The present catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition entitled ‘Reconstructions: Avant-Garde Art in Japan 1945-1965’ which was held at The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, and Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, from December 1985 to April 1986. The exhibition showcased for the first time in the West a selection of avant-garde art which focuses upon the relationship between art and society in Japan during the two decades after World War II. Chronology and bibliography are provided.
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Genpei AKASEGAWA, 赤瀨川原平, 
David ELLIOTT, 
Ichiro HARIU, 針生一郎, 
Kazo KAIDO, 
Fumio NANJO, 南條史生, 
Yasuyoshi SAITO, 斉藤泰嘉, 
English
art history,  installation,  performance art,  painting,  abstraction,  Gutai,  surrealism,  realism,  modernism,  touring exhibition,  Japan,  group exhibition
1985
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Reconstructions: Avant-Garde Art in Japan 1945-1965

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