signed, dated and numbered on the front registered in the Yoshitomo Nara Foundation online Catalogue Raisonné (No. YNF 5453)
printed by Pace Edition, Inc., New York
LITERATURE: 『Yoshitomo Nara : The Complete Works - Paintings, Sculptures, Editions, Photographs 1』, Chronicle Books, 2011, p. 315
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요시토모 나라는 1959년 아오모리현 출신으로 일본 네오팝의 선두 주자로 일본 현대 예술을 끌어 나가고 있는 작가이다. 교수이자 미술비평가인 사와라기 노이(Sawaragi Noi)에 의해 확립된 용어인 네오팝(Neo Pop Art)은 우리에게 친숙한 팝아트(Pop Art)에서 파생되었고 현대적 관점에서 재해석된 팝아트 즉, 포스트 팝으로 불리기도 한다. 팝아트와 네오팝의 공통점을 찾자면 대중문화와 미디어에서 흔하게 접할 수 있는 소재가 작품에 인용된다는 것이 큰 특징이다.
대중문화를 적극적으로 수용함으로써 이전에 추상표현주의에서 나타난 엄숙함에서 벗어나고자 했던 팝아트처럼 네오팝 역시 어렵고 난해한 예술작품의 형식에서 벗어나 누구나 쉽게 다가갈 수 있는 친숙한 작품을 선보이고 있다. 다만, 차이점이 있다면 네오팝은 더 나아가 표면적으로 나타나는 현상에 반응하여 이에 저항하고 냉소적, 비판적인 시각으로 사회를 바라보는 특징이 있다.
일본의 네오팝은 일본문화에서 빼놓을 수 없는 아니메(Anime)와 망가(Manga)에서 큰 영향을 받았으며 현대 팝 문화와 일본의 미학을 결합하여 창조되었다. 특히, 요시토모 나라의 작품에는 작가 특유의 앙증맞으면서도 가끔 사악해 보이는 동물, 인형 캐릭터들이 등장하는데 그의 작품에 대해 잘 모르는 이들에게도 익숙하게 알려져 있다.
요시토모 나라는 내면 깊숙하게 자리한 인간의 반항심을 귀여운 색감과 구도로 표현하는데 일상에서 쉽게 보이는 우편 봉투와 같이 친근하게 볼 수 있는 재료를 이용해 자신의 감정을 담는다. 음악, 그림, 문학 등 작가에게 정서적으로 영감을 주는 다양한 형태의 예술이 담겨있다. 특히, 그가 9살 때부터 듣기 시작했던 70~80년대 포크록은 나라에게 많은 영향을 주었고, 언어의 장벽을 뛰어넘어 나라의 상상력을 자극하기 충분했다. 그는 음악을 통해 풍경을 재현하고 마치 자신이 상상하는 세계에 살고 있는 것처럼 작품을 이해하고자 했다. 또한, 어릴 적 아오시마현 시골 마을에서 보낸 유년기 시절과 독일 유학 시절에서 느낀 외로움에서 영감받은 캐릭터는 두려움, 반항심 또한 새로운 것에 모험심을 표현하고 있다.
커다란 눈에 치켜뜬 눈동자, 둥그스름한 짱구 이마, 화난 듯 무표정인 듯 알 수 없는 오묘한 표정, 이 모든 것은 요시토모 나라의 작품에서 공통으로 보이는 모습이다. 작가는 특히 캐릭터의 눈을 통해 자신의 감정과 사회적 문제, 그리고 현대 사회 속에서의 고립된 감정을 전달하고자 한다. 어딘지 모르게 불만스러워 보이는 아이, 혹은 동물들은 현대인들의 두려움과 반항심 혹은 고독 등의 복잡한 심리상태를 함축적으로 잘 표현하고 있다는 평가를 받는다.
1988-1993 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1987 M.A., Aichi University of the Arts, Nagakute, Japan 1985 B.A., Aichi University of the Arts, Nagakute, Japan
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2026 Château La Coste, Provence 2026 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC 2026 David Zwirner, New York 2025 Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach 2025 BLUM, Los Angeles 2024 BLUM, Tokyo 2024 Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao 2024 Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2024 Hayward Gallery, London 2024 Penghu Reclamation Hall, Magong 2023–ongoing Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Neiwei Arts Center, Kaohsiung 2023–ongoing Pintung Art Museum, Pintung 2023–ongoing METAspace.361, Xinbei 2023–ongoing Warehouse No. 25, Xingang Cultural Center, Chiayi 2023 Albertina Modern, Vienna 2023 Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori 2023 Pace Gallery, Geneva 2023 Pace Gallery, Seoul 2023 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa 2023 Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo 2023 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 2023 Pace Prints, New York 2022 Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori 2022 Hanover Square, London 2021 Dallas Contemporary, Dallas 2021 Deji Art Museum, Nanjing 2021 Pace Gallery, London 2021 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 2021 Yuz Museum, Shanghai 2021 Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei 2021 Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung 2021 Tainan Art Museum, Tainan 2020 Pace Gallery, East Hampton, New York 2020 Pace Gallery, New York 2019 Japan Society, New York 2019 Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade 2018 Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York 2018 Pace Gallery, Hong Kong 2018 Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo 2018 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco 2018 Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo 2018 N’s Yard, Nasushiobara 2017 Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi 2017 Pace Gallery, New York 2017 Daikanyama Hillside Plaza, Tokyo 2016 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2015 Asia Society, Hong Kong 2015 Blum & Poe, Tokyo 2015 Pace Gallery, Hong Kong 2015 Johnen Galerie, Berlin 2014 Dairy Art Centre, London 2014 Blum & Poe, Los Angeles 2013 Pace Gallery, New York 2012 Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa 2012 Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori 2012 Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto 2012 Towada Art Center, Towada 2011 Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery, Tokyo 2010 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo 2010 Pace Prints, New York 2010 Asia Society Museum, New York 2009 Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik 2009 Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York 2008 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle 2008 Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna 2008 Blum & Poe, Los Angeles 2008 Galerie Zink, Munich 2007 Galerie Zink, Berlin 2007 Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga 2007 GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague 2007 Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne 2006 Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki 2006 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2006 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa 2005 graf media gm, Osaka 2005 Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York 2004 graf media gm, Osaka 2004 Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich 2004 K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2004 Galerie Zink and Gegner, Munich 2004 Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 2004 Kanaz Forest of Creation, Awara 2004 Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago 2004 Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki 2004 Rodin Gallery, Seoul 2004 Blum & Poe, Los Angeles 2004 Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne 2004 Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna 2003 graf media gm, Osaka 2003 Little More Gallery, Tokyo 2003 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo 2003 Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland 2003 Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 2003 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose 2003 Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis 2003 Contemporary Museum, Honolulu 2003 Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach 2003 Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich 2003 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2002 Space Force, Tokyo 2002 Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York 2002 Centre national de l’estampe et de l’art imprimé, Chatou 2001 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo 2001 Galerie Michael Zink, Munich 2001 Colette, Paris 2001 Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa 2001 Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Ashiya 2001 Hiroshima City Museum of Contempora
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