もう限界！うるっせぇ、傲慢、インポ粗チン、口臭く、奈良美智 FUCK YOU! くたばれ！ I've had enough! Shut up, you arrogant, impotent, small-dicked, stinking-breathed—Yoshitomo Nara, FUCK YOU! Drop dead!

La più consistente scoperta che ho fatto pochi giorni dopo aver compiuto 65 anni è che non posso più perdere tempo a fare cose che non mi va di fare.
Quando sono arrivato a Tokio a 26 anni sono precipitato abbastanza presto, quasi senza rendermene conto, in quello che si potrebbe definire il vortice della mondanità. Ma io non volevo essere semplicemente un mondano. Volevo diventare il re dei mondani, e ci sono riuscito.
Io non volevo solo partecipare alle feste, volevo avere il potere di farle fallire.

I have an issue with Nara-kun, the Japanese artist of my generation who is actually considered the Number One Artist.
I have to follow him on X because it’s his only channel of communication.
He doesn’t allow any reactions—meaning comments—on his posts.

That’s the last straw. Somehow, he just doesn’t get that he spouts so much bullshit.

For fuck’s sake, Jeez! Not 5, neither 10… a whole bunch of 30 “Fuck” art pieces had been sold by Nara-kun.
That’s fucking insane! Our extremely busy art worker really LOVES to use the word “fuck ya!” as artistic masturbation practice.

同世代の日本のアーティストの中で、事実上ナンバーワンと目されている奈良くんについて、どうしても我慢ならないことがある。
彼との唯一の連絡手段だからX（旧Twitter）をフォローせざるを得ないんだが、彼は投稿へのリアクション――つまりコメント――を一切受け付けていない。

もう、いい加減にしてくれと言いたい。彼は自分がどれほどデタラメなことを垂れ流しているか、全く分かっていないようだ。

まったく、いい加減にしろよ！ 5つや10つどころじゃない……奈良くんは「Fuck」と描かれた作品を、それこそ山ほど売ってきたんだ。
正気じゃないよ！ 超多忙なはずのこのアート界の働き手が、「Fuck ya!」という言葉を、まるで芸術的なオナニーの道具みたいに使うのが大好きなんだから。

奈良美智作「Fuck You」@ SBI アートオークション・カタログ表紙
NARA Yoshitomo’s work “Fuck You” on the cover of the SBI Art Auction catalogue
https://art-culture.world/art-world/nara-yoshitomo-sbi-auction-fuck-you-work/

In this Nara’s 30 times “Fuck-You!-Context”, today let’s communicate with only 1 “FUCK YOU!”.

奈良のこの30回「クソ食らえ」な文脈の中で、今日はたった一つの「クソ食らえ！」だけでコミュニケーションしてみましょう。

もう限界！うるっせぇ、傲慢、インポ粗チン、口臭く、奈良美智 FUCK YOU! くたばれ！
I’ve had enough! Shut up, you arrogant, impotent, small-dicked, stinking-breathed—Yoshitomo Nara, FUCK YOU! Drop dead!

奈良美智 on X、2026年8月28日：

本多勝一さんのような人はそうだろうな、とは思う。しかし、世に成し遂げたことは視覚化されるので、草間さんと同じようなことをしている自分は、この頭だけが大きいような人の批判は頭にくるが笑い飛ばす。歴史上に草間彌生の作品は残るが、本多勝一の批判は決して残らない。草間彌生の成したことは彼のひとつかそれ以上の次元にある。完璧ではない人間がどれだけのことが出来るかにおいて、これだけのことを成した草間さんに対して、本多さんは少しでもこうべを垂れるべきだと思う。

I suppose that is the sort of person HONDA Katsuichi is. However, as one’s achievements in the world are visible to all, I—who am doing much the same as Ms Kusama—find the criticism from such a person, who seems to have nothing but a big head, gets under my skin, rather infuriating, but I simply laugh it off.
KUSAMA Yayoi’s work will endure in history, whereas HONDA Katsuichi’s criticisms certainly will not. What KUSAMA Yayoi has accomplished exists on a plane far above his own. In terms of how much a human being who isn’t perfect can accomplish, I think Honda should bow his head a little to Kusama for having done all this.

https://x.com/michinara3/status/2093050767569772670

本多勝一がいかに有名で、極めて高く評価されている人物であるか、その一例を挙げましょう。
本多氏は、奈良君や故草間彌生の二人を合わせたよりもはるかに多くのことを、日本とその社会のために成し遂げてきたのです！

Let me give you an example of just how famous and highly acclaimed the journalist and author HONDA Katsuichi is.
Honda has accomplished far more for Japan and its society than Nara-kun and the late KUSAMA Yayoi COMBINED!

本多勝一
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/本多勝一

奈良と草間による、愚かなイラストのような絵画や彫刻 ―― ポットボイラー・クズ、下らない、幼稚で、未熟で、退屈で、馬鹿げている ―― は、人々を愚か者や間抜け、そして単純な人間に変えてしまう。
「I DON’T MIND, IF YOU FORGET ME 俺の事を忘れてほしい」の超un-cool、嘘つき、奈良くんよ、お前は本多勝一に深々と頭を下げるべきだ！

The stupid illustration-like paintings and sculptures by Nara and Kusama — potboiler crap, mediocre, childish, immature, tedious, and idiotic — turn people into fools, idiots and simpletons.
“I DON’T MIND, IF YOU FORGET ME” – very un-cool, liar Nara-kun, you ought to bow deeply to Honda!

東京、2026年8月28日
亜 真里男 Mario A

“Untitled” by Nara, 2001-2002。43歳の偏執的な奈良美智は、誰かを撃ち殺したい。Paranoid Yoshitomo Nara, 43, wants to shoot someone dead.

1990年、西ドイツに留学中の奈良くん。ドイツ再統一のさなか、西ベルリンと東ベルリンが一つになろうとしていた。「ベルリン――壁のあとで」。社会・文化的に極めて重要なこの時期、デュッセルドルフ芸術アカデミーで奈良くんが描いたのは、子供っぽく、とてつもなくふざけた絵だった。31歳という日本男として！

1990. Nara is studying in West-Germany. German reunification. West Berlin and East Berlin are coming together. “Berlin – After the Wall”. What does Nara paint at the Düsseldorf Art Academy during this significant socio-cultural period? Childish, incredibly silly pictures. As a Japanese man, at the adult age of 31!

Yoshitomo Nara
“Untitled”
1991
Acylic on window glass with wood frame. 107 x 92 x 5 cm. Signed and dated ‘Yoshitomo Nara ’91’. – Traces of studio and minor traces of age.
(Text by Lempertz:)
In 1991, the year in which the work on offer was created, the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara was studying at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf under A.R. Penck. The influence of his teacher can be discerned in this early work which is reminiscent of a child’s drawing due to its highly simplified, sketch-like execution. It thus contrasts with Naras later paintings which are characterised by a smooth, flawless visual vocabulary.
The feeling of isolation that the young artist experienced, living in a foreign country for several years, and his confrontation with the unfamiliar environment are expressed in his art. In a nonverbal manner, he manages to give the viewer an insight into himself through his paintings and drawings, incorporating childhood memories and the visual vocabulary of Japanese children’s books. Even in his early works, he concentrates on isolated child figures who act in a kind of bubble without a defined environment. While these little protagonists are often characterised by emotions such as being lost, grief or anger, the present work conveys a feeling of optimism and insouciance.
Similar to the Manga comics of his Japanese homeland or street art, Nara repeatedly combines painting with elements of text. In this work, a window with a wooden frame that was adapted as an unconventional picture carrier, also evokes the rough character of street art. Nara’s use of text passages usually stem from rock or punk songs which he listens to during the artistic process. This music is a major source of inspiration for him; key issues such as rebellion and nonconformity are repeatedly found in his painting. In this case, however, he emphasises the pleasure of music and a positive basic attitude: ‘But nothing get[s] me down.’
Catalogue Raisonné
Yoshitomo Nara, The complete works, paintings, sculptures, editions, photographs, Vol. 1, San Francisco 2011, cat.rais. no. P-1991-016
Provenance
Directly from the artist; private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate
https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1177-1/57-yoshitomo-nara.html

毎晩、奈良はビールやワインで酔っ払い、大音量のパンク・ミュージックを耳に浴びせながら、油絵が描けない自分に苛立っている。彼は日本のどの新聞も――毎日新聞、東京新聞、朝日新聞、日本経済新聞のいずれも――購読しておらず、ドイツ語の新聞も読めない。また、『芸術新潮』や『BT（美術手帖）』といった日本の美術雑誌も購読しておらず、NHKの歴史ドキュメンタリーを見ることもない。奈良は自国の歴史について無知なバカな日本男でありながら、それにもかかわらず、歴史に名を残す（美術書や学校の教科書に載るような）クールな日本人アーティストであるかのように、傲慢にも自分を演出している。

Every evening, Nara gets drunk on beer and wine, blasts his ears with loud punk music, and feels frustrated that he’s incapable to paint with oil. He does not subscribe to any Japanese daily newspaper—not the *Mainichi Shimbun*, *Tokyo Shimbun*, *Asahi Shimbun*, or *Nikkei*—nor can he read a German daily newspaper. He also does not subscribe to any Japanese art magazines, such as *Geijutsu Shincho* or *BT*, and he does not watch historical documentaries on NHK. Nara is a foolish Japanese man who is ignorant of his own country’s history—yet he arrogantly portrays himself as a cool Japanese artist destined to go down in history (in art books and school textbooks).

一体どれだけの数、何万枚、の、こんな落書きを吐いたんだい？本気で面白いとでも思っているのかい？背景も、奥行きも、人物画も描けない――油彩の傑作と呼べるようなものは何一つとして生み出せていないくせに。この傲慢な愚か者が……ふざけた真似はやめろ！黙れ！

Just how many—tens of thousands, perhaps—of these scribbles did you churn out? Do you actually think they’re that interesting? You can’t even handle backgrounds, depth, human portraits, or anything resembling a masterpiece of oil painting. You arrogant fool—cut the crap! Shut your mouth!

バカ奈良は絶えず「戦争ではなく愛を（Make love, not war）」と叫んでいる。だが、愛ゆえに誰かとセックスしたことなど一度もなく、それゆえ「愛を交わす（making love）」ことの本当の意味も感触も、全く分かっていないのだ。
彼は作品の中で常にナイフを突きつけて人々を威嚇し、ピストル射撃、誰彼構わず中指を立てて見せる。「お前ら全員、くたばれ（FUCK YOU）！」と。これこそが奈良の戦争なのだ。奈良は傲慢なパラノイド偽善者である！

“Untitled” by Nara, 2001-2002。43歳の偏執的な奈良美智は、誰かを撃ち殺したい。Paranoid Yoshitomo Nara, 43, wants to shoot someone dead.

Idiot Nara constantly cries out, “Make love, not war.” Yet, he has never once had sex out of love, and consequently, he has absolutely no understanding of the true meaning or sensation of “making love.”
In his works, he is always threatening people by brandishing a knife, pistol shooting, and flipping the bird at anyone and everyone, shouting, “FUCK YOU!” This is Nara’s war. Nara is an arrogant, paranoid hypocrite!

1959年生まれ、ドイツでの12年間の生活――それにもかかわらず、フェミニズム、ゲイ・カルチャー、緑の党、性的解放……これらはすべて、奈良が自身の作品で取り上げてこなかったテーマである。アクリル絵具で「退屈な落書き」を描くことしかできない、大ばかな日本人男性のうんこジョーク。

Yoshitomo Nara
b. 1959
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!
嘿！ 吼！ 我們走吧！
acrylic on found signboard (diptych)
Executed in 2011.
each: 160 by 85.5 by 4 cm. 63 by 33⅝ by 1⅝ in.
overall: 160 by 171 by 4 cm. 63 by 67⅜ by 1⅝ in.

Provenance
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Florida
Acquired from the above by the present owner

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/modern-and-contemporary-auction/hey-ho-lets-go-hei-hou-wo-men-zou-ba

Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! (Acrylic on Found Signboard Diptych)

• Estimated Value: 15,000,000 – 20,000,000 HKD (approx. $1.9M – $2.5M USD)
• Current Location: Permanently acquired by the Ueshima Museum in Tokyo.
• Details: This diptych features his iconic wide-eyed girl with a raised fist yelling into a microphone across two found signboards. After being showcased by the Edward Tyler Nahem gallery at Art Basel 2022 and later heading to auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in December 2022, the piece was acquired privately from Pace Gallery in 2026 by the Ueshima Museum for an undisclosed sum.

Born in 1959, having lived in Germany for 12 years—yet feminism, gay culture, the Green Party, sexual liberation… these are all themes Nara has not addressed in his work. An idiotic Japanese man, a shit joke, capable only of painting “boring doodles” in acrylic.

お前は2014年に正式に我が国を去った。それ以来、東京を含む日本のアート界の生態系を陰で裏切り、日本のギャラリーを通じて現地のアートシーンに積極的に参加することなど一切していない。我らが「義理人情」の地を蹂躙する者！ここから出て行け、アメリカへ帰れ（「アイ・ラブ・L.A.」）、この非愛国者め、日本のアート界を破壊する奴め！「クール」な日本人アーティストを気取ってる ＝ お前は笑いものだ！お前は超ダサい！🤣
さっさと失せろ！

You officially left Japan in 2014. Since then, you’ve sneakily betrayed the ecosystem of the Japanese art world—including Tokyo—and have NOT actively participated in the local art scene through a Japanese gallery. You who trample upon our land of “duty and compassion”! Get out of here and go to America (“I love L.A.“), you anti-patriot, you destroyer of the Japanese art world!
Acting like a “cool” Japanese artist?! You’re a laughingstock! Way too old-fashioned!🤣
Get the FUCK OFF!

くたばれマイダーリン
​
a flood of circle

あんた本当ダメなダーリン
段ボールで指を切ってる
グアム土産　変なマグネット
いらない物の輝き

あんた本当ダメなダーリン
To Doが山積みなほど
漫画全巻読んじゃう生き方
無価値な人の働き

ねじ込んでた狭い湯船
割れたトイレの上んとこ
きれいにお掃除されて
誰かのもんになるんだね

あんた本当ダメなダーリン
大事なこと　分かってない

くたばれマイダーリン
誓いなんて　言葉だけじゃ信じない
くたばれマイダーリン
愛なんて　エロいだけじゃ感じない
くたばれマイダーリン
くたばれマイダーリン
もう君以外いらない
嘘なら　くたばれ

ずっと思ってたことなの
引越し蕎麦を食べるタイミング
いつなの

あんた本当ダメなダーリン
一段飛ばしでのぼるような話ばっかして
計画を狂わせてく羽ばたき

暮らしはどうせ永遠不安定
男も女もないでしょう
何十億人いるか知ってる
そばにいるのは一人だけ

本音　ガムテで止めたら
二度と開けない気がする

くたばれマイダーリン
強さなんて　男らしさなわけない
くたばれマイダーリン
弱さだって　優しさに変えてゆける
くたばれマイダーリン
くたばれマイダーリン
もう君以外いらない
嘘なら　くたばれ

ずっと思ってることなの
ずっとそばにいてほしい
って言ってほしい
って言えない
別にいい

くたばれマイダーリン

Drop Dead, My Darling

a flood of circle

You’re a truly hopeless darling
Slicing your finger on a cardboard box
A weird magnet—a souvenir from Guam
The gleam of things nobody wants

You’re a truly hopeless darling
The kind of person who reads an entire manga series
Just when your to-do list is piling up
The work of a worthless human

That cramped bathtub I used to squeeze into,
The spot above the cracked toilet—
Now that it’s all been cleaned up,
It’s going to belong to someone else, isn’t it?

You really are a hopeless darling;
You just don’t get what matters.

Drop dead, my darling—
I won’t believe in vows based on words alone.
Drop dead, my darling—
I can’t feel love if it’s just about sex.
Drop dead, my darling,
Drop dead, my darling—
I don’t want anyone but you;
If that’s a lie, then drop dead.

It’s something I’ve been wondering about for ages:
When exactly are we supposed to eat
that “moving-in” soba?

You’re a hopeless darling, really.
You’re always talking about skipping steps to get ahead,
Your restless flailing throwing all our plans off track.
Life is always going to be unstable anyway—
It’s not like there’s a difference between men and women.
Do you know how many billions of people are out there?
Yet you’re the only one by my side.

If I were to seal away my true feelings with duct tape,
I feel like I’d never be able to open them up again.

Drop dead, my darling.
Strength isn’t just about being “manly.”
Drop dead, my darling.
Even weakness can be turned into kindness.
Drop dead, my darling.
Drop dead, my darling.
I don’t want anyone but you.
If that’s a lie—then drop dead.

It’s something I’ve always thought:
I want you to stay by my side forever.
I want you to say it.
But I can’t say it.
Not that it matters.

Drop dead, my darling.