Asian Traditions Modern Expressions

by Wechsler, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780810919761
• ISBN10: 0810919761
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

This first survey of Asian American modernists active during the era of Abstract Expressionism reevaluates an entire generation of neglected but important artists. The works of 58 artists, including Isamu Noguchi and Kenzo Okada, reveal the strong tradition in Asian art of abstract techniques and show how East Asian art prefigured or paralleled "modern" stylistic developments in the West. 194 illustrations, 84 in color.

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 8
Introduction: Finding the Middle Path	p. 10
"Abstraction" in the Traditional Art of East Asia	p. 21
With the Suddenness of Creation: Trends of Abstract Painting in Japan and China, 1945-1970	p. 30
International Abstraction in a National Context: Abstract Painting in Korea, 1910-1965	p. 42
Roundtable Discussion	p. 48
From Asian Traditions to Modern Expressions: Abstract Art by Asian Americans, 1945-1970	p. 58
Artists' Biographies	p. 147
Hybrid Worlds, Singular Visions: Hawaii's Asian American Heritage and Art	p. 183
Personalizing the Abstract: Asian American Artists in Seattle	p. 186
From Enemy Alien to Zen Master: Japanese American Identity in California During the Postwar Period	p. 190
A Brief Cultural History of the Chinese in California: From Early Beginnings to the 1970s	p. 194
Nipponism and the Smell of Paint: A Recollection of New York, circa 1958-1961	p. 199
Reminiscences of Mi Chou: The First Chinese Gallery in America	p. 205
Notes	p. 213
About the Authors	p. 217
Index	p. 218
Photograph Credits	p. 224
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