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Yoshitomo Nara — Remember Your Childhood Days
Yoshitomo Nara

Remember Your Childhood Days

1995

A solitary child with wide, vacant eyes stares out from the canvas with Nara's signature blend of innocence and quiet menace. Rendered in his distinctive flat, graphic style, the figure is painted in soft, muted tones that evoke both nostalgia and unease. The work invites viewers to reflect on the bittersweet complexity of childhood memory, where vulnerability and defiance coexist.

Medium
acrylic on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

November 26, 2017

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Yoshitomo Nara, Remember Your Childhood Days, 1995

A solitary child with wide, vacant eyes stares out from the canvas with Nara's signature blend of innocence and quiet menace. Rendered in his distinctive flat, graphic style, the figure is painted in soft, muted tones that evoke both nostalgia and unease. The work invites viewers to reflect on the bittersweet complexity of childhood memory, where vulnerability and defiance coexist.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Year
1995
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Melancholic Mood, Portrait Format, Figurative Painting, Pop Surrealism, Cult Artist, Acrylic On Canvas, Internationally Acclaimed, Nostalgic Mood, Child Subject, Japanese Artist, Pop Art Influence, Childhood Nostalgia, Pastel Colors, Neo-Pop Art, Figurative Art, Portrait, Muted Pastel Colors, Contemporary Art, Square Format, Whimsical Mood, Neo-Expressionism, Internationally Renowned

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