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【Yoshitomo Nara】
《奈良美智：Hayward Gallery個展實錄》
@Hayward Gallery原文書
@全彩精裝/256頁/開本23.3 x 30.5 cm
@作者：Yung Ma
本書收錄了日本藝術家奈良美智於Hayward Gallery舉辦的首次個展內容。書中橫跨藝術家四十年的創作生涯，為讀者提供了沉浸於這位國際知名藝術家個人與創意世界的絕佳機會。
奈良美智主要以畫家自居，同時廣涉多種創作媒介，包括素描、拼貼、雕塑、裝置藝術，並運用拾得物、紙箱、木材、石膏、紡織品、陶瓷與玻璃纖維等材料。他以大頭大眼的孩童形象聞名，這些角色以直率的目光與挑釁的姿態挑戰觀者。這些迷人卻又帶著不安感的角色，是奈良美智建立的視覺語言，用以探索並傳達關於家園、孤立、韌性、歸屬感、再生、希望與自由等主題。
本書以主題式編排，全面呈現了奈良美智藝術表現的演變與廣度。內容傳達了奈良美智獨特的審美觀，這源於他在日本的成長經驗與旅德時光，以及他對環境與社會的持續關注——這些關懷深受他家鄉日本東北地區自然環境與社群的影響。「記憶」如同一股持續流動的泉源貫穿其作品，並與他自幼聆聽的流行音樂啟發並行發展，包含帶有反戰訊息的美國民謠、憂鬱的藍調，以及後來的華麗搖滾、龐克與新浪潮音樂。
本次Hayward Gallery的展演是繼畢爾包古根漢美術館與巴登巴登布爾達收藏美術館巡展後的擴充版本，書中並收錄了一系列奈良美智最近的繪畫，包含數件全新作品。
Accompanies the first UK solo exhibition at a public institution by the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara. Spanning four decades of the artist’s work, it offers readers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the personal and creative world of this internationally acclaimed artist.
Yoshitomo Nara primarily identifies as a painter while working across a wide range of mediums, such as drawing, collage, sculpture, installation and materials including found objects, cardboard, wood, plaster, textile, ceramic and fibreglass. He is widely known for his bold images of children with large heads and wide eyes that challenge the viewers with their direct gaze and defiant stance. These captivating yet ominous characters are part of a wider visual vocabulary established by Nara to explore and communicate themes of home, isolation, resilience, belonging, regeneration, hope and freedom.
Organised thematically, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution and breadth of Nara’s artistic expression. It conveys Nara’s singular aesthetic drawn from his formative experiences in Japan and his time in Germany, as well as his ongoing environmental and societal concerns, which are deeply rooted in nature and the communities of Japan’s northern Tohoku region, where he grew up. Memories as a continuous flow runs through Nara’s work. This is in parallel with the inspiration he takes from popular music, which he has been listening to since childhood – folk songs by American singer-songwriters featuring antiwar messages, melancholic blues and, later, glam rock, punk and new wave.
The Hayward Gallery presentation is an expanded version of the touring exhibition from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden. It features a group of Nara’s most recent paintings, including several new works.
