YOSHITOMO NARA | WOW PROJECT BEACH TOWEL

Art Production Fund, Brooklyn

Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Yoshitomo Nara’s iconic portraits define the essence of childhood and innocence, becoming symbols of Japanese Neo-pop and thereby solidifying the artist as one of the most celebrated contemporary painters of our age. In an immediately recognizable style, Nara creates a dialogue between manga, anime, punk rock, classic children's literature and animation. While these might be obvious references, Nara is also touching – whether in style, subject or motif – upon the history of art in both the East and the West, antiquity and contemporaneity, maturity and naivety. As Nara explained in an interview "They are all self-portraits in a way. But the emotions that I feel can, of course, be universal." (James Lindon, “Artworker of the Week #58 Yoshitomo Nara,” Kultureflash, 2 February 2006, online).