The 2012 ed. of Before and After Superflat is now out of print
Original version available online here
A New Revised, Updated, Expanded & Annotated Edition
in Japanese & English Available 2018
List of Corrections/Amendments
Reviews
Janet Koplos in Art in America
Ashley Rawlings in Art Space Tokyo
David Cozy in Japan Times
Anon in Modern Art Asia
Scene & Herd by Sarah Thornton in Art Forum
W.David Marx in Néojaponisme 2012 Annual Review [scroll down]
Anon in Kinokuniya Booklog [in japanese]
Various in Goodreads.com
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of my ART-iT blogs
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Digest of all my available writings on
Japanese contemporary art
Contents
(NEW EDITION]
INTRODUCTION
Superflat Cool Japan
Outline of Book
A Note on Research Methods
A Note on Cover Art
PART ONE
THE TOKYO ART WORLD IN THE 1990s
Tokyo 1991-1995: Birth of the Cool
Ginza Days, Omori Nights: Birth of a Contemporary Art Scene
Art and Money: Birth of a Contemporary Art Market
When Will Makoto Aida Be Famous? Before and After Zero Japan
PART TWO
LITTLE BOYS AND TOKYO GIRLS
Artist in Wonderland: Takashi Murakami
The Little Prince: Yoshitomo Nara
Tokyo Girls Bravo! Kaikai Kiki and Mariko Mori and Women’s Art
Utsukushii Kuni: Yokoso Japan!
PART THREE
COMMERCE, DESIGN AND ART IN THE SUPERFLAT WORLD
The Art Entrepreneurship Theory
Yoshitomo Nara as Art Entrepreneur
The World is Flat
The Creative Surplus
PART FOUR
ART & THE CITY: HOW ART REPLACED GOD AT THE HEART OF NEO-TOKYO
Tower of Power: The Mori Story
Yokohama: From Global to Local
What are Contemporary Art Museums in Japan Really For?
Echigo-Tsumari and Rural Art Festivals: Rise of the Northern River
PART FIVE
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: THE NEW JAPANESE ART SCENE IN THE 2000s
China Mania
The Zero Zero Generation
Makoto Aida’s Children
Space for Our Future: Masato Nakamura
PART SIX
AFTER THE TSUNAMI
Superflat after 3/11
Uncool Japan: Political Art and the Return of the Showa 40 nen kai
Home for the Homeless: Toward a New Social Architecture
Chaos of Youth
AFTERWORD
The Future History of Japanese Contemporary Art
Sources and Acknowledgements
Cast of Characters / Index
for a look at the original edition see amazon.com
BASF interview en version française
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