MICHIKO KON
PHILIA
Published by Kokushokankokai
2021
Book size 28.4 x 23 cm
192 pages
Hardcover
Language English, Japanese
Japanese photography artist Michiko Kon uses everyday items such as shoes and hats and foodstuffs like fish and fruit to create objects and stage scenes from a strange otherworld. This book, published to commemorate Michiko Kon's exhibition of the same title at the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, includes more than one hundred of her works from early in her career to her recent works.
Kon's work has garnered critical attention both in Japan and internationally for her imaginative combination of ordinary items and the mysterious nature of her creations. Including forewords by the artist and the Japanese poet Takashi Mutsuo, a long interview with Michiko Kon, essays by Tate Modern senior curator Nakamori Takafumi and art critic Mizusawa Tsutomu as well as an extensive overview of her career (all texts included in Japanese and in English translation), “Philia” is an ideal publication for anyone interested in Michiko Kon's art.
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Japanese photographic artist Michiko Kon uses everyday objects, such as shoes and hats, and foodstuffs, such as fish and fruit, to create objects and scenes of a strange world. This book, published on the occasion of Michiko Kon's exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama, includes over a hundred works by the artist, from the beginning of her career to her recent work.
Kon’s work has attracted critical attention both in Japan and abroad for its imaginative combination of ordinary objects and the mysterious nature of her creations. With forewords by Japanese artist and poet Takashi Mutsuo, an extensive interview with Michiko Kon, essays by Tate Modern senior curator Nakamori Takafumi and art critic Mizusawa Tsutomu, and an overview of her career (all texts in Japanese with English translations), Philia is an ideal publication for anyone interested in Michiko Kon’s work.