An examination of Yayoi Kusama s work that goes beyond the usual biographical interpretation to consider her place in postwar global art history.Yayoi Kusama is the most famous artist to emerge from Japan in the period following World War II. Part of a burgeoning international art scene in the early 1960s, she exhibited in New…
This definitive monograph spans 40 years, from 1984 to the present day, in the career of the iconic artist, shedding light on Nara’s conceptual process through paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and installations that reflect his empathetic vision of the world around him. Published in conjunction with the epochal exhibition at Museo Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain,…
The Aomori Museum of Art, which is close to Nara s birthplace, began collecting Yoshitomo Nara s works in 1998 and currently has approximately 180 works. It is the largest public collection of Nara s work in the world. The museum has followed Nara s activities over a long period of time through year-round exhibitions…
Yoshitomo Nara is among the most beloved Japanese artists of his generation. His widely recognizable portraits of menacing figures reflect the artist’s raw encounters with his inner self. Nara’s oeuvre takes inspiration from a wide range of resources—memories of his childhood, music, literature, studying and living in Germany (1988–2000), exploring his roots in Japan, Sakhalin…