2022
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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Yoshitomo Nara - Marching on a Butterbur Leaf, Contemporary Art Print, Pop Art
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yoshitomo Nara (1959, Japanese) Marching on a Butterbur Leaf, 2019 Medium: Offset print on archival quality paper (incl. 5 stickers, as issued) Dimensions: 61 × 45.7 cm (24 × 18 in) ...
Offset
Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito, Untitled (Omaha) - Signed Print, Contemporary
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959, Japanese) and Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970, Japanese) Untitled (Omaha), 2005 Medium: Lithograph on paper Dimensions: 53.5 x 62.5 cm Edition of 100 + 10 AP: Hand-s...
Lithograph
Takeru Amano, Madonna - Signed Screen Print, Japanese Pop Art
By Takeru Amano
Located in Hamburg, DE
Takeru Amano (Japaense, b. 1977) Madonna, 2024 Medium: Screenprint on 310gsm Somerset Satin Paper Dimensinos: 32 9/10 × 23 2/5 in 83.5 × 59.5 cm Edition 8/75: Hand-signed and numbered
Screen
Takashi Murakami, Gargantua on Your Palm - Limited Edition Plate, Pop Art
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hamburg, DE
Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) Gargantua on Your Palm, 2022 Medium: Porcelain plate (fine bone china) Dimensions: 10 1/2 in diameter 26.7 cm diameter Edition of 250: Printed s...
Porcelain
Takeru Amano, The Dog - Signed Screen Print, Japanese Pop Art
By Takeru Amano
Located in Hamburg, DE
Takeru Amano (Japanese, b. 1977) The Dog, 2022 Medium: Screenprint on 300gsm Somerset satin rag paper Dimensions: 27 1/5 × 27 1/5 in 69 × 69 cm Edition of 99: Hand-signed and number...
Screen
C.O. Paeffgen, Untitled - Signed Print, 1992, Pop Art, Portrait
Located in Hamburg, DE
C.O. Paeffgen (German, 1933-2019) Untitled, 1992 Medium: Offset lithograph on card stock Dimensions: 49.5 x 50 cm Edition of 100: Monogrammed, numbered and dated Condition: Very good
Offset
YOSHITOMO NARA - LET'S TALK ABOUT "GLORY" Design modern pop art urban Japan
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Yoshitomo Nara - Let's talk about "Glory" Date of creation: 2011 Medium: Porcelain Edition: Open Size: Φ22 mm Condition: Brand new, inside its custom box Description: A Hasami ware ...
Porcelain
Broken Treasures - Limited Edition Woodcut Print Pop Art Fine Art
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Manchester, GB
Yoshitomo Nara, Broken Treasures, 2012 Woodcut Print in Colours 42.2 x 29.5 cm 16.6 x 11.6 in Edition 14 of 50 Hand-signed, dated and numbered by the artist Unframed - please c...
Woodcut
Beh!, 2003 Limited edition print by Yoshitomo Nara, signed and numbered
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Beh!, 2003
Medium: Lithograph on paper (8 plates, 10 colors)
Image: 49.8 × 40.0 cm (1...
Lithograph
Yoshitomo Nara - Thinking My Home
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Thinking My Home, 2021 Print on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
Paper
Star Island. Limited Edition of 100 (print) by Yoshitomo Nara signed
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Star Island (2003), Edition 69/100. Silkscreen on paper. Signed, dated, and numbered on verso. Image: 30 x 30 cm. Sheet: 30 x 30 cm. BSS No. : E-2003-006. Catalogue Raisonne' No. : Y...
Screen
Miss Spring
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Dubai, Dubai
YOSHITOMO NARA MISS SPRING, 2012/21 Digital Pigment Print on Takeo Deep PV Hakou paper 27.9 x 22.9 cm Edition of 100 (numbered 72/100 on the ARTSPACE certificate of authenticity). Ha...
Digital
Once built for curbs and handrails, these boards now hang beside blue-chip works in major museums and collectors’ homes.
The exhibition includes his portraits of wide-eyed kids with mayhem on their minds, as well as some of the artist’s personal belongings.
