Manga meets Pop meets Zen in Over the Rainbow, the first combined presentation of Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito--close friends and stars of the Japanese contemporary art scene. Nara, born in 1959, is regarded as one of Japan's foremost contemporary artists, and has attained a cult status in his homeland that is hardly conceivable for European artists to reach. His signature paintings and drawings of children, often sporting grim gazes, that which recall the tradition of popular Japanese mangas, are among the most sought out items on the international art scene. His former student, Sugito, born in 1970, has also enjoyed great popularity in Japan. Sugito's delicate, finely-painted works are more subtle than Nara's and combine influences of Eastern and Western painting. The two artists completed the first of their joint works in 1997, and developed the idea for a joint exhibition and book project, Over the Rainbow, that same year. Eventually, in the summer of 2004, their goal was realized when Nara and Sugito were invited by the Austrian Galerie Belvedere to live and work in Vienna for three months. Over the Rainbow documents their visit: included are images of the artists at work, and the paintings and drawings that resulted from their collaboration.

Yoshitomo Nara & Hiroshi Sugito: Over The Rainbow

Arts & Photography

Yoshitomo Nara

Hiroshi Sugito

Individual Artists

Hatje Cantz Publishers

Yoshitomo Nara. Nobody's Fool

DuMont Buchverlag GmbH

Puddle Flowers (Postcards, 1)

Kadokawa Shoten

Puddle Flowers Postcards 3

History & Criticism

In the Deepest Puddle

NARA 48 GIRLS

Nara yoshitomo noÌ„ uoÌ„

Lonesome Puppy / Tomodachi Ga Hoshikatta Koinu (In Japanese)

magazine house

Published to mark three decades of his artistic activity, this collection contains approximately 100 works selected by Yoshitomo Nara himself, including new drawings. Most of his works depict a single, seemingly innocuous subject, often large-eyed children or stylised animals drawn with confident, cartoonish lines. The looks that characterise many of his child-like subjects are especially peculiar, appearing at once mischievous, irritated, or accusatory. Others simply seem benign, patiently waiting until the observer moves on to the next one. This compilation of works on paper is undoubtedly an essential volume for Naras devout fans, as well as newcomers to his work.

Yoshitomo Nara: Self-Selected Works - Works On Paper (Japanese and English Edition)

Seigensha

Published to mark three decades of his artistic activity, this collection contains approximately 100 works selected by Yoshitomo Nara himself, including new paintings. Most of his works depict a single, seemingly innocuous subject, often pastel-hued, large-eyed children or stylised animals. The looks that characterise many of his child-like subjects are especially peculiar, appearing at once mischievous, irritated, or accusatory. Others simply seem benign, patiently waiting until the observer moves on to the next one. This compilation of paintings is undoubtedly an essential volume for Naras devout fans, as well as newcomers to his work.

Yoshitomo Nara: Self-Selected Works- Paintings (Japanese and English Edition)

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