Artist: Yoshitomo Nara

TEAR DROPS

Artwork Description

Dimensions: 29.5 x 21 cm. (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in).

Medium: Graphite and coloured pencil on paper.

Creation Date: 2002

LEBEN SCHAUM (LIVE FOAM)

Dimensions: 4 x 8 5/8 in. (10.2 x 21.9 cm).

Medium: Graphite and colored pencil on paper envelope.

Creation Date: 2002

(I) ABANDONED PUPPY

Artwork Description

Dimensions: each: 12½ x 9½in. (32 x 24cm.)

(I) UNTITLED

Artwork Description

Dimensions: each: 28¾ x 20¼in. (73.2 x 51.9cm.)

Artist: Yoshitomo Nara

The Little Star Dweller

White Kitty

Cosmic Girl - Eyes Wide Open & Eyes Closed

Sprout the Ambassador

Nara first came to the fore of the art world during Japan’s Pop artpastel-hued children and animals drawn with confident, cartoonish lines) with little or no background. But these children, who appear at first to be cute and even vulnerable, sometimes brandish weapons like knives and saws. Their wide eyes often hold accusatory looks that could be sleepy-eyed irritation at being awoken from a nap—or that could be undiluted expressions of hate.