Yoshitomo Nara is a pioneering figure in contemporary art whose signature style - which expresses children in a range of emotional complexities from resistance and rebellion to quietude and contemplation - celebrates the introspective freedom of the imagination and the individual.

Nara's work spans painting, drawing, photography, large-scale installations, and sculpture in ceramic, bronze, and fiber-reinforced plastic. Influenced by popular music, memories of childhood, and current events, he filters these references through an exploratory realm of feelings, loneliness and rebelliousness especially, which span autobiographical as well as broader cultural sensibilities.