【Bijutsu Shuppan】Nohi Sawaragi's "Art of the End Times" Published. The Trilogy of Art Criticism, Following "Post-Art Theory" and "Art Theory of the Earthquake," is Finally Complete.
Nohi Sawaragi's latest book, "Art of the End Times," has been published, completing his trilogy of art criticism.Summary
Bijutsu Shuppan is publishing the book "Art of the End Times: For the Coming Post-Humanity" by art critic Nohi Sawaragi on December 9, 2025. This collection of art theory reorganizes Sawaragi's extensive 15-year critical activity concerning Japanese art under the new perspective of "art for the post-humanity," positioning it as the conclusion to his trilogy following "Post-Art Theory" (2015) and "Art Theory of the Earthquake" (2017). The book compiles about 50 critiques, plays, and poems, primarily based on his serialized writings. It examines post-2011 criticism through the lens of the "art of the end times," referencing predecessors like Yusuke Nakahara and Anji Hamamori, and explores the relationship between nuclear disaster and art through the works of artists such as Taro Okamoto and Chim↑Pom. The central section features the full text of his first critical play, "Grand Guignol Future," and presents new critical developments arising from his engagement with figures like Nobuhiko Obayashi and Toru Narita, ultimately asserting that being "truly domestic" is a condition for art for the post-humanity, representing a crystallization of his ongoing effort to re-examine the practice of Japanese art.
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