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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Sep 30, 2021 | Est-Ouest Auctions | Tokyo | October 1st Contemporary Art | 28 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED |
Works on Paper
44 x 18 x 19 cm (17.32 x 7.09 x 7.48 in)
acrylic and colored pencil on wood
SBI Art Auction, Modern and Contemporary Art, Fabruary 2, 2019 Lot.220
This wood carving work, which seems to have emerged from the world of fairy tales and has a somewhat hollow expression, meaningfully thin open lips and a decorative hat, was produced in 1988 when Nara went to study in Germany, and is rare work. The image of Nara embodies the imagination and feelings of children but the reappearance of this imaginary world was when Nara moved from Aichi to Düsseldorf in 1988. Compared with the previous explanatory concrete expression methods, it consciously discarded it and striving for a completely new "primitive" image to emerge from the depths of the void in his mind. In 1987, when Nara was still living in Aichi, he created a work named “Goku”, put boys and girls in the image of angels and fairy tale protagonists. Since 1988, such images have been abandoned and replaced by completely flat and dehumanized drawings. Therefore, the three-dimensional portrait of this work is a very important transitional period for Nara, and he devoted himself to the creation of precious works. Nara, who taught at an art prep school in Aichi Prefecture, went on a third trip to Europe in 1987, and during the trip, visited a friend who lives in Dusseldorf, Germany, and stayed there for several days. This stay made him to decide to study in Germany. He enrolled in Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1988 the following year. At the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, he studied under A.R.Penck, a representative of German Neo-expressionist art. After graduating from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1993, Nara established a studio in the suburbs of Cologne from 1994 to 2000 and dedicated to creating works. The number of solo exhibitions in Europe and Japan has increased, and Nara's activities have gradually attracted attention. Yoshitomo Nara has been creating works in various media such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and installations since the 1980s. He has been working in Germany until 2000 since he entered Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1988. In 2000, when he returned to Japan, he held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Santa Monica Museum, and in 2001, he held solo exhibitions in five museums in Japan. He is also known for his deep knowledge of music and his love of music, collaboration with various creators, and styles that transcend the genres of pop culture and contemporary art.
