Thirty years after Yoshitomo Nara rocketed to fame with his Neo-Pop paintings of sinister childlike figures, the artist has deepened his practice. This book presents the full range of Nara's work. Along with his most recognisable pieces, such as his ceramic figurines and ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed children, readers will discover his earliest works-illustrations on paper that reflect Nara's passion for punk and rock music and popular culture, as well as early versions of his figures, roughly painted on surfaces ranging from envelopes to cardboard. His most recent works are represented as well, including his impressive twenty-six-foot-high outdoor sculpture, Miss Forest, plus large-scale bronze and smaller ceramic works. These and other pieces celebrate Nara's Northern Japanese heritage and confront the 2011 earthquake that devastated Japan. Comparing and contrasting these pieces through Nara's distinctive musical lens, viewers will come to recognise an artist who has become more contemplative with age, and who has grown to be more in touch with his ancestry.

奈良美智（Yoshitomo Nara）以他的新波普（Neo-Pop）繪畫描繪的險惡童心人物聲名鵲起，已經三十年瞭，他的創作深化瞭。這本書介紹瞭奈良的全部作品。連同他最知名的作品，例如他的陶瓷小雕像和無處不在的寬眼兒童肖像，讀者將發現他最早的紙上插圖，反映瞭奈良對朋剋，搖滾音樂和流行文化的熱情，以及早期的他的數字大緻繪製在從信封到紙闆的錶麵上。他的最新作品也有展齣，包括他令人印象深刻的26英尺高的戶外雕塑《森林小姐》，以及大型青銅和較小的陶瓷作品。這些和其他作品慶祝瞭奈良的日本北部遺産，並與2011年摧毀日本的地震抗衡。通過奈良獨特的音樂鏡頭將這些作品進行比較和對比，觀眾將認識到這位藝術傢隨著年齡的增長而變得更加沉思，並且與他的祖先之間的聯係越來越緊密。