Book Review: Yoshitomo Nara's LACMA Exhibition Catalogue www.juxtapoz.com

Yoshitomo Nara is underrated.
If you consider that an overstatement for such a successful internationally renowned artist, concede that he had a personal record breaking auction sale in late 2019 and one was scheduled to have a 30 year career retrospective at LACMA as of April 2020.
He is one of the most beloved artists of his generation, both in Japan and across the world.
With text by Mika Yoshitake and LACMA director, Michael Govan, along with Nara’s own liner notes on his personal record collection, published in English for the very first time, this catalog is a must-have for a generation of viewers who have grown up alongside Nara’s budding and delightfully defiant characters.
The catalog (and eventual exhibition) is a reminder that Nara’s work percolates our culture as he continues to pave the way for so many younger artists to play in both studio and commercial art worlds without compromise.