Books / Reviews Nov 18, 2012

'Cool Japan is over': a sociologist looks at Japan's art world

by David Cozy

BEFORE AND AFTER SUPERFLAT: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art 1990-2011, by Adrian Favell. Blue Kingfisher, 2012, 246 pp., $24.95 (paper) A book about Japanese art with the word "Superflat" in the title may repel those of us who find much of the work ...