{"product_id":"81076-yoshitomo-nara","title":"Yoshitomo Nara","description":"The Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959) is one of the most renowned artists of his generation. He achieved international fame with his \"Angry Girls\": his highly stylized depictions of girls, often appearing menacing, defiant, and angry, or melancholic and insecure, with large heads and captivating eyes, have become his trademark – and are now considered icons of contemporary painting. The catalog \"Yoshitomo Nara\" showcases his works from four decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven though Nara's characters evoke the aesthetics of manga, his figures, animals, and mythical creatures are primarily a reflection of himself, through which he expresses his feelings and thoughts. His deeply rooted memories of his childhood, marked by loneliness due to his working parents, his love for music and literature, his knowledge of Japanese and European art history, as well as his encounters with people and other cultures, serve as sources of inspiration for him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoshitomo Nara was born in 1959 in a suburb of Hirosaki in northern Japan. After studying painting at Aichi University of the Arts, he moved to the renowned Art Academy in Düsseldorf during the late 1980s. He stayed in Germany for twelve years, where he further developed his unique visual language. In 2000, Nara returned to Japan, where he still lives and works today.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50034718802184,"sku":"9783775759298","price":44.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775759298.jpg?v=1744289502","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/81076-yoshitomo-nara","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}