Kyozon: Taichi Ishidate, Hidehiro Kinoshita, Takao Kubo, Mariko Mori, Takashi Murakami, Rika Takahashi, Satoru Tamura, Kaori Yamamoto

An insightful look at eight contemporary Japanese artists whose work is imbued with the reality of change. Influences discussed range from manga (Japanese comic strips), traditional performance art as well as George Segal and Cindy Sherman. But the resemblance between Japanese and Western art can be misleading. In a society renowned for its ability to copy Western products, resemblance typically remains on the surface. With five essays.