volume is an essential resource in the fields of Surrealism and Japanese history of art, for researchers and students of historical avant-gardes and photography, as well as forreaders interested in visual culture.
Author(s): Jelena Stojkovic
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on the Use of Japanese Language
Introduction
PART ONE 'NEW' PHOTOGRAPHY
1 Emergence
Artistic intentions
Beyond reality
Abandoning control
Professionals and amateurs
2 Photo-collages
Two-way mirrors
Constellation
Fragmentation
Overlaying, staging, re-photographing
PART TWO 'AVANT-GARDE' PHOTOGRAPHY
3 Images without texts
Criticism
Repetition
Representation
Printed matter
4 Coded revolution
Photographs of objects
'Camera's automatism'
'Neo-Surrealism'
Part Three 'PLASTIC' PHOTOGRAPHY
5 Materiality
Abstraction
Paranoia-criticism
Scale arid perspective
Photographic technology
6 Locality
Exchange
Traditional aesthetics
Everyday life
Disconnection
Conclusion
Selected Biographies
Selected Organizations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
