Yoshitomo Nara

Nara Skatebiard Deck (Yoshitomo Nara MoMa skateboard)

c.2017

Yoshitomo Nara Skateboard Deck: This Nara skate deck was created in 2017 as a result of the collaboration between Yoshitomo Nara & MoMa New York. The deck features a rendition of Nara’s work, ‘Solid Fist' & makes for standout Yoshitomo Nara wall-art that hangs with ease. Medium: Screen print on maple wood skate decks. Dimensions: 31 x 8 inches. Housed in original shrink wrapping. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Published by MoMa New York. Artist stamp lower front side. Influenced by elements of popular culture such as anime, manga, Walt Disney cartoons, and punk rock, Yoshitomo Nara creates paintings, sculptures, and drawings of adorable-yet-sinister childlike characters. Painted with simple bold lines, primary colors, and set against empty backgrounds, these small children and animals often share the canvas with text, knives, plants, and cardboard boxes, among other recurring elements. As one of the fathers and central figures of the Japanese neo-Pop movement, Nara’s work expresses the struggle to find an identity fractured by war, rapid modernization, and an omnipresent visual culture. Related Categories: Pop Art, Tokyo Artists, Comic/Cartoon, Japan, Contemporary Pop, Popular Culture, Contemporary Asian...

Yayoi Kusama & Yoshitomo Nara MoMa Skateboard Decks (2 works): A set of 2 MoMa published skateboard decks featuring Kusama's Dots Obsession imagery & Nara’s ‘Solid Fist’ girl. Make...

Keith Haring Mickey Mouse Skateboard Deck: Standout Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring lush, vibrant, fun colors & classic early 1980s Keith Haring Mickey Mouse imagery. A brilli...

Keith Haring Mickey Mouse Skateboard Deck: Standout Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring lush, vibrant, fun colors & classic early 1980s Keith Haring Mickey Mouse imagery. A brilliant piece of Haring wall-art that hangs with ease. This work originated from the sold out collaboration between Diamond Supply and the Keith Haring Foundation. The deck is housed in its original shrink-wrap and bares the copyright of the Haring foundation on the reverse. Medium: Maple wood skateboard deck. 2021. Approximate Dimensions: 8.0 x 31 inches (20.5 x 79 cm). In original shrink wrapping; excellent overall condition. Estate trademark & Haring printed signature on the reverse. From sold out/out of print edition of unknown. Keith Haring rose to prominence in 1980s New York within the East Village art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Jenny Holzer. He bridged the gap between the art world and the street, graffiting city subways and sidewalks before committing to a studio practice. Haring united the appeal of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists such as Jean DuBuffet as he developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic that comprised energetic, boldly outlined figures against solid or patterned backdrops. His major themes included exploitation, subjugation, drug abuse, and the threat of nuclear holocaust; Haring boldly engaged with social issues, especially after receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 1987. Today, his work sells for seven figures at auction and has been the subject of solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, among other institutions. Related Categories Pop Art. Graffiti. Street art. skate art...

Offset lithograph in colors on skate deck 32 × 8 in 81.3 × 20.3 cm

Talented Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara has a powerful impact when it comes to peace, human rights, and freedom. Even now, almost 60 years later, the lyrics of “Blowin’ in the Wind” ...

Skatedeck Museum of Graffiti, 2023 Offset lithograph on maple skate deck 31 x 8 inches

Yoshitomo Nara Invisible Vision Offset lithograph on paper Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.5 cm Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year published by N's Yard, Japan