Ascending Chaos
The Art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, Asian, General Art
| Author: | Masami Teraoka, Alison Bing, Eleanor Heartney, Kathryn A. Hoffman | ISBN: | 9781452121369 |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Books LLC | Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Chronicle Books LLC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Masami Teraoka, Alison Bing, Eleanor Heartney, Kathryn A. Hoffman |
| ISBN: | 9781452121369 |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Books LLC |
| Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Chronicle Books LLC |
| Language: | English |
Ascending Chaos is the first major retrospective of Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka's prolific and acclaimed work thus far. In Teraoka's paintings—which have evolved from his wry mimicry of Japanese woodblock prints to much larger and complex canvasses reminiscent of Bosch and Brueghel—the political and the personal collide in a riot of sexually frank tableaux. Populated by geishas and goddesses, priests, and politicians, and prominent contemporary figures, these paintings are the spectacular next phase of a wildly inventive career. With essays by renowned art critics who discuss how Teraoka's work inventively marries east and west, sex and religion, Ascending Chaos is a critical overview of this cultural trickster.
Ascending Chaos is the first major retrospective of Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka's prolific and acclaimed work thus far. In Teraoka's paintings—which have evolved from his wry mimicry of Japanese woodblock prints to much larger and complex canvasses reminiscent of Bosch and Brueghel—the political and the personal collide in a riot of sexually frank tableaux. Populated by geishas and goddesses, priests, and politicians, and prominent contemporary figures, these paintings are the spectacular next phase of a wildly inventive career. With essays by renowned art critics who discuss how Teraoka's work inventively marries east and west, sex and religion, Ascending Chaos is a critical overview of this cultural trickster.
