Dr. Ignacio Adriasola

Biography

Ignacio Adriasola specializes in the history of modern art in Japan. His research addresses interrelated concerns such as avant-gardism, the question of art and politics, and the intersections of gender, sexuality, and visual culture. His book, Fragment, Image, Absence: 1960s Japan, explores the transformation of the notion of 'the object' in Japanese experimental art during a time of rapid social, economic, and environmental change. Through a close analysis of artworks and philosophical debates, the book highlights how Japanese artists and intellectuals in the 1960s formulated an aesthetic of disaffection to address the stalemate of political and aesthetic representation. His current project investigates contemporary concerns through the study of the process-based practice of artist Enokura Kōji. Adriasola teaches courses on Japanese and Asian art in modern periods and modernism, while also advising projects on the reception and re-formulation of modernism in Europe and North America. He encourages prospective graduate students focusing on Japanese and East Asian topics to ensure they possess a high level of linguistic and cultural proficiency in their subfields.

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