Yeewan Koon -A never ending story Yoshitomo Nara-

[World Co-publication]
A new point of "Yoshitomo Nara's theory" to experience the "far-reaching world view" and "complexity

This groundbreaking monograph is centered on Yoshitomo Nara's works from his early years to his recent works, and makes full use of a wealth of valuable materials, as well as long-term interviews and testimonies from the people involved. Divided into five chapters, the book begins with Yoshitomo Nara's roots in the Tohoku region of Japan, moves to his childhood when he first encountered music, his time at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, his training in Germany, his struggles in the 2000s when he gained enthusiastic support, his return to the north triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and his thoughts about the future. The result is a close collaboration between Yoshitomo Nara and an art historian who works borderlessly in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

*Includes approximately 400 images, including works, snapshots taken during his travels, and rare documents.

*Special feature of 9 new works as [Japanese] originals.



His art, like the music he deeply loves, is always fresh, needed and fluid in the here and now. Yoshitomo Nara's art is constantly searching for new ways to move forward.

From [Introduction] 

Yoshitomo Nara
Born in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture in 1959. He received his MFA from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 1987, and entered the Art Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1988.

Author: Yeewan Koon
Art historian. Associate Professor of Art Studies, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Fine Arts, The University of Hong Kong. B.A., M.A., University of London. D. from New York University. D. from New York University. Specializing in Chinese and Japanese art and architecture, he is also a critic and curator in the field of contemporary art.

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