Yoshitomo Nara - Greetings from a Place in My Heart

Yoshitomo Nara has been one of my favourite artists for a long time. I love his childlike girls and boys looking wistful, smoking cigarettes or just being generally sassy. And lets not forget his dogs with their cheeky expressions. He’s been a huge inspiration for me over the years but I don’t think until this exhibition I’d actually seen any of his work IRL! I was blown away when I got there and saw the vast quantity of work on show! There were over 200 pieces on display.

His paintings which I sort of assumed were small were HUGE with absolutely amazing detail.

All the sculptures on show were giant bronze castings, and were incredibly detailed.

Above: An actual crying teacup sculpture.