Product Description: The singularly Japanese handling of the opposites logic and emotion is thefocus of this thought-provoking exhibition catalog documenting Switzerland s firstmajor group exhibition of contemporary Japanese art. Ranging from the rationalto the sensual, work by 13 artists, both recognized and emerging, define whatit means to be Japanese through installations, architecture, 3D sculpture,ceramics, graphic design, manga-inspired painting and more...read more

A tongue-in-cheek reference to the paradox of our desire to find a universal truth and the impossibility of doing so. This book brings together from evocative nude studies to astronomical views of planet Venus passing over the disc of the sun. The author is a celebrated artist photographer and winner of the 2000 Turner Prize.