OPEN TODAY 12-7 PM. BACK IN THE BOOKSHOP: TETSUMI KUDO "Your Portrait : A TETSUMI KUDO Retrospective" (2013) The enormous and exhaustive volume on the work and life of Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo, produced to accompany the most comprehensive retrospective exhibition of his work, “Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective”, that toured Japan throughout 2013-2014. Like the exhibition, this wonderfully designed and compiled book is the most comprehensive publication on Tetsumi Kudo ever published. An artist whose activities intersect with many important postwar artistic movements–including French Nouveau Realisme, Fluxus, Pop art, 60s anti-art tendencies and 80s Postmodernism, Kudo truly held a unique, individual commitment to his art and outlook. The book breaks-down the periods of production, activity and major bodies of work in Tetsumi Kudo’s career alongside his ever-evolving philosophy of complex ideas. Amongst an endless stream of visual documentation of Kudo’s individual artworks, installations and performances, the book comprises of many republished texts by the artist himself throughout his career, as well as texts by many others, all in English and Japanese. The book also includes a list of works for the exhibition, a thorough biography/exhibitions/bibliography section, Tetsumi Kudo’s notes (including the many drawings and plans Kudo made for his installations, artworks and exhibition designs), and a photographic catalogue raisonne of works by Tetsumi Kudo, 1955-1988. By far the most thorough document on the prolific work and unique vision of this important Japanese artist. Sadly, this publication is now completely out of print and unavailable at even the museums for which it was produced. Last copies in the bookshop today and via our website, alongside many long out of print catalogue and ephemera on the artist. #worldfoodbooks #tetsumikudo (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)