Yoshitomo Nara: The Beginning Place

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Publisher: Seigensha
Release date: December 14, 2023
Language: Japanese
Paperback (softcover): 348 pages
ISBN-13: 978-4861529337
Dimensions: 24 x 18.5 x 2.5 cm

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release date 2023年12月12日

Part numberMbk9784861529337

Specification From masterpieces dating back to his student days to more recent works, objects scattered around his studio, his treasured records, and various encounters from his birth in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture in 1959 to the present day. A journey to the "place of beginnings" that shaped Nara Yoshitomo.

Home, layers of time and space, travel, No War, rock cafe "33 1/3" and a small community.
In order to discover the single trunk that leads to the origins of this sensibility, the book includes photographs of the venue, illustrations of the works, a detailed chronology of Nara, and essays by researchers, all organized around five themes.
Contributions: Masato Goda (philosophy researcher), Josh Kun (music critic), Shigemi Takahashi (Aomori Museum of Art)

A catalogue and book for the solo exhibition to be held at the Aomori Museum of Art from October 14, 2023 to February 25, 2024


【table of contents】

Illustration of the work/Installation view

Yoshitomo Nara: A brief chronology

Return to the place where it all began - Yoshitomo Nara after the Great East Japan Earthquake Shigemi Takahashi
Somewhere that can only be found here - Essays on Yoshitomo Nara and his work Masato Goda
Put one foot in the groove and listen to Yoshitomo Nara 2-disc album, 4 sides Josh Kun

List of works

*Japanese and English

【profile】
Yoshitomo Nara
Born in Aomori Prefecture in 1959. Completed his master's course at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 1987. Moved to Germany in 1988 and enrolled in the National Academy of Art Düsseldorf. After graduating, he lived in Cologne before returning to Japan in 2000. Since the late 1990s, he has been exhibiting in various locations in Europe, America, Japan, and Asia.

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