2005
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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Gert & Uwe Tobias, Untitled - Unique Hand-Painted Etching, Signed, Abstract Art
By Gert & Uwe Tobias
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gert & Uwe Tobias (German, b. 1973) Untitled, 2008 Medium: Opaque white, gouache and pastel crayon over drypoint on wove paper (and artist’s book) Dimensions: 36 x 26.4 cm Unique...
Pastel, Gouache, Etching
André Butzer, Untitled - Etching on wove paper, Signed Print, Contemporary Art
By André Butzer 1
Located in Hamburg, DE
André Butzer (German, b. 1973) Untitled (Smileys), 2019/2022 Medium: Etching in colors on wove paper Dimensions: 43 x 33 cm Edition of 15: Hand-signed, numbered and dated in pencil C...
Etching
Zhang Xiaogang, Fantasy – Signed Lithograph from 2002
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Hamburg, DE
Zhang Xiaogang (Chinese, b. 1958) Fantasy, 2002 Medium: Lithograph on wover paper Dimensions: 78.2 x 54 cm (30 ¾ x 25 ¼ in) Edition of 199: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil Publish...
Lithograph
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
André Butzer, Dr. Pfeffer - Signed Print, Etching, Abstract, Expressionism
By André Butzer 1
Located in Hamburg, DE
André Butzer (German, b. 1973) Untitled (Dr. Pfeffer), 2019/2022 Medium: Etching in colors on wove paper Dimensions: 43 x 33 cm Edition of 15: Hand-signed, numbered and dated in penc...
Etching
Jorinde Voigt, Inherited Desire - Lithograph, Abstract Art, Signed Print
By Jorinde Voigt
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jorinde Voigt (German, b. 1977) Inherited Desire, 2018 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Dimensions: 70 x 45 cm Edition of 200 : Hand-signed, numbered and dated in pencil Condition: E...
Lithograph
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
Straight Jacket, 2002, Etching Limited Edition of 35 by Yoshitomo Nara signed
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Straight Jacket, 2002
Medium: Etching, aquatint, and drypoint on paper (1 color intaglio)
Image: 29.5 × 24.5 cm...
Etching
Yoshitomo Nara 'Hazy, Humid Day' Original Exhibition Print
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in San Rafael, CA
Yoshitomo Nara (Japanese, b. 1959) Hazy, Humid Day, 2022 Offset lithograph Printed in Japan Official exhibition poster print based on the painting of the same name debuted at the Tai...
Offset
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
Yoshitomo Nara - In the Pink Water
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in London, GB
Yoshitomo Nara In the Pink Water, 2021 Offset lithograph on paper Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.5 cm Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year Unnumbered Sold Out edition pub...
Offset
Midnight Truth, published by N's Yard, Japan, offset print, stamped, unnumbered
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
Yoshitomo Nara Midnight Truth, 2017 Offset lithographic poster Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year Unnumbered 20 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches Unframed published by N's Yard,...
Lithograph, Offset
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.
