Yoshitomo Nara No Fun Xerox Print 1999 Floating World Series Signed Murakami

  

(from'In the Floating World' series). 16.5 x 11.5 inches.

Featured in Naras book "Ukiyo". First came to the fore of the art world during Japans. The subject matter of his sculptures and paintings is deceptively simple: most works depict one seemingly innocuous subject often. Hued children and animals drawn with confident.

Lines with little or no background. But these children, who appear at first to be cute and even vulnerable, sometimes brandish. Their wide eyes often hold accusatory looks that could be sleepy-eyed irritation at being awoken from a napor that could be undiluted expressions of hate. Nara, however, does not see his weapon-wielding subjects as aggressors. Look at them, they [the weapons] are so small, like toys.

Do you think they could fight with those? Rather, I kind of see the children among other, bigger, bad people all around them, who are holding bigger knives. Naras bizarrely intriguing works have gained him a. Of his 1960s childhood are both clear influences on Nara's stylized, large-eyed figures.

Nara subverts these typically cute images, however, by infusing his works with horror-like imagery. This juxtaposition of human evil with the innocent child may be a reaction to Japan's rigid social conventions.

Music of Nara's youth has also influenced the artist's work. Recalling a similar if more unsettling image of rebellious, violent youth, Nara's art embraces the punk ethos. That said, Nara has also cited traditions as varied as. But perhaps most significantly, Naras upbringing in post.

Japan profoundly affected his mindset and, subsequently, his artwork as well. He grew up in a time when Japan was experiencing an inundation of Western. Are just a few examples. Additionally, Nara was raised in the isolated countryside as a. Of working-class parents, so he was often left alone with little to do but explore his young imagination. The fiercely independent subjects that populate so much of his artwork may be a reaction to Nara's own largely independent childhood.

The item "Yoshitomo Nara No Fun Xerox Print 1999 Floating World Series Signed Murakami" is in sale since Friday, December 16, 2011. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "lakersla8" and is located in Los Angeles, California.

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1. Original/Reproduction: Original Print
2. Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
3. Signed: Signed
4. Edition Type: Limited Edition
5. Edition Size: 46/50
6. Print Type: Xerox Print
7. Subject: No Fun!
8. Size Type/Largest Dimension: 16.5 x 11.5
9. Date of Creation: 1990-1999