Zero Dimention: Yoshihiro Kato and 60s

First Edition, 2006. 128 pages. Book measures 6 x 8.5 inches.

Hardcover in dust jacket with obi. Full bleed b&w photographs throughout. Text in Japanese. Minoura Hirata (1930-2018) was a journalist and photographer who documented the radical energy of Japan in the 1960s. Amidst the fervor of university struggles and anti-war movements, avant-garde art groups emerged, taking their "performances" to the streets and breaking conventional frameworks. Hirata was the visual witness to this pivotal moment, capturing the activities of crucial art collectives and artists such as Zero Dimension, Neo Dadaism Organizers, Hi-Red Center, and Yoko Ono.

This volume documents the trajectory of "Zero Dimension" and its central figure, Yoshihiro Kato (1936-2018) who was an artist and one of the founding members, along with Shinichi Iwata, of the avant-garde arts group Zero Jigen (Zero Dimension) in the early 1960s. Based in Nagoya and Tokyo, they shocked society with their radical performances, often involving full nudity in public spaces. This book is an essential and rare document of Japan's most radical art movements.

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. A very sharp copy of a now scarce title.