Yoshitomo Nara
I stumbled upon this artist while in japantown this weekend. I did some research and this is what I found... Apparently Nara is one of the most famous japanese artists today. He, along with Takashi Murakami, are at the fore-front of an influential Japanese pop art movement.
"Using a style combining the effect of Japanese prints and Pop Art cartoons, he paints solitary, doll-like children to comment upon the decline of society, East and West. To Nara, children symbolize a world marked by confusion and anxiety about an unknown future. " -- AskArt.com
I dunno about all that commenting on the decline of society stuff... but damn his stuff looks hott.
Read more here:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/archive/2004/07/30/nara.DTL&type=entertainment
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/itoi/itoi10-22-01.asp
Oh yeah there's a free exhibit currently running at the san jose musuem of art (til end of oct)
http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/
"Using a style combining the effect of Japanese prints and Pop Art cartoons, he paints solitary, doll-like children to comment upon the decline of society, East and West. To Nara, children symbolize a world marked by confusion and anxiety about an unknown future. " -- AskArt.com
I dunno about all that commenting on the decline of society stuff... but damn his stuff looks hott.
Read more here:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/archive/2004/07/30/nara.DTL&type=entertainment
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/itoi/itoi10-22-01.asp
Oh yeah there's a free exhibit currently running at the san jose musuem of art (til end of oct)
http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/
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