Interview With Yoshitomo Nara
By Sophie von Wunster
YOSHITOMO NARA has created 12 new ceramic head sculptures for his latest show at Pace Gallery, H Queens, Hong Kong. All images courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery, New York/London/Beijing/Hong Kong/Palo Alto/Seoul/Geneva.
Yoshitomo Nara was born in Hirosaki, Japan. Over his three-decade long career, Nara has been featured at small, independent art spaces as well as galleries and museums across the globe. His works result from his process of connecting with various materials, and exploring his own state of mind. The artist’s recent show, which inaugurated Pace Gallery’s new space at H Queens, Hong Kong, comprised a display of 12 ceramic works from 2018 depicting Nara’s well-known child faces. Yet, there is something new: Nara, in conversation with ArtAsiaPacific, stated that “their expressions are less angry and more conscious and reflective,” in part due to the inspiration of traditional Japanese Noh masks.
