Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara’s first Australian solo exhibition brings together major sculptural works alongside paintings, drawings, ceramics, and photography spanning 2011–2022.
Full of rebellious protest and powerful poise, Nara’s works are inspired by memories of growing up in rural Northern Japan amidst the lingering presence of World War II, 1960s and 1970s political events, the sound and graphics of pop, rock and folk music, literature, art from Japan’s Edo and modern period, as well as the new expressionism he encountered in Germany in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Yoshitomo Nara, Mini drawing, 2016, coloured pencil and ballpoint pen on paper, 11.5 × 9.7cm. On loan from the artist. © YOSHITOMO NARA, 2016. Courtesy the artist, Pace Gallery, New York/Los Angeles/London/Hong Kong/Geneva/Seoul/Palm Beach and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of Western Australia
26 February to 25 June 2023
Perth