Share this article LACMA Unveils the Largest Retrospective on Yoshitomo Nara to Date A thorough look at one of Japan’s premier contemporary artists.
LACMA is currently viewing the largest retrospective to date on famed Japanese artist, Yoshitomo Nara. For those who only know Nara through his instantly recognizable ‘big-headed girls,’ fail to realize the complexity that lies underneath his paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Born in Hirosaki, a small castle town 400 miles north of Tokyo, Nara always carried a sense of being an outsider. Growing up near a US Air Force base in post-war Japan and the young artist was always acutely aware of his country’s troubled history for battle and nuclear warfare. As his parents would be off for most the day working, Nara felt lonely yet staunchly happy in his independence. Nara would first be introduced to art through his fascination with music. “For Nara, finding a newly released or hard-to-find re
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Published July 23, 2021, 11:55 AM
A special edition for these extraordinary times
Art in the Park Online returns on July 25 to Aug. 1, 2021 for an anniversary special edition. The eight-day online fair will feature over 10,000 artworks from 62 galleries, four special exhibits, and a variety of special online activities.
Art in the Park Special Edition
Ever since 2006, an exponential amount of about P20 million have been raised by the country’s premier affordable art fair. It has been allocated by the Museum Foundation of the Philippines for its projects to expand awareness for the National Museum and its wide network. The funds raised enabled the Museum Foundation of the Philippines Inc. (MFPI) to run a program to provide grants for varied cultural endeavors, including publications support and international benchmarking tours by executives of the National Museum.