Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, March 25-September 10, 2023. Includes bibliographical references (pages 150 - 153) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Message from Ay-O / Ay-O; Director's message / Chase F. Robinson; Acknowledgements / Kit Brooks; Introduction / Kit Brooks; Printing Ay-O's work has been the most incredible career / Sukeda Kenryo -- Essay. Ay-O's happy rainbow hell / Kit Brooks -- Catalogue. Entries -- Appendix. Notes; Contributors; Bibliography; Image credits; Index.
Summary:
"Ay-O Happy Rainbow Hell will accompany an exhibition of works of art by Japanese artist Ay-O, scheduled to open in the National Museum of Asian Art's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on March 25, 2023 and close on September 10, 2023. Known as "The Rainbow Artist," Ay-O (b. 1931) is internationally regarded for his prismatic silkscreen prints and for covering a kaleidoscopic range of subjects from the human body to the natural world to glistening machinery. The artist's rainbow aesthetic is a fixation he has maintained-and by his admission, has been compelled to produce-for over six decades, with a focus on silkscreen prints since the 1970s. The exhibition Ay-O's Happy Rainbow Hell will feature approximately eighty works and will be the first solo show dedicated to a representative display of Ay-O's works in a major US museum. Ay-O Happy Rainbow Hell, the accompanying fully illustrated catalogue, will be the first monographic publication on Ay-O for an English-speaking audience. The publication provides an essay describing the artist's biography and significance as well as detailed entries for many of the works in the exhibition. The catalogue also includes a message from the artist and an essay from Ay-O's longtime printer Sukeda Kenryo exploring how Ay-O's silkscreens push the medium to its limits, taking from three months to up to a year to complete"-- Provided by publisher.
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