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Yoshitomo Nara at LACMA, Los Angeles

By Museum Associates / LACMA

Yoshitomo Nara presents the artist's work spanning over 30 years, including never-before-exhibited sketches and Nara's collection of album covers, reflecting the artist's long-term inspiration from music.

Yoshitomo Nara at LACMA, Los Angeles

Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.

Yoshitomo Nara, _Miss Forest (LACMA Version)_, 2020\. Urethane on bronze. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Pace Gallery. _Yoshitomo Nara_, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, _Yoshitomo Nara_, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Yoshitomo Nara
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Yoshitomo Nara, _Miss Forest_ , 2010\. Ceramic decorated with platinum, gold, and silver liquid. Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, in _Yoshitomo Nara_, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Artist Profile Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara is a leading global contemporary artist whose practice first came to the fore in the context of Japan's influential Pop art movement. He is best known for sculptures, drawing, and paintings of cute children and animals that on closer

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Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Yoshitomo Nara Installation Fetches Record $15.5m at Poly Auction in Hong Kong
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Installation photograph, Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020\. Art © Yoshitomo Nara. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.

Selected Artworks by Yoshitomo Nara

Real One by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork print
Yoshitomo NaraReal One, 2020Offset lithograph
63.5 x 73.7 cm Dellasposa Gallery Contact Gallery
Marching on a butterbur leaf by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork print
Yoshitomo NaraMarching on a butterbur leaf, 2019Offset lithograph
61 x 45.7 cm Dellasposa Gallery Contact Gallery
Untitled by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork works on paper, drawing
Yoshitomo NaraUntitled, 2018Charcoal on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 15/16 inches
Sold Blum & Poe
days 2014-2018 by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork installation
Yoshitomo Naradays 2014-2018, 201855 pigment prints, wooden table
180 x 90 x 76.5 cm Taka Ishii Gallery Contact Gallery
SAKHALIN by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork print
Yoshitomo NaraSAKHALIN, 2014Pigment print
 Taka Ishii Gallery Contact Gallery
Otsuka, Tokyo, 2016 by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork photography
Yoshitomo NaraOtsuka, Tokyo, 2016, 2018C-print
16 x 16 cm Taka Ishii Gallery Contact Gallery
Banging the Drum by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork print
Yoshitomo NaraBanging the Drum, 2020Offset lithograph
86.6 x 43.2 cm Dellasposa Gallery Contact Gallery
Mori Girl by Yoshitomo Nara contemporary artwork sculpture
Yoshitomo NaraMori Girl, 2012Mixed media
29 x 19 x 15 cm
Sold Gin Huang Gallery

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