
Early Works
10 works

Tell Me Why, 2015
Yoshitomo Nara's *Tell Me Why* (2015) exemplifies the Japanese artist's singular ability to channel complex emotional states through deceptively simple imagery. The work features Nara's signature wide-eyed child figure, rendered with the artist's characteristic economy of line and soft, muted palette. Yet beneath this apparent innocence lies a palpable tension—the subject's gaze carries both vulnerability and quiet defiance, embodying the psychological duality that has defined Nara's practice for over three decades. Emerging from Japan's Neo-Pop movement alongside Takashi Murakami, Nara developed a visual language deeply informed by punk rock culture, childhood memory, and a sense of alienation that resonates across cultural boundaries. His figures occupy an ambiguous emotional territory, simultaneously evoking nostalgia and unease, solitude and resilience. *Tell Me Why* channels this sensibility with particular clarity, its title suggesting an existential questioning that elevates the work beyond mere portraiture into something more searching and profound. Nara's market presence has strengthened considerably in recent years, with major retrospectives at institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art cementing his position among the most significant contemporary artists working today. His works are held in prestigious collections worldwide and continue to command strong interest at auction and in the secondary market. For acquisition inquiries regarding *Tell Me Why*, please contact Guy Hepner directly.
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Tell Me Why · Yoshitomo Nara · Christie's · 2020-06 · $4,119
Tell me why · Yoshitomo Nara · SBI Art Auction · 2017-07 · $174


Yoshitomo Nara
After The Acid Rain Day
2010

Yoshitomo Nara
After The Acid Rain Night
2010

Yoshitomo Nara
Backwards And Forwards
2012

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Bad Meeting
2002

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Balance Girl
2014

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Banging The Drum
2002

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Beh
2003

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Bow Wow Wow
2015

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Broken Treasures
2012

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Cosmic Girl Eyes Closed
2008

Yoshitomo Nara
Cosmic Girl Eyes Open
2008

Yoshitomo Nara
Cosmic Girl Eyes Open Eyes Shut
2008

Yoshitomo Nara
Country Home
2011

Yoshitomo Nara
Damn It All
2012

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Dizzy On Wheels
2002

Yoshitomo Nara
Don t Cry
2012

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Don t Wanna Cry
2010

Yoshitomo Nara
Dream Time
2013

Yoshitomo Nara
Fight
2015

Yoshitomo Nara
Fuckin Politics
2003

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Fuckin Politics
2006

Yoshitomo Nara
Green Eyes
2002

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Guitar Girl
2003

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Gummi Girl Set Of 5
2006

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Gypsy Song
2010

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Hateful Christmas
2010

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Hope So
2014

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I Am Alone
2003

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I Don t Want To Grow Up
2010

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In The Clouds
2003

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Just A Little Bit
2013

Yoshitomo Nara
Life Is Only One
2010

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Marching On A Butterbur Leaf
2019

Yoshitomo Nara
Mushroom House
2014

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My Little Treasure
2010

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Night Walker
2002

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On The F Word
2002

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Over The Rainbow
2005

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Pain
2002

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Pissed Off
2010

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Poindexter
2010

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Rainy Day
2002

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S.O.S.
2010

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Sleepless Night Sitting
2007

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Spockie
2002

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Sprouts In Hands
2013

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Star Island
2003

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Straight Jacket
2002

Yoshitomo Nara
Tell Me
2014

Yoshitomo Nara
The Real One
2019

Yoshitomo Nara
Time Goes On
2002

Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
2005

Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled Eye Patch
2012

Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled Omaha
2005

Yoshitomo Nara
Walk On
2010

Yoshitomo Nara
Words Mean Nothing At All
2016

Yoshitomo Nara
Y.N. Self Portrait
2002