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| Cultural Resources Category | Sculptures |
|---|---|
| Title | Miss Forest / Thinker |
| Location | 28-3 Aoki, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture |
| Cities / Towns | Nasushiobara |
| Owner / Manager | N's YARD |
| Public Information | [公開（有料）] |
| Access | Approx. 6 km from Kuroiso-Itamuro Interchange on Tohoku Expressway (approx. 10 min) Approx. 9.6 km from Nasu Interchange on Tohoku Expressway (approx. 15 min) |
| Description | ・Technique and material: Urethane on bronze ・Size (cm): 500.4 x 139.7 x 158.8 ・Permanent installation in N’s YARD (A.P. 2/2). 【Nara Yoshitomo】 Born 1959 in Aomori prefecture. In 1987, completed master’s degree program at Aichi University of the Arts. Moved to Germany in 1988 and enrolled at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. After residing in Cologne, repatriated to Japan in 2000. Has exhibited in various places in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Asia since the late 1990s. Known for powerful portraits with eyes that gaze back at the viewer; drawing works produced daily; three-dimensional works in wood, FRP, ceramic, and bronze; and installations of little houses. The figures in Nara’s paintings are the result of the artist facing the deepest part of his soul; with color and composition based in painting theory, repeatedly layering and erasing color from the canvas, so that what remains in the end is only the most earnest part that could not be pared away. In contrast, his drawings are distanced from theory. Using materials with which he feels a familiarity, such as torn-off note paper or used envelopes, he bares his emotions and thoughts. In his three-dimensional works, for which he has varied his media over the years, Nara gives familiar items new life through a meditative dialogue with the materials. |
| Copyright | 著作権あり |
| Hyper Link | N's YARD |
