Ascending Chaos: The Art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006

Published to coincide with a series of major exhibitions extending beyond 2007, Ascending Chaosis the first major retrospective of Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka's prolific and acclaimed work thus far. In Teraoka's paintings which have evolved from his wry mimicry of Japanese woodblock prints to much larger and complex canvasses reminiscent of Bosch and Brueghel the political and the personal collide in a riot of sexually frank tableaux. 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 Chaosis a critical overview of this cultural trickster.

Introduction by Catharine Clark, essays by Alison Bing, Eleanor Heartney and Kathryn A. Hoffmann. Published by Chronicle Books, 2007. 244 pages. Hardcover: 9-1/2 x 11 in; three 8-page gatefolds, 175 color images

Paintings by Masami Teraoka - 1996

Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in 1996. The book includes essays by James T. Ulak, associate curator of Japanese art at the Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery; Alexandra Munroe, the author and curator of Japanese Art after 1945: Scream Against the Sky; and Masami Teraoka with Lynda Hess. Published by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in association with Weatherhill, Inc., New York and Tokyo. 112 pages.