Yoshitomo Nara
Midnight Truth, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 89-1/2" × 71-9/16" (227.3 cm × 181.8 cm)
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Yoshitomo Nara
b. 1959, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan · Japanese · Based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under A.R. Penck (1988–1993)
- Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music (1987)
- Painting
- Drawing on Scrap Paper
- Ceramic and Bronze Sculpture
- Punk Aesthetics
Yoshitomo Nara is known for paintings and drawings of solitary children whose large heads and direct gazes mix vulnerability, defiance and introspection. Music, punk culture and memories of childhood are central influences.
Painting; drawing; sculpture
Gallery Representation
Objects
Artist Films
Yoshitomo Nara – Session 2: Nara, kawaii, and the “Superflat” concept | Art & Conversation
LACMA59 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Yoshitomo Nara – Session 1: Who is that big-headed girl? | Art & Conversation
LACMA52 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Virtual Conversation with Yoshitomo Nara and Mika Yoshitake
LACMA36 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2000Knife Behind Back
- 2000Missing in Action
- 1999Not Everything but / Green House
- 2000The Little Ambassador
- 1997Sleepless Night (Sitting)
- 1990sGirl with Knife
- 2017Midnight Truth
- 2007Berlin Barack, Room 1
- 2012Can’t Wait ’til the Night Comes
- 1995In the Deepest Puddle II
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