photo: NAKAMICHI Atsushi / Nacása & Partners
Voyage of the Moon (Resting Moon) / Voyage of the Moon
| Artist | Yoshitomo Nara + graf |
|---|---|
| Year | 2006 |
| Material/ Technique | mixed media |
| Size/ Duration | H476 × W354 × D495cm |
| Copyright Notice | © Yoshitomo Nara + graf |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2006 |
| Description | Centered on NARA Yoshitomo and TOYOSHIMA Hideki, this unit had a long-running collaborative activities between 2003 and 2010, starting with the “S.M.L.” exhibition at the space operated by the creative unit graf, which focuses on all manner of creation concerning everyday living. The structures they create are generally made using scrap material from the place where the pieces are made or at the exhibition venue, with volunteers sometimes involved in producing their larger scale three-dimensional pieces. The interiors of the ‘huts’ take the form of drawing rooms resembling Nara’s studio, and his works are exhibited alongside objects he has collected. In 2006, the exhibition “Yoshitomo Nara + graf A to Z,” which featured most of the pieces from their previous collaborations together, was held in Nara’s hometown of Hirosaki. As YNG expand their activities throughout Japan and overseas, their huts equipped with drawing rooms are popping up all over the world. Originally created for and unveiled at the “Yoshitomo Nara: Moonlight Serenade” exhibition held at this museum in 2006. Whereas the huts Nara and graf have worked on together since 2003 have a realistic form, "Voyage of the Moon (Resting Moon) / Voyage of the Moon" is a faithful representation of the handdrawn lines in Nara’s sketches, and accordingly has a more fanciful form. Reflecting Nara’s description of it as representing ‘the moon resting on top of the roof of a house’, the work has a strong narrative element. It is a singular work that could be said to represent a turning point in the collaborative activities of Yoshitomo Nara + graf. The interior of the house takes the form of a drawing room, which is ‘the environment where he prefers to show his work’, and is strewn with half-finished drawings, colored pencils and cigarette butts, while the music Nara likes to listen to while working plays in the background. This work, housing Nara’s work space as if watched over by the moon, which has a calm expression on its face, represents collectively Nara’s unique worldview, in which the real world and the fantasy world are merged into one. |
NOTES
This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
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Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
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