Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Ishida, Tetsuya, 1973-2005
2. Gagosian, Larry
3. Alemani, Cecilia
4. Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993
5. Gagosian Gallery, host institution

Description

1. 215 pages : chiefly illustrations (color illustrations); 31 cm

Summary

1. The catalogue reproduces more than ninety works in color and features a foreword by Larry Gagosian, an introduction by Michiaki Ishida, illustrated essays by Alemani and Diethard Leopold, and "The Red Cocoon," a short story about a surreal metamorphosis by award-winning Japanese writer Kobo Abe (translator, Lane Dunlop).
2. This book was published on the occasion of Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, My Anxious Self was the most comprehensive exhibition of the late artist's work to have been staged outside of Japan, and his first ever in New York. Over the course of just ten years, Ishida produced a striking body of work centered on the theme of human alienation. He emerged as an artist during Japan's "Lost Decade," a recession that lasted through the 1990s, and his paintings capture the feelings of hopelessness, claustrophobia, and disconnection that characterized Japanese society during this time. Before his untimely death in 2005, Ishida conjured allegories of the challenges of contemporary life in paintings and works on paper charged with Kafkaesque absurdity. The catalogue reproduces more than ninety works in color and features a foreword by Larry Gagosian, an introduction by Michiaki Ishida, illustrated essays by Alemani and Diethard Leopold, and "The Red Cocoon," a short story about a surreal metamorphosis by award-winning Japanese writer Kobo Abe. Exhibition: Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA (12.09. - 21.10.2023).

Uniform title

1. Tetsuya Ishida (Gagosian Gallery)

Alternative title

1. My anxious self

Subject

1. Exhibition catalogs
2. 2000-2099
3. Anxiety in art > Exhibitions
4. Ishida, Tetsuya, 1973-2005 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. Foreword / Larry Gagosian -- Introduction / Michiaki Ishida -- Tetsuya Ishida: my weak self, my pitiful self, my anxious self / Cecilia Alemani -- The red cocoon / Kobo Abe -- Plates -- Using one's own face: Tetsuya Ishida and Egon Schiele / Diethard Leopold -- List of works.

Call number

1. JQG 25-498

Note

1. Catalog of an exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY from September 12-October 21, 2023.
2. "Gagosian is pleased to announce My Anxious Self, an extensive exhibition of paintings by the late Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005) at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York, opening on September 12. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, the survey follows the announcement of Gagosian's global representation of the Tetsuya Ishida Estate, which, along with notable private collections and the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, lent more than eighty works to the exhibition. My Anxious Self is the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist's work to have been staged outside of Japan, and his first ever in New York. -- Gagosian website, viewed September 18, 2023.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Tetsuya Ishida : my anxious self / curated by Cecilia Alemani.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Gagosian, [2023]

Distributor

1. New York, NY : Distributed by Rizzoli International Publications

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Type of content

1. still image
2. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Biography

1. Over the course of just ten years, Ishida produced a striking body of work centered on the theme of human alienation. He emerged as an artist during Japan's "Lost Decade," a recession that lasted through the 1990s, and his paintings capture the feelings of hopelessness, claustrophobia, and disconnection that characterized Japanese society during this time--even in the wake of its rapid technological advancement. Before his untimely death in 2005, Ishida conjured allegories of the challenges of contemporary life in paintings and works on paper charged with Kafkaesque absurdity. -- Gagosian website, viewed September 18, 2023.

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

Added author

1. Ishida, Tetsuya, 1973-2005, artist.
2. Gagosian, Larry, writer of foreword.
3. Alemani, Cecilia, essay contributor, curator.
4. i Container of (work): Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Akai mayu. English.
5. Gagosian Gallery, host institution.

LCCN

1. 2023910853

ISBN

1. 9780847832187 (hardback)
2. 084783218X (hardback)

Research call number

1. JQG 25-498