ASCENDING CHAOS: THE ART OF MASAMI TERAOKA 1966-2006

POPULATED BY GEISHAS AND GODDESSES, PRIESTS, AND POLITICIANS, AND PROMINENT CONTEMPORARY FIGURES, THESE PAINTINGS ARE THE SPECTACULAR NEXT PHASE OF A WILDLY INVENTIVE CAREER. WITH ESSAYS BY RENOWNED ART CRITICS WHO DISCUSS HOW TERAOKA'S WORK INVENTIVELY MARRIES EAST AND WEST, SEX AND RELIGION, ASCENDING CHAOS IS A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF THIS CULTURAL TRICKSTER

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