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Yoshitomo Nara / [curator, Yung Ma ; contributors, Yeewan Koon [and four others].
Fine Arts Library N7359.N36 A4 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nara, Yoshitomo, 1959- artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nara, Yoshitomo, 1959---Exhibitions.
- Nara, Yoshitomo.
- Art, Japanese--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Japanese.
- Art, Japanese--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
- Other Title:
- Nara
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hayward Gallery, 2025.
- Summary:
- Spanning four decades of the artist's work, this lavishly illustrated book offers readers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the personal and creative world of the internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, widely known for his bold images of children with large heads and wide eyes that challenge the viewers with their direct gaze and defiant stance. These captivating yet ominous characters are part of a wider visual vocabulary established by Nara to explore and communicate themes of home, isolation, resilience, belonging, regeneration, hope and freedom. Essays by writers Yeewan Koon, Josh Kun and Barry Schwabsky trace the evolution of his art, focusing in particular on his practice as a painter and his connection with popular music. The book also features an in-depth interview with Hayward Senior Curator Yung Ma, the artist's own photographs of his home and studio, and an extensive chronology that traces the evolution and breadth of his career. --Hayward Gallery website.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Ralph Rugofi
- Boy from the North Country / Yeewan Koon
- In Conversation with Yoshitomo Nara / Yung Ma
- Do Re Mi Dada or A Little Touch of Nara in the Night / Barry Schwabsky
- One Foot in the Groove: Listening to Yoshitomo Nara, a Double Album with Four Sides / Josh Kun
- List of Works
- Nara's Playlist
- Nara's Path: A Chronology / Clare Preston
- Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Published to accompany the exhibition held at Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 28 June - 3 November 2024 ; Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, 23 November 2024 - 27 April 2025 ; Hayward Gallery, London, 10 June - 31 August 2025.
- Contains:
- Nara, Yoshitomo, 1959- Works. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 9781853323829
- 1853323829
- OCLC:
- 1463506595
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000222763
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