Research Catalog

Title

• Once in a life : encounters with Nara = 一期一会 : 奈良, 美智 / edited by Dominique Chan and Fumio Nanjo.
• Once in a life : encounters with Nara = Yi qi yi hui : Nai liang mei zhi / edited by Dominique Chan and Fumio Nanjo.

Publication

Hong Kong : Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chan, Dominique
• Nanjo, Fumio
• 奈良美智, 1959-
• Nara, Yoshitomo, 1959-
• Asia Society. Hong Kong Center, host institution

Description

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 25 cm

Summary

Yoshitomo Nara is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the day. His works are very accessible, so much so that at times we do not look hard enough because we feel we understand them already. But how much do we really know about his angry, yet cute looking little girls? How is it that we all feel we recognize the emotions being portrayed? What makes his art so relevant to such a wide range of viewers? Following from Asia Society Hong Kong Center's preceding exhibition, Life is Only One: Yoshitomo Nara, this publication is not only a compilation of the works in the exhibition, but also an extension with the inclusion of other works and essays that present the artist and his art from his life experiences and memories. Extra thoughts into his inspirations are offered by looking at his childhood, his time in Germany, his love for music, and the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake. Like small pieces of a puzzle, they piece together little-known stories about the artist and above all his thoughts on life.

Uniform Title

• Once in a life.
• Once in a life. Japanese.

Alternative Title

• 一期一会 : 奈良, 美智
• Yi qi yi hui : Nai liang mei zhi

Subjects

• Painting
• Painting > Exhibitions
• Acrylic painting > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Nara, Yoshitomo, 1959- > Exhibitions
• Children in art > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "This publication is inspired by the exhibition Life is Only One: Yoshitomo Nara organized by Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Chantal Miller Gallery, Hong Kong, March 6 - July 26, 2015"--Colophon.
• Non-Latin script record

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Text in English and Japanese.

Contents

Foreword / S. Alice Mong -- Acknowledgements -- Once-in-a-life, an encounter / Dominique Chan and Fumio Nanjo -- Life is only one: Yoshimoto Nara -- The artist behind the camera: Yoshimoto Nara / Yeewan Koon -- Where the wild children are / Mika Kuraya -- Artist's biography.

Call Number

JQE 17-849

ISBN

• 9789881227256
• 9881227259

OCLC

950448912

Title

Once in a life : encounters with Nara = Yi qi yi hui : Nai liang mei zhi / edited by Dominique Chan and Fumio Nanjo.

Alternate Script for Title

Once in a life : encounters with Nara = 一期一会 : 奈良, 美智 / edited by Dominique Chan and Fumio Nanjo.

Publisher

Hong Kong : Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 2016.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Text in English and Japanese.

Added Author

Chan, Dominique, editor.

Nanjo, Fumio, editor.

Nara, Yoshitomo, 1959- Works. Selections.

Alternate Script for Added Author

奈良美智, 1959- Works. Selections.

Added Author

Asia Society. Hong Kong Center, host institution.

Added Title

Once in a life.

Once in a life. Japanese.

Research Call Number

JQE 17-849