Yoshitomo Nara
15 May - 19 June 2010
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wolf girl, 2010
ceramic
h.39.0 x w.30.5 x d.21.0cm
photo: KIOKU Keizo |
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YOSHITOMO NARA
Ceramic works
2010. 5. 15th(sat.) - 6. 19th(sat.)
Tomio Koyama Gallery 7th, 6th floor
» Introduction:
When Yoshitomo Nara was studying in Germany, the painter A.R. Penk, who
was his teacher, called Nara's work "angelic". In the portrayal of
children Nara continues to draw we feel, the purity and cruelty due to
innocence. And Nara seems to accept wholeheartedly the mercilessness. It
could be said that the portraits of children, that we couldn't resist
to overlap our childhood, are painted in the tradition of modern
painting. The drawings that Nara jots down as if writing a diary on the
other hand, are more like photographic printing of vivid emotions he
feels in daily life along with phrases from rock music that resembles
his muttering. YNG (short for Yoshitomo Nara and design group graf's
collaborative unit) has been recreating the artist's studio since 2003
in order to share the original warmth of a place where these works are
created.
» Concept:
In this show, ceramic sculptures will be shown mainly. They were created
during Nara's stay with the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in
Shigaraki since last February. This has been a new development by the
artist who worked with wood and FRP in the past. This show will be his
debut using ceramics, after more than a year's training. There will be
large and small sculptural works, in combination with some drawings.
» Artist Biography:
Yoshitomo Nara was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture in 1959. He
gained M.A. from Aichi Pretectural University of Art in 1987. He then
learnt in Germany and graduated from Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in 1993.
He lives in works in Tochigi Prefecture since 2005. This will be his
fifth show with Tomio Koyama Gallery, since "new drawings" exhibition in
2003. His selected solo shows include "I don't mind, if you forget me"
which traveled from Yokohama Museum of Art in 2001 onto various museums
in Japan. "Nothing Ever Happens" traveled from Museum of Contemporary
Art Cleveland, Ohio in 2003 onto various museums in the US. "From the
Depth of My Drawer" traveled from Hara Museum, Tokyo onto various sites
in Japan, then to Seoul Korea. "Yoshitomo Nara+graf A to Z" in Yoshii
Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki in 2006. "Moonlight Serenade" in 21st Century
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. "Yoshitomo
Nara+graf" in BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, New Castle, UK. His
recent participation in group show is "Garden of painting - Japanese Art
of the 00's" the National Museum of Art, Osaka in 2010. And in 2009,
"The 6th Asia Pacific Triennale of Contemporay Art" Queensland Art
Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia.
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