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Yoshitomo Nara — Guitar Girl
Yoshitomo Nara

Guitar Girl

A solitary girl with Nara's signature oversized head and vacant, melancholic eyes clutches a guitar, rendered in the artist's deceptively simple yet emotionally charged style. The lithograph's soft, layered colors on Japanese paper with chine collé lend a delicate, dreamlike quality to the composition, while the full margins frame the intimate figure with quiet breathing room. The work embodies Nara's exploration of childhood innocence tinged with defiance and longing, a hallmark of his distinctive post-pop aesthetic.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on Japanese paper with chine collé to Arches paper, with full margins.

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Evening & Day Editions

April 23, 2019

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Yoshitomo Nara, Guitar Girl

A solitary girl with Nara's signature oversized head and vacant, melancholic eyes clutches a guitar, rendered in the artist's deceptively simple yet emotionally charged style. The lithograph's soft, layered colors on Japanese paper with chine collé lend a delicate, dreamlike quality to the composition, while the full margins frame the intimate figure with quiet breathing room. The work embodies Nara's exploration of childhood innocence tinged with defiance and longing, a hallmark of his distinctive post-pop aesthetic.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on Japanese paper with chine collé to Arches paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Chine-collé, Naive Style, Japanese Paper, Japanese Artist, Female Figure, Pastel Colors, Pop Art, Figurative Art, Contemporary Art, Lithograph, Childhood Innocence

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Melissa Avery