Yoshitomo Nara: Dogs From Your Childhood

It sounds like there are more girls than dogs in Yoshitomo Nara's "Nobody's Fool" show at Asia Society in New York City.  But Roberta Smith of The New York Times calls the exhibition a "game changer" and entitles her review of it: "Cuddling with Little Girls, Dogs and Music."  Her description alone of Dogs From Your Childhood makes me want to see it:

The dog sculptures low-ball the flawless artifice of both American Minimalist sculpture and Edo lacquer boxes while preserving a loopy elegance leavened with tender touches of reality: note the green canvas collars worn by the three large, friendly white animals converging in the sculpture Dogs From Your Childhood.

Read Roberta Smith's evocative review here.  Visit Asia Socity's website for more about the artist, the installations, and Twittering with Nara.

Related links:

Yoshitomo Nara Limited Edition Pup King at Baltic

More Yoshitomo Nara Pup King art, t-shirts, posters and toys  are here.
Order Nara's Children's book The Lonesome Puppy here.
Read Matthew Rose's excellent analysis of Japanese pop art and Nara here.
Great flickr set of Nara's work from Tigerlily here.