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Yoshitomo Nara Prints
Nara has gained a reputation for capturing a range of emotional states in his photographs of children, which span resistance as well as rebellion, and finally peace and contemplation. His distinctive style is one that celebrates the inner creative and imaginative nature of the imagination, has seen him exhibit all over the globe.


Yoshitomo Nara has earned a popularity and is considered one of the most influential artists emerging from Japan's contemporary art scene during the 1990s. His work has been featured in galleries and museums across Japan and in the West.


Nara's drawings on paper and canvas are breathtaking because they depict both innocent innocence as well as frightening devilishness through the portrayal of animals and people. While he's been compared to Keith Haring often, his style is much more archetypal that Haring's style. American artist.


His work is influenced largely by pop music, childhood memories, as well as current events. His work filters his emotions through a exploratory realm which encompasses both autobiographical and broad cultural sensibilities.


His work has been included in numerous museum collections and he has held more than 40 solo shows.


Although he's worked in various mediums, his paintings have been his longest-lasting creative contributions. These paintings create an illusion of a fleeting relationship between the figure and the ground by layering of colors, the erasure of color and other methods that appear as though they are floating in a space which appears to be in the midst of time.


Throughout his professional career, Nara has drawn inspiration from many sources including picture books, fairy tales, American comic books, Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons as well as rock and punk music. These sources are evident in the way Nara presents his work.


His artwork can be seen on everything from T-shirts and filled toys to ashtrays as well as CD jackets. His work has become an international phenomenon and his mysterious figures are sought-after by professional collectors and critics alike.


Nara explores many other expressions like photography and installations. Although Yoshitomonara are mostly abstract, they often include elements from his more traditional works of figurative art.


The fusion of these two styles is an remarkable and unique one that has helped Nara to establish himself as a modern artist. His work has been featured in numerous museums, and it is currently featured by the Dallas Museum of Art as part of their permanent collection.


He is also strongly linked to music, and was heavily inspired by the anti-establishment sentiments that characterize Western rock. He started listening to music when he was a young age and it was through this that found his love for the arts.


He graduated from the Aichi University of the Arts in 1988. Then he went to the most prestigious Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany. He was mentored there by A.R., a German artist. Penck was a mentor who assisted Nara create her unique aesthetic.


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