Anarchy of the Body: Undercurrents of Performance Art in 1960S Japan (Digital Original)

How performance art in 1960s Japan formed alegacy of resistance against institutionalization
In Anarchy of the Body, art historian KuroDalaiJee sheds light on vital pieces of postwar Japanese avant-garde history bycontextualizing the social, cultural, and political trajectories of artistsacross Japan in the 1960s. A culmination of years of research, Anarchy ofthe Body draws on an extensive breadth of source material to reveal how thepractice of performance by individual artists and art groups during this periodformed a legacy of resistance against institutionalization, both within the artworld and more broadly in Japanese society. This book contains 256 high-qualityreproductions, including rare performance photographs not readily accessibleelsewhere, as well as a comprehensive chronology. KuroDalaiJee was awarded the 2010 Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (criticism category) by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Contributors: Kurokawa Noriyuki (editor), Jason M. Beckman(translation editor), Andrew Maerkle (translator), Shima Yumiko (translator), Alice Kiwako Ashiwa(editorial assistant), Daniel González (translator), Claire Tanaka (translator), GilesMurray (translator), Jenny Preston (translator)

Translated from the original Japaneseedition published with Tokyo:Grambooks, 2010.

In cooperation with Art Platform Japan /The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Art Platform Japan is an initiative by theAgency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, to maintain the sustainabledevelopment of the contemporary art scene in Japan.