Yoshitomo Nara: Slash with a Knife

Yoshitomo Nara: Slash with a KnifeA new edition of the classic book by Yoshitomo Nara first published in 1999, Slash with a Knife has it all: striking paintings that return the viewers gaze, whimsical drawings and doodles, and sculptural works that breathe life into diverse materials and spaces. Naras signature caricatures range from adorable and sweet in appearance to grouchy, chiding, or just plain sinister. Some of them hold knives. Nara first emerged in the art world during Japans

Marie-Amélie Senot (head of the contemporary art collection at the LaM and exhibition curator)

so nearly infantile and at the same time so assured

an exploration of alterity and the role images play in channels of distribution

Adam Silverman creates ambitious ceramic work with site-specific materials that engage their places of origin

focusing in particular on his practice as a painter and his connection with popular music

is vividly captured

and includes an essay by Cathleen Chaffee on performance and the body

home of the famous quilters

plus a new essay by Joan Kee

Yoshitomo Nara is among the most beloved contemporary artists

and traces Suga’s development from the 1960s and ’70s until today

Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition