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Yoshitomo Nara Paintings

Japanese, b. 1959

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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Artist: Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara, Collage of Previously Unreleased Drawing II, 2014
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
2014 Drawing on paper, mounted on wood Image: 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Frame: 103 x 103 x 5.8 cm Unique Studio no: D-2014-001
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2010s Pop Art Yoshitomo Nara Paintings

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Paper, Wood Panel, Color Pencil, Graphite

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