I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog

Details

Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog
acrylic and lacquer on fiberglass, wood and steel
83 x 53 x 37 in. (210.8 x 134.6 x 94 cm.)
Executed in 2003. This work is the first artist's proof from an edition of six plus two artist's proofs.

来源

Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

N. Miyamura, S. Suzuki, eds., Yoshitomo Nara: the Complete Works, Volume 1: Paintings, Sculptures, Editions, Photographs, San Francisco, 2011, p. 276 and 397, no. S-2003-002 (another example illustrated).

Exhibited

Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art; Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; San Jose Museum of Art and St. Louis, Contemporary Art Museum, Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, September 2003-February 2005, p. 56 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

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“We should rediscover art that exists in what we think of as subculture. It’s strong and real anywhere you bring it because it’s directly born of the everyday folks [minshu] rather than of tradition, and related to their everyday life".
- Yoshitomo Nara

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