Angura: Posters of the Japanese Avant-Garde
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"Angura: Posters of the Japanese Avant-Garde" documents the extraordinary posters created for a group of experimental Japanese theatre groups during the 1960s and 70s. Ranging from the vivid and sexually explicit images of sixties psychedelia to the subtle refinement of traditional Japanese printmaking, the posters represent a tumultuous period both in Japanese graphic arts and in Japanese society as a whole. Silkscreened with up to twenty different colors and printed in limited editions, the posters were ostensibly meant as advertisements for the theatre productions of a thriving counterculture. But the designers focused such lavish care on the posters that they were rarely finished before the productions opened, eliminating their commercial function and making them objects of art. Author David G. Goodman illuminates these arresting images, describes the context in which they were created, and provides a brief history of modern Japanese graphic design. In the foreword, Ellen Lupton discusses the relevance of these images for the contemporary designer. "Angura" will appeal to anyone interested in Japanese anime graphics.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1568981783
ISBN13:9781568981789
Release Date:September 1999
Publisher:Princeton Architectural Press
Length:100 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary
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