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Yoshitomo Nara — Pissed Off!
Yoshitomo Nara

Pissed Off!

A defiant, wide-eyed child glares outward with a furrowed brow, rendered in Nara's signature style of deceptively simple yet emotionally charged imagery, translated here into the traditional Japanese medium of ukiyo-e woodcut. The bold, flat areas of color and fluid contour lines of the woodblock technique lend the figure a raw, graphic intensity, bridging Nara's contemporary pop sensibility with centuries-old printmaking tradition. Printed on delicate Japan paper with full margins, the work preserves the quiet elegance of the format while channeling an unmistakable mood of childhood rebellion and inner tension.

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodcut in colours, on Japan paper, with full margins,

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Evening & Day Editions

June 9, 2016

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Yoshitomo Nara, Pissed Off!

A defiant, wide-eyed child glares outward with a furrowed brow, rendered in Nara's signature style of deceptively simple yet emotionally charged imagery, translated here into the traditional Japanese medium of ukiyo-e woodcut. The bold, flat areas of color and fluid contour lines of the woodblock technique lend the figure a raw, graphic intensity, bridging Nara's contemporary pop sensibility with centuries-old printmaking tradition. Printed on delicate Japan paper with full margins, the work preserves the quiet elegance of the format while channeling an unmistakable mood of childhood rebellion and inner tension.

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodcut in colours, on Japan paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th-Century Art, Child Portrait, Twentieth Century, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Ukiyo-e, Child Subject, Japanese Artist, Contemporary Artist, Neo-Pop Art, Defiant Mood, Figurative Art, Woodcut Print, Japan Paper, Neo-Expressionism, Ukiyo-e Woodcut

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Melissa Avery