{"product_id":"9788793659315","title":"Tetsumi Kudo: Cultivation","description":"Contemplating Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo’s work in the 21st century provokes a sense of the uncanny on multiple levels: grotesquely beautiful on their own, his abject sculptures seem to foretell today’s environmental concerns with their depictions of ecological decay. As the artist’s work reaches a peak of topicality, this volume presents a focused selection of Kudo’s pieces that demonstrate a postwar awareness of the atomic bomb’s effect on reproduction and the environment.Born in Osaka, Kudo’s life was greatly impacted by the aftermath of the atomic bomb in 1945; this trauma compounded by the Vietnam War’s ever-present atmosphere of destruction led to a consistent focus on dystopia and decomposition in his work.Kudo’s fluorescent birdcages and blacklight terrariums are furnished with an assortment of sculptures and found objects: melted plastic flowers, colourful phallic chrysalises and dismembered resin body parts come together to convey a distinctly modern anxiety in regard to our ailing world. Kudo’s work does not intend to provide comfort in the midst of crisis; rather, his pieces urge viewers to reflect on how we may or may not continue to survive in a world that we ourselves have ruined through pollution and consumerism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN 9788793659315. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. pb. 120 pages. 40 colour, 20 b\/w. 19 x 28 cm.\u003cbr\u003eavailable\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Louisiana Museum of Modern Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40545211842717,"sku":"9788793659315","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1439\/9645\/files\/9788793659315.jpg?v=1784279032","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.manic.com.au\/products\/9788793659315","provider":"Books at Manic Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}