Yoshitomo Nara | |
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 Nara at the Yokohama Art Museum, 2012 | |
| Born | 5 December 1959 Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, Nagakute Aichi, Japan |
| Known for | sculpture, painting |
| Notable work | Knife Behind Back (2000), Sorry, couldn't draw left eye! (2003), Straight Jacket (2000), Sprout the Ambassador (2001)[1] |
| Awards | Award for Artist, Nagoya, Japan, 1995 |
Yoshitomo Nara (奈良 美智, Nara Yoshitomo, born 5 December 1959 in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984.[2] His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). His most well-known and repeated subjects are "big-headed girls" with piercing eyes, who one Nara scholar describes as having "childlike expressions [that] resonate with adult emotions, [their] embodiment of kawaii (cuteness) carries a dark humor, and any explicit cultural references are intertwined with personal memories."[3][4]
- ^ Holzwarth, Hans W. (2009). 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z (Taschen's 25th anniversary special ed.). Köln: Taschen. pp. 410–412. ISBN 978-3-8365-1490-3.
- ^ "San Jose Museum of Art". 2009-12-23. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Koon, Yeewan (2020). Yoshitomo Nara. Phaidon. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Koon, Yeewan (2016). "The Artist Behind the Camera: Yoshitomo Nara". Once in a Life – Encounters with Nara. Asia Society. Retrieved 7 January 2020.