Yoshitomo NaraOn the F-Word, 2002, Limited Edition of 35 by Yoshitomo Nara signed and numbered2002
2002
About the Item
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
On the F-Word, 2002
Medium: Intaglio on paper (photogravure and aquatint; 4 plates, 7 colors)
Image: 48.7 × 38.0 cm (19 × 15 in)
Sheet: 71.4 × 56.5 cm (28 1/8 × 22 1/4 in)
Edition: A.P. 2/7; from an edition of 35 plus 7 artist’s proofs
Signature/Numbering: Signed in Japanese, dated “2002,†and numbered “A.P. 2/7†in pencil (lower margin)
Printer/Publisher: KIDO Press, Inc., Tokyo
Provenance
Gallery Tagboat, Tokyo, Japan
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Poly Auction, Hong Kong
Acquired from the above
Literature
BSS No. E-2002-015
Catalogue raisonné No. YNF3388
Description
A small figure with cropped red hair and green eyes stands with a cool, sidelong glare atop a hand-lettered placard that spells the eponymous expletive. Two lightly sketched heads hover at left like after-images, while a skull emblem on the blue dress turns cuteness into a threat. The grain and plate tone of the photogravure, tightened by aquatint, lend the image a worn, poster-like surface. Nara’s trademark mix of childlike form and adult bite is unmistakable here: language becomes a stage for defiance, and the pint-sized protagonist asserts autonomy with a single, unblinking stare.
- Creator:Yoshitomo Nara (1959, Japanese)
- Creation Year:2002
- Dimensions:Height: 28.12 in (71.4 cm)Width: 22.25 in (56.5 cm)
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- Condition:In excellent condition. Framed with its original frame.
- Gallery Location:Hong Kong, HK
- Reference Number:Seller: YON-007-021stDibs: LU1545217294792
Yoshitomo Nara
Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara is one of the most influential artists to emerge from Japan's Pop art movement in the 1990s. Drawing inspiration from the anime and manga characters that he was exposed to during his childhood, Nara creates characters, usually small children, who possess similar cartoonish qualities, with highly stylized features and especially large eyes. However, Nara's illustrations of children, who are often brandishing weapons, are often more menacing and devilish than they are cute and innocent.
Nara has assembled a cult-like following centered around his childlike illustrations although the themes surrounding his work touch on broader social and cultural topics such as violence and the rigidity of social structures in Japan. While he works mainly in painting and drawing, he also experiments in sculpture and installations.
Since his first solo exhibition at Blum and Poe Gallery in 1984, Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions worldwide, from Iceland to Japan to France to the United States.
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