In the present work, the combination of Nara’s intricately constructed patchwork of jute and exquisitely applied brushwork typifies the artist’s deceptively simple conceptualization of the sullen young girl as a paradigm for the disaffection of Japanese youth. With a penetrating sideways glare, Nara's quintessential disgruntled petite heroine plots to wreak mischievous havoc in the big bad world, manifesting yet another captivating and timeless vision.
Yoshitomo Nara’s Three Stars from 2014 is one of four works from a special series foregrounding the motif of gold four-point stars and executed on burlap. Nara embraces the whole of the human condition and recognizes that, in fact, evil is an essential part of innocence. Nara captures the tension between the innocence and experience, physical isolation and mental freedom, containment and independence.
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