The short-lived
Tokyo magazine Provoke is now recognized as a major achievement in world
photography of the last 50 years. Although it existed only for three issues and
a mere nine months—November 1968 through August 1969—Provoke crystallized the
best of progressive art photography and cultural criticism in Japan during the
1960s and early 1970s. The Provoke members—Daidô Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira,
Takahiko Okada, Yutaka Takanashi, and Kôji Taki—connected in their interests
with the nationwide political protest movement, itself a terrific source for
photography and photobooks in that time. Their work also dovetails with the
rise of performance in Japanese fine art during the same years.
This exhibition is
the first to provide a thorough history of the Provoke movement and to draw out
the many connections between photography, political protest, and performance in
postwar Japan. Suites of photographs and books by Nakahira, Takanashi, and Moriyama,
the three main photographers of Provoke, anchor the show. Other important
photographers with works on view include Shômei Tômatsu, a mentor to many
Provoke members; Eikô Hosoe, the most internationally recognized photographer
of the time; and Nobuyoshi Araki, who remains a popular and controversial
figure today. An early happening by the Fluxus group Hi-Red Center; a street
performance by actor and director Shuji Terayama; and a Conceptual Art series
by Kôji Enokura and Jirô Takamatsu bring the exhibition across disciplines and
territories. Meanwhile, selections from a set of nearly 500 protest photographs
and some 80 protest books represent vernacular creative work of the period.
A major
international traveling show, which has Chicago as its only North American
venue, this exhibition is the first survey of postwar Japanese art to be
organized at the Art Institute of Chicago and draws heavily on the the museum’s
collection—more than 60% of the over 200 items on display belong to the Art
Institute.
Organizers
The exhibition is
organized by the Art Institute of Chicago; Albertina, Vienna; Fotomuseum
Winterthur; and LE BAL in Paris.
Other Venues
Albertina, Vienna:
January 29–May 5, 2016
Fotomuseum,
Winterthur: May 28–August 28, 2016
Le Bal, Paris: September
14–December 11, 2016
The Art Institute of
Chicago: January 28–April 30, 2017
Sponsors
Lead support at the
Art Institute of Chicago is generously provided by Joyce Chelberg and The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Major funding is
provided by Kenneth and Christine Tanaka and the Japan Foundation.
http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/provoke-photography-japan-between-protest-and-performance-1960-75
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