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New work by Yoshitomo Nara will be on display at Blum & Poe in Culver City beginning December 20 and continuing through January 31, with the opening reception scheduled for the evening of December 20. Rumor has it that the opening will be between 6-8 PM, and rumor ALSO has it that Nara himself will be there. So if you're in the LA area, this one's not to be missed.
Nara's work considers both the bravado and the vulnerability of childhood, with images of children often holding weapons and almost always with an angry or distrustful look in their eyes. However, he doesn't intend this to be taken as a real threat. Instead, he states,
"Look at them, they are so small, like toys. Do you think they could fight with those? I don’t think so. Rather, I kind of see the children among other, bigger, bad people all around them, who are holding bigger knives...." (quote from this fantastic review).
There's some pretty incredible preview pics here and not much information at all on the Blum & Poe site. I'm not sure what's up with that, but there you have it.
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