Lot 58
41.3 x 28.5 cm ; 55 x 42.5 cm (with frame)
print, editioned (reworked from woodcut)
lower right; "26/50 '99"
Literature: M. Rothenberger (ed.), Yoshitomo Nara, Lullaby Supermarket, Nuremberg: 2022, pp. 66-71.
奈良美智《刀砍（浮世绘系列）》1999年作 印刷品，限量版（由木刻版画改写）
款识：右下
出版：M. Rothenberger（编辑），奈良美智，《摇篮曲超市》，纽伦堡：2022 年，第 66-71 页。
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Notes:
In this powerful work "Slash with a Knife", Yoshitomo Nara uses the visual language of Ukiyo-e to construct the image of a mysterious girl covered with the texture of waves, whose posture and expression combine the dual tension of weakness and anger. The work uses the eye-catching red English handwriting "Slash with a Knife" to strongly collide the image of childishness and violent imagery, creating dramatic emotional tension at the visual and psychological levels. The main girl in the picture seems to have the huge waves of Hokusai Katsushika's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" as the skin texture, and the fury is hidden between the waves. She lowers her eyes, blood drips from the corners of her mouth, and one hand tightly grasps a dagger that flashes with cold light, completing a contemporary Ukiyo-e-style portrait that is both poetic and disturbing. Nara challenges the boundaries between traditional Japanese aesthetics and social order, and also expresses his consistent concern for loneliness, depression and the marginal state of teenagers. This work was originally one of the important works in Yoshitomo Nara's Ukiyo-e rewrite series in 1999. It is a limited edition print based on the original woodcut. It is rarely circulated in the market and is deeply favored by collectors and museums. It is a key representative of his early style of "violent aesthetics".
在这件极具冲击力的《Slash with a Knife》中，奈良美智借助浮世绘的视觉语言，建构出一位布满海浪纹理的神秘女孩形象，其姿态与神情中融汇了柔弱与愤怒的双重张力。
作品通过醒目的红色英文手写体“Slash with a Knife”（持刀砍击），将童趣形象与暴力意象进行强烈对撞，在视觉与心理层面制造出戏剧性的情绪张力。 画面主体女孩仿佛以葛饰北斋《神奈川冲浪里》的巨浪为皮肤纹理，波涛之间暗藏狂怒之势。她低垂目光、嘴角滴血，一手紧握闪烁寒光的匕首，完成了一种既诗意又令人不安的当代浮世绘式画像。奈良借此挑战日本传统美学与社会秩序的边界，亦表达他一贯关注的孤独、压抑与青少年的边缘状态。
此作原为1999年奈良美智浮世绘改写系列的重要作品之一，源自木刻版原作之再制限量版印刷，极少流通于市场，深受藏家与博物馆青睐，为收藏其“暴力美学”早期风格的关键代表。 - Condition: This work overall is in good condition. No sign of restoration and retouching on this work. The work is framed.
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