研究NOTE | Nara Yoshitomo 奈良美智： 敏感孤独+自由强大

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奈良美智Yoshitomo Nara

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艺术家 | About the Artist

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奈良美智（Nara Yoshitomo, b.1959, Japan）被认为是这个时代最受喜爱的日本艺术家之一。奈良以经典的叛逆人物肖像闻名，一个个活灵活现的人物反射出他与自己内心最纯粹的对话。奈良喜欢四处旅行，他的经历也为作品创作带来灵感：童年音乐和文学的记忆、在德国学习和生活（1988-2000年）的回忆；同时还追溯了家族来自日本、库页岛以及亚洲其他地域的根源，以及后来受到的欧洲和日本现代艺术的影响。 日本北部山区的弘前市——奈良幼时生活的这座城市以其传统的江户时代建筑和樱花而闻名。平日里父母忙于工作，作为三兄弟中年纪最小的一位，奈良喜欢把大部分空闲时间都花在看日本漫画上。他是个敏感的男孩，需要比常人更努力才能够应对许多困难的情绪。他回忆道：“我很孤独，音乐和动物是一种安慰，比起用语言和人类交流，我反倒可以更好地和动物沟通。” 奈良在其绘画过程中应用「多层颜料的涂刷」来塑造人物和画面背景之间的微妙关系，他笔下的人物似乎不受时间和空间的限制，甚至可以从平面的画板上弹出并漂浮着。他的作品媒介涵盖了绘画、涂鸦、摄影、大型装置以及陶瓷、青铜和纤维塑料雕塑等。受流行音乐、童年记忆和时代背景的影响，奈良通过探索「孤独和叛逆」这类的情感，并与他自身经历相结合，跨越「自传体」和「敏感文化」的局限性，创作出风格极富辨识度的作品。
Abandoned Puppy: Waiting, 1996, gouache on paper, 32x24cm

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奈良美智 | Yoshitomo Nara

Born 1959, Hirosaki, Aomori, JapanLives and works in Tochigi, Japan
Education1987, Graduate School of Aichi Prefectual University of Art, MA1988–1993, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany1993, Completed Meisterschuler from A.R. Penk
Selected Solo Exhibition2020Yoshitomo Nara: After all I'm cosmic dust, Pace Gallery, 68 Park Place, East Hampton, New York, July 3–19, 2020. Traveled to: Pace Gallery, 1st Floor, 540 West 25th Street, New York, September 17–October 24, 2020.Yoshitomo Nara, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2020 (postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic).2019Yoshitomo Nara: Drawings – Last 31 Years, Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France, August 23–November 22, 2019.En/trance: Yoshitomo Nara, Japan Society, New York, February 26, 2019–February 6, 2020.2018Yoshitomo Nara, N’s Yard, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, 2018.Yoshitomo Nara: Puppy Love, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, opened December 4, 2018.Yoshitomo Nara: all things must pass, but nothing is lost/precious days around me, sometimes farther along, sometimes under my feet, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, October 25, 2018–January 12, 2019.Yoshitomo Nara: Drawings 1988–2018, Last 30 Years, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, September 21–October 18, 2018. (Brochure)Yoshitomo Nara: Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone—Take your time, it won’t be long now, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo, July 7–August 10, 2018. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara: Ceramic Works and…, Pace Gallery, 12/F H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, March 27–May 12, 2018. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara: Drawings: 1988–2018, Last 30 Years, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, February 9–March 8, 2018.2017Yoshitomo Nara: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Daikanyama Hillside Plaza, Tokyo, September 29–October 1, 2017. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara: For Better or Worse: Works 1987–2017, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, July 15–September 24, 2017. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara: Thinker, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, March 31–April 29, 2017. (Catalogue)2016Yoshitomo Nara: New Works, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, April 28–June 1, 2016. (Catalogue)2015Yoshitomo Nara: Shallow Puddles, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, October 3–November 14, 2015. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, September 18–October 24, 2015.Yoshitomo Nara: “stars”, Pace Hong Kong, 15C Entertainment Building, 30 Queens Road Central, March 13–April 25, 2015. (Catalogue)Life is Only One: Yoshitomo Nara, Asia Society, Hong Kong, March 6–July 26, 2015.2014Yoshitomo Nara: Greetings from a Place in My Heart, Dairy Art Centre, London, October 3–December 14, 2014.Yoshitomo Nara, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, March 1–April 12, 2014. (Catalogue)2013Yoshitomo Nara, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, May 10–June 29, 2013. (Catalogue)2012Yoshitomo Nara: The Little Little House in The Blue Woods, Towada Art Center, Aomori, September 22, 2012–January 14, 2013.Yoshitomo Nara: a bit like you and me…, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, July 14–September 23, 2012. Traveled to: Aomori Museum of Art, October 6, 2012–January 14, 2013; Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, January 26–April 14, 2013. (Catalogue)2011Print Works, Roppongi Hills Art & Design Store Gallery, Tokyo, February 17–March 21, 2011.2010Yoshitomo Nara: New Editions, Pace Prints, New York, October 27–December 4, 2010.Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool, Asia Society Museum, New York, September 9, 2010–January 2, 2010. (Catalogue)Ceramic Works, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, May 15–June 19, 2010. (Catalogue)2009The Crated Rooms in Iceland: Yoshitomo Nara + YNG, The Reykjavik Art Museum, September 17, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, February 28–March 28, 2009.2008Yoshitomo Nara and Installation by YNG, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, December 20, 2008–February 7, 2009Yoshitomo Nara + graf, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, June 14–October 26, 2008.Yoshitomo Nara, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, April 26–June 26, 2008.Yoshitomo Nara, Galerie Zink Munich, Munich, March 14–May 3, 2008.2007Yoshitomo Nara, Johnen + Schoettle, Cologne, September 29–October 31, 2007.Yoshitomo Nara + graf: Torre de Málaga, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, September 21, 2007–January 6, 2008. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara + graf, GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague, June 2–October 28, 2007.Yoshitomo Nara + graf: Berlin Baracke, Galerie Zink Berlin, February 10–April 21, 2007.2006Yoshitomo Nara: Moon Light Serenade, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, September 20, 2006–March 21, 2007. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara + graf: A to Z, Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki, Aomori, July 29–October 22, 2006. (Catalogue).Yoshitomo Nara + graf, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, February 3–March 11, 2006.2005Home, graf media gm, Osaka, December 18, 2005–February 5, 2006.Yoshitomo Nara, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, September 9–October 8, 2005.2004Shallow Puddles, graf media gm, Osaka, December 24, 2004–January 6, 2005.Yoshitomo Nara: Nowhere Land, Johnen + Schottle, Cologne, October 28–February 5, 2004.Yoshitomo Nara: From the Depth of My Drawer, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, August 11–October 10, 2004. Traveled to: Kanaz Forest of Creation, Fukui, October 19–November 28, 2004; Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori, February 10–March 21, 2005; Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki, Aomori, April 16–May 22, 2005; Rodin Gallery, Seoul, 2005. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, March 30–May 5, 2004.Yoshitomo Nara: New Works 2004, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, January 10–February 7, 2004.2003The Good, the Bad, the Average…and unique, Little More Gallery, Tokyo, 2003. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara, Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich, 2003.S.M.L., graf media gm, Osaka, December 20, 2003–February 1, 2004.Yoshitomo Nara: Your Dog, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, November 8, 2003–June 13, 2004.Yoshitomo Nara: New Drawings, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, November 8–December 6, 2003.Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, September 12, 2003–January 4, 2004. Traveled to: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, January 24–April 4, 2004; San Jose Museum of Art, July 24–October 24, 2004; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri, December 3, 2004–February 26, 2005; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, March 25–May 22, 2005. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, May 2–May 31, 2003.200212 Etchings, Space Force, Tokyo, 2002.Saucer Tales, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, October 19–November 16, 2002.Yoshitomo Nara: Who Snatched the Babies?, Centre national de l’estampe et de l’art imprime, Chatou, France, June–September 2002. (Catalogue)2001Yoshitomo Nara: I Don't Mind, If You Forget Me, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, August 11–October 14, 2001; Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo, January 19–March 31, 2002; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, April 7–June 2, 2002; Asahikawa Museum of Art, Hokkaido, June 14–August 14, 2002; Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki, Aomori. (Catalogue)Clear For Landing, Galerie Michael Zink, Munich, June 9–July 21, 2001.Drawing Days, Colette, Paris, June 4–30, 2001.In the White Room: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, January 11–February 10, 2001.2000Yoshitomo Nara, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, May 26–June 24, 2000.In the Empty Fortress, Galerie Johnen + Schottle, Cologne, March 31–April 4, 2000.Lullaby Supermarket, Santa Monica Museum of Art, March 25-May 27, 2000.Walk On, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, March 18–June 25, 2000.1999Happy Hour, Gallery Hakutosha, Nagoya, Aichi, 1999.Pave Your Dreams, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, 1999.Walking Alone, The Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, 1999. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara: Done; did, Parco Gallery, Nagoya, December 3–30, 1999.Somebody Whispers in Nuremberg, Institut für moderne Kunst in der SchmidtBank-Galerie, Nuremberg, June 11–August 20, 1999. (Brochure)In the Floating World, NADiff, Tokyo, April 2–May 10, 1999.Yoshitomo Nara: An Exhibition of Sculpture in Two Parts (Part II), Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, March 16–April 3, 1999.Yoshitomo Nara: An Exhibition of Sculpture in Two Parts (Part 1), Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, February 16–March 13, 1999.No They Didn't, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, January 16–February 6, 1999.1998Yoshitomo Nara, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, September 11–November 22, 1998. (Brochure)1997Drawing Days, Gallery Hakutosha, Nagoya, Aichi, 1997.Lonesome Puppy, Gallery Hakutosha, Nagoya, Aichi, 1997.Sleepless Night, Galerie Michael Zink, Regensburg, 1997.Yumeooka Art Project, World Is Yours, Wing Kamiooka Center Court, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 1997.Screen Memory, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, December 5–December 27, 1997.Yoshitomo Nara, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, May–June 28, 1997.1996Cup Kids, Gallery Hakutosha, Nagoya, Aichi, 1996.Empty Surprise, Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium, Fukuoka, 1996.Johnen+Schottle, Cologne, 1996.Lonesome Puppy, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo and Gallery Hakutosha, Nagoya, December 24–29, 1996. (Catalogue)Hothouse Fresh, Gallery Hakutosha, Nagoya, Aichi, January 20–February 24, 1996. (Catalogue)1995Cup Kids, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Aichi, 1995. (Catalogue)Nothing Gets Me Down, Galerie Humanité Tokyo, 1995. (Catalogue)Oil on Canvas, Galerie Humanité Nagoya, Aichi, 1995. (Brochure)Pacific Babies, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, July 12–August 19, 1995.In the Deepest Puddle, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, March 10–April 4, 1995. (Catalogue)1994Christmas for Sleeping Children, Itoki Crystal Hall, Osaka, 1994. (Brochure)Hula Hula Garden, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam, September 2–October 2, 1994.Lonesome Babies, Hakutosha, Nagoya, Aichi, April 5–May 14, 1994. (Brochure)1993Gallerie Johnen+Schottle, Cologne, 1993.Yoshitomo Nara: Be Happy, Galerie Humanité Nagoya, October 12–30, 1993. Traveled to: Galerie Humanité Tokyo, November 29–December 18, 1993. (Brochure)1992Loft Gallery, Deventer, The Netherlands, 1992.Drawings, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam, September 1992.1991Cogitationes Cordium, Galerie Humanité Nagoya, Aichi, 1991. (Catalogue)Yoshitomo Nara: Paintings, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam, October 24–November 24, 1991.Harmlos, Galerie im Kinderspielhaus, Düsseldorf, January 25–February 21, 19911990Yoshitomo Nara, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam, May 4–30, 1990.1989Irrlichttheater, Stuttgart, 1989.1988Innocent Being, Galerie Humanité Nagoya, Aichi and Galerie Humanité TokyoGoethe-Institut, Düsseldorf, 1988. (Brochure)1985Recent Works, Space to Space, Nagoya, Aichi, 1985.1984It's a Little Wonderful House, Love Collection Gallery, Nagoya, Aichi, 1984.Wonder Room, Space to Space, Nagoya, Aichi, 1984.

Recent Group Exhibition

2020STARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, July 31, 2020–January 3, 2021.2019Blue is Hot and Red is Cold, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany, October 12–November 11, 2019.Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, June 14–October 13, 2019.ARTZUID 2019, Amsterdam, May 17–September 15, 2019. (Catalogue)The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 5–July 28, 2019. Travels to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 8–December 8, 2019. (Catalogue)The Passion, The Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Holle, Germany, April–October 2019.2018Bubblewrap, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan, December 15, 2018–March 3, 2019.The Incongruous Body, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California, August 11, 2018–January 20, 2019.Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall and Asia Culture Center, Korea, September 7–November 11, 2018.Bangkok Art Biennale, October 19, 2018–February 3, 2019.Humanistic Return, The Spiritual Origin of Ceramic Art, Taiwan Ceramics Bienniale, Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, 3F Gallery, September 7, 2018–March 3, 2019. (Catalogue)Sea of Desire, Fondation Carmignac, Ile de Porquerôles, France, June 2–November 4, 2018.My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, January 6–June 3, 2018.2017Japanorama. A New Vision on Art Since 1970, The Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, October 20, 2017–March 5, 2018.Global New Art, Woodone Museum of Art, Hiroshima, August 25–November 12, 2017.Expected: Cool Japan, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands, April 14–September 17, 2017.Chewing Gum II, Pace Gallery, 15C Entertainment Building, 30 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, February 10–March 11, 2017.2016Modern Landscape: For the Pleasure of People and Scenery. Nara Yoshitomo Curates the MOMAT Collection, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, May 24–November 13, 2016. (Catalogue)Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, May 22–December 31, 2016. (Catalogue)Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk, Queens Museum, New York, April 10–July 31, 2016.2015Summer Group Show, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, July 15–August 21, 2015.Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, June 13–July 31, 2015.Immortal Present: Art and East Asia, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, May 23–September 7, 2015.The Wind Veers to the East - Contemporary Art Exhibition for the Boao Forum for Asia, Boao Forum for Asia, Hainan Province, China, March 20–30, 2015.To the North, From Here: Naoki Ishikawa + Yoshitomo Nara, Watari-um, Tokyo, January 25–May 10, 2015.2014Cinderella, Sky Art Museum, Seoul, December 20, 2014–March 22, 2015.Go-Betweens: the World Seen through Children, Nagoya City Museum, November 8–December 23, 2014. Traveled to: Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Naha, January 16–March 15, 2015; The Museum of Art, Kochi, April 5–June 7, 2015.Everything falls faster than an anvil, Pace London, 6–10 Lexington Street, May 9–June 18, 2014. (Catalogue)Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, May 6–August 29, 2014.Study from the Human Body, Stephan Friedman Gallery, London, March 14–April 26, 2014.Carte Blanche, Pace at Chesa Büsin, Zuoz, Switzerland, February 20–March 30, 2014.2013Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 24, 2013–May 26, 2014. Traveled to: Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam, Luxembourg, July 5–October 12, 2014; Kunsthaus Graz in Austria, November 15, 2014–March 15, 2015. (Catalogue)Aichi Triennale 2013: Awakening, Aichi Arts Center, Japan, August 10–October 27, 2013.Flowers, Towada Art Center, Japan, April 27–September 8, 2013.2012The Magic of Ceramics: Artistic Inspiration, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, 2012. Traveled to Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, May 25–August 25, 2013; Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, September 7–November 24, 2013.New Phases in Contemporary Painting: A Curator’s Message 2012, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, October 27–December 24, 2012. (Catalogue)Masahiko Kuwahara, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Sugito, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Singapore, September 15–October 21, 2012.The Art of Cooking, Royal/T, Los Angeles, April 27–August 1, 2012.San Antonio Collects: Contemporary, San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, March 24–July 1, 2012.Reality/Imaginary: Contemporary Art from Japan, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, March 16–May 6, 2012.Print/Out: Multiplied Art in the Information Era, 1990–2010, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 19–May 14, 2012. (Catalogue)2011New Works in Ceramics, Japan 2011, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, September 17–November 25, 2011.Café in Mito 2011: Relationships in Color, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, July 30–October 16, 2011.The Most Requested Top 30, 10 Years of Takahashi Collection, Part 2, Tabloid Gallery, Tokyo, July 27–August 23, 2011.Taguchi Art Collection: Global New Art, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, July 12–September 31, 2011.Invisibleness is Visibleness, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, July 9–September 4, 2011.Paul Clay, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, June 23–August 12, 2011.Future Pass: From Asia to the World, 54th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Abbazia di San Gregorio, Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana, June 4–November 6, 2011.Zenkyo-an x FOIL, Kenninji Zenkyoan Temple, Kyoto, May 1–8, 2011.The 53 Stations of Tokaido: From Hiroshige to Artists of Our Days, Musée Bernard Buffet, Mishima, Shizuoka, April 24–August 30, 2011.Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hel in contemporary Japanese Art, Japan Society, New York, March 18–June 12, 2011. (Catalogue)The Most Requested Top 30: 10 Years of Takahashi Collection, Tabloid Gallery, Tokyo, February 18–May 14, 2011.Collection, Part 3, Yokohama Museum of Art, January 21–March 20, 2010.Collectors' Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections, Singapore Art Museum, January 14–February 17, 2011. (Catalogue)Collection Exhibition: Floating Boat, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, January 8–April 3, 2011.

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作品 | About Artworks

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“小 狗” 

Doggy 

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请勿打扰 Do Not Disturb, postcard, 1996奈良美智关于儿童和动物的画，看起来既甜美又邪恶，就像在他的明信片作品《请勿打扰》(1996)中看到的一样，这幅画看起来或许有些稚气，因此也有不少观者对奈良产生质疑，不能理解这种艺术创作背后的价值和意义。
面对这些负面的声音，奈良这样回复：“如果我能用语言解释，那么我认为没有必要把它做成一幅画。（If I can explain it in words, then I don’t think there’s any need to make it into a picture.）” 他秉持着自幼对动物的热爱，「小狗」的形象便一直贯穿在他的作品中。












青森犬 Aomori Doggy, site-specific sculpture, 2011, Aomori Museum of Art, Japan

“冬天的青森犬，头部总是被白雪覆盖，就像戴了顶帽子。夏天的时候，户外空间是开放的，大家可以走到雕塑下面，仰望这只青森县闻名的大型犬。”

若有机会来到奈良美智的故乡日本青森县， 或许你对奈良骨子里的天真、倔强，对日本文化的侘寂有更进一步的了解。青森美术馆的馆藏作品《青森犬》是一只巨型白石雕犬，被放大了的小狗此刻更多了一层深沉的寂寥陪伴之感，从天南地北慕名而来的游客也常常在此获得慰藉和愉悦。

Your Dog, 2002, fiberglass

《你的狗》雕塑系列体现了孩童的精神玩伴等需求，同时也会呈现一个“有威胁的、险恶的”动物形象。这个系列中的“大型犬”也时刻提醒着观者从孩子的视角看世界。

Dogs from your childhood, 1990s, sculpture, © Christie's

一只笑着的白色小狗，有着鲜红的鼻子，睡眼惺忪——它也成为奈良最受喜爱的角色之一。2008年，奈良发行了一本儿童书籍《寂寞的小狗》，讲述了这个可爱生物背后的故事。在这个故事中，奈良的小狗长得大到以至于它没有被任何人注意到，直到一个喜欢冒险的女孩决定沿着他的一条腿爬进云层里并和它交朋友。

事实上，奈良的小狗雕塑通常都是巨大的。这样不合逻辑的尺寸正彰显了奈良美智作为一个艺术家突破成人理性思维后，无穷的想象力和大胆的创造力。

寂寞的小狗 The Lonesome Puppy, child's book, 1999

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“小女孩” 

Childlike Figures 

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Hot House Doll, in the White Room III, 1995. Courtesy Phillips.

“我无法再画对自己不重要的东西。”在德期间的奈良美智这样写道，“不再去刻意描绘说明意义的背景，或许是因为从已住习惯的日本离开，那个地方「给自己的束缚被解放开来」的关系。这就是为什么说我的画不是针对他人，反而是面向自己内心所画的画。不是我希望了解自己在他人眼中的形象，而是自己反问自己后所创作的。” 
对于奈良，德国杜塞尔多夫与故乡青森弘前一样，寒冷、黑暗和孤寂；在那里的12年间（1988-2000），与严寒和沉默的环境想反的是奈良愈发丰富和本真的内心世界。他开始与小时候的自己对话，那个反叛不羁的「小女孩」系列就诞生了。
No Nukes,1998奈良绘画中的孩子在可爱的面孔上总表现出蔑视，冷漠和困惑的表情，仿佛看厌了大人世界的纷纷扰扰与真真假假。奈良在创作的时候没有伪装或过分思考，只是单纯的描绘出他脑中所想。1998年创作的《反核行动》（ NO NUKES）中乖张、愤怒和愁颜的红发小女孩就是奈良对福岛核事故最直接的表达。
2011年，日本东部的大地震和海啸极大地影响了奈良美智的世界观，同时也影响了他之后的创作。灾难后创作的第一幅作品《在牛奶湖里/思考者》仍然保持着他一直以来的创作风格，即用简单的加粗线条和饱和的原色在空白背景中进行绘制。但人物背后多了一丝淡淡的悲怆感，似乎反映了当下无常、短暂等相关主题，引人深思。
In the Milky Lake: Thinking One, 2011, paper work, 51.5×36.4 cm
画面中呈现了这个表情严肃、眼睑紧闭的小孩肖像，她/他穿着一件绿色的裙衣，身子的一半都被淹没，消失在混沌的背景中。
这样的描绘不禁让观者联想到艺术家或是自己当下的处境。因为一场完全出乎意料的自然灾难的到来，不少人的生命轨迹都发生了改变。在地震和海啸后的那段日子里，奈良回忆道：“我变得不会画画了...我很沮丧，我觉得我一直在做的事情毫无意义，毫无用处。毕竟，在极端情况下，没有人需要艺术。”这幅作品也是奈良在2011年创作的唯一一件重要画作。画中孩子的神情也成为奈良而后创作肖像惯用的面部刻画，也成为了他的又一经典。
浮世绘海中的奈良娃娃就像《在牛奶湖里》里，很多观者可能会认为奈良的许多人物是女性，但在他自己眼里，他的人物是没有性别的。奈良说：“对我来说，没有明显的性别，因为人长大后会变成男人或女人。孩子比较中性。这就是我对他们的看法。（For me, there is no distinct sex because people becomes men or women when they grow up. Children are more neutral. That is the way I see them.）”

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“音 乐” 

Music 

」1, 2, 3, 4. Change the History, 2007, billboard painting
受流行文化的影响，从朋克音乐、摇滚乐和漫画，到奈良美智幼时流行的美国动画，如迪士尼，他不断探索超消费文化和艺术之间的联系，创作了一系列能够唤起人们共情的作品，其中的情绪包括恐惧、焦虑、快乐、自信、期盼、或者不安全感。
他作品中的人物形象存在于一种梦幻般的状态中，在这种状态下，现实和想象之间的界限被模糊了，「现实」在他的笔下可以变成「想象」的样子。每个人物都极其独立，倔强又反叛。纵观奈良美智的整个实践发展生涯，每一件作品都怀揣着深远的记忆感和年轻的生命力，同时也不断提醒人们成年后不得不面对的各种问题和担忧。奈良的作品体现了一种挑战精神，这种精神伴随着年轻的乐观主义与观众的世界观不断地对话着。
Happy Hour, Shonen Knife

奈良美智喜欢演奏“震耳欲聋”的音乐，因为躁热的音乐散发着一种平等而自由的精神。奈良在倾听音乐的同时，像是可以短暂逃离现实社会一样，得以冷静思考周围发生的一切。奈良是不少反体制乐队和艺术家的忠实粉丝：The Clash, the Ramones, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, 和Bob Dylan，甚至曾在幼时为了寻找唱片，经常逃课。

大学期间，奈良也曾是朋克摇滚乐队的一员，彼时还为Shonen Knife和The Star Club等乐队设计了音乐专辑封面。由于朋克摇滚和民间音乐的影响，不少歌词的片段出现在奈良的许多作品标题中，甚至出现在画面的文本片段里。就像朋克摇滚一样，奈良的艺术风格虽然有时候显得幼稚，甚至过于简单，但他的艺术和他的音乐都发自一个最原始的情感，同时混杂着年轻的挫折和叛逆的心境。

We Are Punks titled 'We Are Punks' (upper half), color pencil on paper



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展览 | Exhibitions Review

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来自我心的问候 

Dairy Art Centre, London, UK 
2014.10.04 - 2014.12.07」

《来自我心的问候》(Greeting from a Place in My Heart) 是奈良美智的大型个展，此次展览是奈良美智在英国的首个美术馆展览，也是他目前为止最大的英国个展。本次展览包括大量奈良的大型绘画，青铜雕塑，以及他的回顾作品展。

Greeting from a Place in My Heart, 2014

绘画作品主要呈现了他最著名的洋娃娃般的肖像，如《等不及夜晚到来》(Can’t Wait till the Night Comes, 2012)，《午夜吸血鬼》(Midnight Vampire, 2014)，《紫红色》(Aubergine, 2013)， 《小布兰克妮》(Blankey Jr, 2013)等等。这些孩子略带恶意的神情下，藏着可爱而顽皮的灵魂。大部分的绘画都由柔和的色调绘制而成，观者在游览过程中可以将眼睛舒坦自然地游离在任何一幅画面上，与此同时，画里人物挑衅的表情和睁大的眼睛又直面给予观者一种视觉冲击，让人感受到一种疏远和焦虑。

同时奈良美智的多件雕塑作品，还以“年谱墙”的形式汇集了其从1984年至2013年的200多幅创作手稿，极富参考价值。

Yoshitomo Nara,"Greetings from a Place in My Heart" installation view at Dairy Art Centre, London (2014) Courtesy of the Dairy Art Centre. Photography by Andy Keate

展览对于奈良多样艺术品类的诠释使得大众能够沉浸在他与流行文化融合的视觉语言中，包括玩具、电视、流行音乐、迪士尼、电脑游戏、漫画和动漫等等。雕塑中的人物依然延续绘画作品中的人物特征，不过艺术家通过凸显脸部表情来弥补不能使用色彩、勾画眼神的缺憾。整个展览唯一的装置《无眠之夜》(Sleepless Night , Sitting / Iceland Version, 2009) 被安放在展览入口处。除此之外，还有一个名为《生命之泉》(Fountain of Life, 2001/2013) 白色塑料材制的小喷水池分外惹眼。

Midnight Vampire, 2014

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奈良美智: 陶瓷作品以及... 」

Pace Gallery, Hong Kong

2018.03.27 - 2019.08.09

Life is Only One: Yoshitomo Nara, Hong Kong Jockey Club, 2015.03.06 - 2015.07.26

2018年，奈良美智在香港的佩斯画廊举办了个人展，展览以他最新创作的陶瓷雕塑、布面绘画及纸本作品进一步丰富艺术家在情绪表现及叙事上的形式及层次。这也是相隔三年后奈良美智再度回到香港举办个展。

Installation view of Yoshitomo Nara: Ceramic Works And... © Yoshitomo Nara, Pace Gallery

在奈良看来陶土比铅笔还要自由。一个蹒跚学步的婴儿在学会握笔和描画之前，首先学会的是怎样抓握、挤压、放松，再次抓握。相比使用铅笔和笔刷一类的工具，用双手直接进行创作是一个更原始的天性。

Installation view of Yoshitomo Nara: Ceramic Works And... © Yoshitomo Nara, Pace Gallery

此次香港展览以12个新的陶土雕塑奠定基调，呈现了奈良美智最新创作，延续这位开创性的当代艺术家在表达与形式上的创新手法。这些作品制作于日本信乐，该地区不仅是日本历史最源远的陶乡之一，也是奈良美智重新开始创作的地方。为了兼顾形式与材质，奈良将对体积的考量与粘土的美学品质相关联，以促成二者之间的对话。他更进一步地从他对自然与人类直率的观察中汲取灵感，并混合二者，以暗示人类心理表达的情绪范围：既有坚定的、沉思的，也有倦怠的、狡黠的，均在这些作品中得以呈现。Installation view of Yoshitomo Nara: Ceramic Works And... © Yoshitomo Nara, Pace Gallery

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频道 | Virtual Channel

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大智若愚 | Nobody's Fool 

Introduction to the Asia Society Museum's exhibition "Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool"

无常人生 | Life Is Only One

 Yoshitomo Nara: "Im still trying to figure out the meaning of life", credit to South China Morning Post

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撰文校对 / Roxy, Shuni, Jessica

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