Yoshitomo Nara

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Author: Yeewan Koon

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2020-03-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714879949

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The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo Nara Yoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop 'Superflat' movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himself, explores more than three decades of his work - and is the first truly authoritative monograph on the artist in more than a decade. Written by art historian Yeewan Koon and featuring texts by Nara himself, it includes his most recent work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.

The Lonesome Puppy

The Lonesome Puppy PDF

Author: Yoshitomo Nara

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2008-03-26

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780811856409

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A puppy so large that no one notices him is very lonely until he meets a determined little girl.

Nara Yoshitomo jisenshu

Nara Yoshitomo jisenshu PDF

Author: 奈良美智

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9784861524899

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自選、愛蔵決定版! 2冊同時発売! 2014年に作家活動30周年を迎えた日本を代表する美術家・奈良美智。 選りすぐりの絵画作品とドローイング等の作品100点余を自らセレクト。 本書では、ドローイングとともに、奈良によるエッセイ「徒然なるままに、紙とドローイングのことなどを」も収録しています。 後世に継ぐ愛蔵決定版が誕生しました。 2001年以降、日本では絵画作品をまとめた画集は発売されておらず奈良ファン待望の一冊です。 「紙という素材の上に日記のように記録されていったものが、自分のドローイングなんじゃないかと最近思うようになった」 —奈良美智 (「徒然なるままに、紙とドローイングのことなどを」より)

Nothing Ever Happens

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Author: Yoshitomo Nara

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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Edited by Larry Gilman. Foreword by Jill Snyder. Text by Kristin Chambers, Josh Kun, Ingrid Schaffner, Billie Joe Armstrong, Carrie Brownstein, John Doe, Dave Eggers, Yoshitomo Nara, Lars Frederickson, Debbie Harry, Leonard Nimoy, Ozmatli.

Nara

Nara PDF

Author: Mika Yoshitake

Publisher: DelMonico Books

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783791359359

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This special edition book on Yoshitomo Nara, one of the most prominent contemporary artists working today, shows the complexity of his work over the past three decades. Thirty years after Yoshitomo Nara rocketed to fame with his Neo-Pop paintings of sinister childlike figures, the artist has deepened his practice. Along with his most recognizable pieces, such as his ceramic figurines and ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed children, readers will discover his less-known aspects of his works including outdoor sculpture, illustrations on paper, and early versions of his figures. Nara's work is influenced by a passion for punk and rock music, popular culture, manga, and growing up in post-World War II Japan. This special edition book includes a slipcase with 13 booklets featuring the full range of Nara's work. It also includes an LP vinyl record with songs selected by the artist on side A and original music and covers by Yo La Tengo, the American indie rock band, on side B. Published with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Yoshitomo Nara

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Author: Melissa Chiu

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780810994140

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Catalog of an exhibition held at Asia Society Museum, New York, Sept. 9, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.

Yoshitomo Nara

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Author: Yoshitomo Nara

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 9780986112850

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Shallow Puddles brims with full-color, detailed images of Yoshitomo Nara's (born 1959) titular series. These paintings are executed on shallow circular dishes, covered with small square patches of canvas, and seemingly create portals to a world inundated with water. Depicted on each is a solitary figure that, like those in many of the artist's iconic paintings, holds the viewer's gaze with its large, full eyes, some even with averted eyes. Ground and figure are the main components of each work, yet the artist's painterly execution calls attention to his manipulation of color, form and composition to create an image that transcends traditional portraiture. Included is an essay by Shigemi Takahashi, curator at Aomori Museum of Art, who has worked closely with the artist on numerous projects.

Birth and Present

Birth and Present PDF

Author: Yoshitomo Nara

Publisher: Gingko Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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Artist Yoshitomo Nara's work has received unprecendented international recognition in recent years and has been presented in many publications, yet none have offered such an intimate portrait of the artist and his process. Photographer Mie Morimoto worked with Nara for six months to document the developinf nuance and texture of his art, including his signature "enfant terribles" paintings and weeping dog sculptures. The book includes never before published excerpts from Nara's Journals and revelatory photographs documenting the body of work included in the travelling exhibition "I Don't Mind If You Forget Me".

Yoshitomo Nara + YNG

Yoshitomo Nara + YNG PDF

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789935420183

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Easily one of the most important Japanese artists of the recent past, Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959) has rocketed to worldwide fame for his darkly whimsical figures that put a creepy twist on childhood ingenuousness. For his 2009 exhibition at the Reykjavik Art Museum, Nara presented his works within the wooden shipping crates in which they had been transported to the museum. Pictures were hung on the outside of the crates, and figures lurked within their interior nooks. This beautifully produced board book records and continues the show's themes of containment and transportation: it features windows that can be opened to reveal the youthful figures ensconced within their confinements, waiting to be freed by the participation of the reader. Yoshitomo Nara was born in 1959, in Aomori, Japan. He is one of the leading artists of Japan's Neo Pop movement. His drawings and paintings are informed by a range of influences, from manga and anime to punk rock. He has also worked in sculpture, ceramic and large-scale installation. In the fall of 2010, the Asia Society in New York presented the first major New York exhibition of his work.