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Yoshitomo Nara — "I work very hard to make sure that my art does not produce a superficial image, that there is much more depth to it." - Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara

"I work very hard to make sure that my art does not produce a superficial image, that there is much more depth to it." - Yoshitomo Nara

A solitary child figure rendered in Nara's signature style stares outward with large, melancholic eyes that carry a quiet defiance beneath their deceptively simple surface. The colored pencil medium lends the work an intimate, hand-drawn tenderness, with soft layered hues revealing subtle emotional complexity upon closer inspection. What appears at first glance to be a childlike innocence gradually unfolds into something far more introspective, embodying Nara's commitment to ensuring his work resonates on a deeply psychological level.

Medium
colored pencil on paper

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Under the Influence

March 7, 2014

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Yoshitomo Nara, "I work very hard to make sure that my art does not produce a superficial image, that there is much more depth to it." - Yoshitomo Nara

A solitary child figure rendered in Nara's signature style stares outward with large, melancholic eyes that carry a quiet defiance beneath their deceptively simple surface. The colored pencil medium lends the work an intimate, hand-drawn tenderness, with soft layered hues revealing subtle emotional complexity upon closer inspection. What appears at first glance to be a childlike innocence gradually unfolds into something far more introspective, embodying Nara's commitment to ensuring his work resonates on a deeply psychological level.

Medium
colored pencil on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Japanese, Expressive, Paper, Colored Pencil, Portrait, Modern, Mixed Emotions, Drawing, Youth, Contemporary

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Collected by

Melissa Avery