Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

Donation for the Numberless Sparkling Lives

Fri., Mar. 22 to Sun., May 12, 2024

Yoshimura Yoshio: Beyond Hyper-realism

This major retrospective looks back at the work of Yoshimura Yoshio (1950–2013), a contemporary art master known for his amazing pencil drawings and unsurpassed analogue art. Consisting of approximately 500 astonishing and moving works, the exhibition provides a complete overview of Yoshimura’s career. Displays include perfect reproductions of newspapers made by copying every single character by hand, a series of self-portraits made every day for a year, and a ten-meter-long depiction of flowers that could easily be mistaken for a photograph.