The Asia Society's Museum in New York City features an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and large-scale installations by the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara. Although the name may not be familiar to some visitors, his style may be, as his work is "readily associated" with Japanese manga comics and animation. The images of children, with their extremely wide set eyes and large heads, and the ever present animals characterize his work. Visitors will find the "Exhibition" is divided into three themes, "Isolation", "Rebellion", and "Music", and in addition to the half dozen or so works featured in each section, several paragraphs are included about his work. The "Isolation" theme highlights the loneliness he felt in childhood and adulthood, which arguably influenced his paintings of children with knives, such as "Make the Road, Follow the Road".
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