Yoshitomo Nara Sleepless Night-Sitting is a very nice Art Toy from the famous Japanese Artist Yoshitomo Nara. It was runing under a limited edition of 300pcs includet as well a very nice wood chair + wood certificate and as well a Pair of Glove. The Price at the release was around 1000 USD in 2007 after a short time at a Sotherby’s Paris Auction in December 2007 there was an estimated price for one of the figure already at a price of 6000 to 9000 USD and was finaly changing the owner for around 14500 USD. Sometimes you can find some Auctions as well on Ebay there the price is somewhere around 9000 to 10000 USD.

The Artist:

Nara first came to the fore of the art world during Japan’s Pop art movement in the 1990s. The subject matter of his sculptures and paintings is deceptively simple: most works depict one seemingly innocuous subject (often pastel-hued children and animals drawn with confident, cartoonish lines) with little or no background. But these children, who appear at first to be cute and even vulnerable, sometimes brandish weapons like knives and saws. Their wide eyes often hold accusatory looks that could be sleepy-eyed irritation at being awoken from a nap—or that could be undiluted expressions of hate. Nara, however, does not see his weapon-wielding subjects as aggressors. “Look at them, they [the weapons] are so small, like toys. Do you think they could fight with those?” he says. “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…” Lauded by art critics and hipsters alike, Nara’s bizarrely intriguing works have gained him a cult following around the world.

Nara’s artwork was featured in the album titled ‘Suspended Animation’ by experimental band Fantômas (Made up of Mike Patton, Buzz Osbourne, Trevor Dunn and Dave Lombardo) in June, 2005.

The Artwork