Made in Asia Catalogue

Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Born in 1959 in Hirosaki, Yoshitomo Nara graduated from the Aichi Prefectural University of
Fine Arts and Music and from the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. Nara’s upbringing in
post-World War II Japan profoundly affected his art. Yoshitomo Nara belongs to the Postmodern
Superflat movement of Japanese art founded by Takashi Murakami. Like Murakami, the artist
uses Japanese manga and cartoons in a way which may remind us of American Pop artists such as
Roy Lichtenstein and his use of comic book drawings and techniques. The superficially childish
preoccupations depicted in Nara’s oeuvre are sometimes interpreted as a fear of adulthood. Since
1984, Nara has participated in nearly 40 solo exhibitions around the world.
Submarines in Girl, 1992
Acrylic on canvas . 39.4 x 59.1 in | 100 x 150 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Literature
Bijutsu Shuppan Sha, Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, Vol. 1: Paintings, Sculptures, Editions,
Photographs 1984-2010, Tokyo, Japan, 2011, ill. p. 82
Certificate
Rabbit Hills Co., Ltd, Nara Yoshimoto Studio, has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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