Yoshitomo Nara: Moonlight Serenade
Yoshitomo Nara: Moonlight Serenade overviews the whole process of Nara's creativity and perception of the world. It introduces the new projects such as; the new installation Voyage of the Moon in close collaboration with a creative unit graf; the extra large staffed animal production project gPup Up the Dogh; and gPup Patrolh that schoolchildren in dog costumes designed by Nara make explorations of the museum. Furthermore, in gStudio Cafe yngm:kh, graf creates ghuth-like wooden space, where they run a cafe. The next to the cafe becomes the studio for Nara's residency-production. Through theses devices as platforms, this exhibition creates the poetic space-time, bringing variety of artistic activities such as music and performances along with exhibiting new sculpture and paintings.

For viewing the press release, click here.
http://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/12press/index.html

Admission: Free
note: to see gVoyage of the Moon (at Gallery 13)h, the admission ticket sold on the day for the special exhibition or the collection exhibition is required.


Voyage of the Moon [at Gallery 13]
New installation including the collaboration of Yoshitomo Nara + graf is a fusion of sculpture and the house-like structure, which creates the atmosphere of a fairy tale as if the moon is resting for a while quietly on the roof of a deformed house.

Dog-o-rama [at Long-Term Project]
- Pup Up the Dog
This is on-going project of making the 7-meter huge stuffed dog,
gPup Kingh that has often appeared in Nara's works.

for further information, click here:
http://www.kanazawa21.jp/nara/pup_up_the_dog.html

- Pup Patrol:
Dog-costume project in which Nara's world and the museum space are harmonized. Children visitors wear the stuffed animal suits of dog designed by Nara, and explore inside the museum.

Studio Cafe yngm:k [at Project Room]
Yoshitomo Nara's studio & cafe by Yoshitomo Nara + graf

”yngm:k Yoshitomo Nara's Open Studio
Every first and third weekend (Saturday and Sunday) from January 2007(On other days, visitors can observe the inside of the studio from the outside in the project room)

January:  Sat 6, Sun, 7, Sat 20, and Sun 21
February:  Sat 3, Sun 4, Sat 17, and Sun 18
March:  Sat 3, Sun 4, Sat 17, and Sun 18