Yoshitomo Nara Drawings and Watercolor 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
Untitled
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1997
Colored pencil on paper
S. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Signed and dated, lower right, and titled on the top margin
Category
1990s Pop Art Yoshitomo Nara Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Untitled
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
2002
Crayon on paper
S. 9 7/10 x 8 1/4 in. (24.6 x 21 cm)
Framed, excellent condition
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Yoshitomo Nara Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Untitled
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
1997
Colored pencil on paper
S. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Signed and dated, lower right, and titled on the top margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Pop Art Yoshitomo Nara Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Enforced
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
2000
Colored pencil on paper
S. 11 x 8 1/2 in.
Unique
Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin
Framed
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Yoshitomo Nara Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
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