Rebirth
Subtitle: recent work by Mariko Mori
By: edited and with a preface by Miwako Tezuka
Contributors: Japan Society (New York, N.Y.). Gallery
Publisher: Japan Society
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780300196887
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions; Artists
Other titles: Recent work by Mariko Mori
Description: "Contemporary artist Mariko Mori (b. 1967) has transformed herself many times since her memorable debut onto the international art scene in the mid-1990s. Over the past two decades, Mori has made a significant shift in the focus of her work, moving away from self-obsessive motifs and performance pieces to a diametrically opposite approach of self-effacement. Her own image has disappeared from her Pop-oriented work, and her interest now inclines toward the prehistoric world in which everything existed in an amorphous state without text, religion, nation, or division between humankind and nature. Accompanying a major solo exhibition at Japan Society Gallery in New York, this fascinating book features over 35 immersive installations, sculptures, drawings (including many unpublished works), and videos produced by the artist between 2003 and 2012. It presents not only Mori's artistic evolution during the last decade, but also defines her current work relating to rebirth in an age of endangered environment and a lost connection between man and nature." --
Notes: "This volume accompanies the exhibition Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori presented at Japan Society Gallery, New York, October 11, 2013-January 12, 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Motoatsu Sakurai; title: Preface  -- Miwako Tezuka; title: Mariko Mori's Rebirth : ancient, futuristic visions  -- Iida Takayo; title: Jōmon pottery : flames of inspiration  -- Simon Kaner; title: Invisible light : the drawings of Mariko Mori  -- Brett Littman; title: Exhibition plates --; title: Artist biography, select exhibitions, and awards --; title: Exhibition checklist --; title: Select reading --; title: Artist's acknowledgments.