日本の現代アーティスト・トップ 11 (2021年) Contemporary artists from Japan, Top 11 (2021)
奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo "Miss Moonlight" 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 245 x 222 cm, detail. Collection 森美術館 Mori Art Museum
Contemporary art is constantly in fluxus. 現代アートはいつもイン・モーション（流動）である。 グローバル・アートの文脈(＝国際活動）を巡って、2021年度のリストを同封させて頂きます。
In the context of the global art scene, here is my list for 2021:
日本の現代アーティスト・トップ 11
Contemporary artists from Japan, Top 11
Mario A 亜 真里男 「国民の声＃2」 “People’s Voice #2” from “People’s Voice 3/11 ～” (2017) 奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Romantic Catastrophe” 1988. Acrylic and coloured pencil on canvas, 116.7 x 90.9 cm. Private collection (entrusted to Toyota Municipal Museum of Art) 奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「花をあげよう」”Give You the Flower” 1990. Acrylic on canvas, 111 x 92 cm. Private Collection (entrusted to Toyota Municipal Museum of Art) 奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「続いてゆく道に」”Make the Road, Follow the Road” 1990. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Aomori Museum of Art奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「パンドラの箱」”Pandora’s Box” 1990. Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90 cm. Private collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “The Girl with the Knife in Her Hand” 1991. Acrylic on canvas, 150.5 x 140.0 cm. Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, fractional and promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtFrom the catalogue of “NICAF Yokohama 1995” (Asia’s largest contemporary art festival), page 104. Gallery “Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc.” 白石コンテンポラリーアート exhibited for the first time a work by NARA at an art fair. In 2013 this painting had been purchased by “The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo” 東京国立近代美術館. Yoshitomo Nara/Harmless Kitty: 1994/150x140cm/acrylic on cotton 奈良美智/Harmless Kitty: 1994/150×140 cm/綿布にアクリル
奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Harmless Kitty” 1994. 東京国立近代美術館 / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Photo taken April 2014 in The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Harmless Kitty” 1994. Acrylic on cotton, 150 x 140 cm. 東京国立近代美術館 / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Photo taken April 2014 in The National Museum of Modern Art, TokyoPhoto taken April 2014 in The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo奈良美智 NARA “Harmless Kitty” 1994. Acrylic on cotton, 150 x 140 cm, detail奈良美智 NARA “Harmless Kitty” 1994. Acrylic on cotton, 150 x 140 cm, detail奈良美智 NARA “Harmless Kitty” 1994. Acrylic on cotton, 150 x 140 cm, detail奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Harmless Kitty” 1994. Acrylic on cotton, 150 x 140 cm. 東京国立近代美術館 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Photo taken 2017 @ 奈良美智 “for better or worse” 個展 solo show 2017, 豊田市美術館 Toyota Municipal Museum of Artステラ・マッカートニーと奈良美智のコラボ, screenshot from Unisex’s Unisex website
奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Dead Flower” 1994. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Private Collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「長い長い長い夜」 (The Longest Night) 1995. Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 110 cm. The National Museum of Art, Osaka奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “In the Deepest Puddle II” 「深い深い水たまり II」1995. Acrylic on cotton mounted on canvas, 120 x 110 cm. Takahashi Collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Sleepless Night (Sitting)” 1997. Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 110 cm. Rubell Family Collection, Miami奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Sleepless Night (Standing)”「眠れない夜（立像）」1997. Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 110 cm. Until 2013 KUROKOCHI Shun 黒河内 俊 collection. Sold 2013 @ Sotheby’s. Photo taken in the Yokohama Museum of Art 2012奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Pup King” 2000, Acrylic on canvas, 124.5 x 149.9 cm @ BLUM & POE, Art Basel 2019奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「回天」”Kaiten” 2001. Acrylic on cotton mounted on FRP, Diam. 55 x 9.5 cm. Until 2013 KUROKOCHI Shun 黒河内 俊 collection. Sold 2013 @ Sotheby’s. Photo taken in Yokohama Museum of Art 2012.NARA Yoshitomo 奈良美智 “Fountain of Life” 2001/04. Collection of Petch Osathanugrah @ 奈良美智 for better or worse 個展 solo show 2017, 豊田市美術館 Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, courtesy creative common sense
This work exists in slightly alternated editions.
Title: “Fountain of Life”「生命之泉 (簡体)」, 2001/2014/2022. Lacquer and urethane on FRP, motor and water, Diam. 180 x 175 cm
奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Light My Fire”「ハートに火をつけて」2001. Acrylic and cotton on wood, 188 x 173 x 110 cm. Exhibited in “Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection: From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer” 2016 @ Yokohama Museum of Art奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「『アルゼンチンババア』のためのドローイング」Drawing for “Argentine Hag” 2002. Acrylic, colored pencil, pen, and fabric on canvas board, etc. (15 pieces) 奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Missing in Action—Girl Meets Boy—” 2005. Acrylic, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper, 150 x 137; frame: 150 x 137 cm. 広島市現代美術館 / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo + graf “Voyage of the Moon (Resting Moon) / Voyage of the Moon” 2006. Installation (mixed media), 476 x 354 x 495 cm. 金沢21世紀美術館 / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, installed at the Mori Art Museum 2020NOW I’M SHITTY OLD MAN! SO FUCK YOU!Fuckin’ Town奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “After the Acid Rain” 2006, detail. Acrylic on canvas, 227 x 182 cm. Private collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “After the Acid Rain” 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 227 x 182 cm. Private collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “White Night” 2006 Acrylic on canvas, 162.5 x 130 cm. Collection of Leo Shih奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Cloudy” 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cm @ Blum & Poe, Art Basel 2013, sold for 250.000 US$.奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Sprout the Ambassador” 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 117 x 91 cm. Private collection, owned by Damgaard Company A/S奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “California Orange Covered Wagon” 2008. Installation (acrylic on wood, recovered windows and table, metal) , 243.8 x 315.0 x 464.8 cm. MURAKAMI Takashi 村上隆 Collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!” 2011. Acrylic on found signboard (diptych). Left 159.4 x 87.6 x 5.1 cm, right 161.3 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm @ Edward Tyler Nahem, Art Basel 2022奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「夜まで待てない」(“Can’t Wait ’til the Night Comes” 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 197 x 182.5 cm. Private collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “for better or worse”個展 solo show 2017 @ 豊田市美術館 Toyota Municipal Museum of Art奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “for better or worse” 個展 solo show 2017 @ 豊田市美術館 Toyota Municipal Museum of Art奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「ブランキー」”Blankey” 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 194.8 x 162 cm. Private collectionNARA Yoshitomo: a bit like you and me… 奈良美智：君や僕にちょっと似ている @ Solo show Yokohama Museum of Art 横浜美術館の個展 2012奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “White Ghost” 2010. Urethane on FRP, 265 x 259.1 x 243.8 cm, Ed. 2, A.P. 1. Collection Des Moines Art Center (Ed. 2/2) ; The Gateway Foundation (A.P. 1) 奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo 「ジュリアン」”Julien” 2012. Acrylic on jute mounted on wood, 180.5 x 160.5 x 4.8 cm. Private collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo「春少女」”Miss Spring” 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 227 x 182 cm. 横浜美術館 / The Yokohama Museum of Art, photo taken in 2015奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo「春少女」”Miss Spring” 2012, detail奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo「春少女」”Miss Spring” 2012, detail奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Miss Margaret” 2016. Acrylic on canvas, 194 x 162 cm. The Rachofsky Collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Dead of Night” 2016. Acrylic on canvas, 100.5 x 91 cm. Private collection奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Midnight Surprise” 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 130 x 116.5 cm. Collection of Lisa and Steven Tananbaum奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Midnight Surprise” 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 130 x 116.5 cm, detail. Collection of Lisa and Steven Tananbaum奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Midnight Truth” 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 227.3 x 181.8 cm. The National Gallery of Art奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Not Yet Titled” 2019. Acrylic on canvas, 220 x 195 cm, sold for US$ 2 million （2019年 = 約2億1千700万円）@ BLUM & POE, Art Basel 2019奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Miss Moonlight” 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 245 x 222 cm. Collection 森美術館 Mori Art Museum
