Yoshitomo Nara - Yeewan Koon

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Résumé :
Instantly recognizable and charmingly irreverent, Yoshitomo Nara's work is a powerful manifestation of his rich internal landscape. This book explores Mars's paintings. drawings, sculptures. ceramics. and photographs, charting his creative influences, which range from Japanese modernism to American counterculture interwoven with his own childhood memories. Stunningly illustrated with dozens of works never before published, the book is an unprecedented view into Nara's life and practice. and represents the first truly authoritative monograph on this beloved contemporary artist.

Biographie:
Yeewan Koon is associate professor of fine arts at the University of Hong Kong. In 2018 she was one of the selected curators for the 12th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.

Sommaire:
The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo Nara Yoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop 'Superflat' movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himself, explores more than three decades of his work - and is the first truly authoritative monograph on the artist in more than a decade. Written by art historian Yeewan Koon and featuring texts by Nara himself, it includes his most recent work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics....