Yoshitomo Nara: My Imperfect Self

Yoshitomo Nara: My Imperfect SelfPublished in conjunction with Yoshitomo Naras 2025 exhibition at BLUM Los Angeles, My Imperfect Self traces the artists turn toward bronze sculpture and the poetic potential of imperfection. Featuring a newly commissioned essay by art historian Yeewan Koon, this richly illustrated catalogue brings together recent works, preparatory drawings, and playful photographs of children, dogs, and eldersfigures that reflect Naras ongoing curiosity about

but also Cuba

The catalogue was published alongside the exhibition held at Blum & Poe

Connecting specific moments from ancient Greek mythology

includes texts by the artist and curator

his work was profoundly influential to the generations of artists that have followed him

that it generates a reflexive demurral: the shock of the weird

This first monograph of the Los Angeles–based artist’s work features over 150 plates

Mark Grotjahn: 50 Kitchens was published alongside the artist’s recent exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

and ancestral memory

the Aomori Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Museum

Her art is informed by a rich tapestry of influences spanning religious art

some even with averted eyes