Cosmic Girl: Eye Open / Eye Closed ( Two Works ) by Yoshitomo Nara Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Offset Lithograph Poster Dimensions: 72 x 52 cm Edition production year: 2008 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?A single change, from open eyes to closed, turns two nearly identical portraits into a compact sequence about looking, withdrawal, and the interval of a blink. The catalogue profile associates Yoshitomo Nara with childlike, large-headed figures. Here, radically reduced features keep the girl readable while withholding a definite mood.In the photograph, matched framing, clothing, hair, and pale backgrounds isolate the altered eyelids. The left panel meets our gaze; the right suspends that exchange without resolving whether the figure rests, refuses, or reflects.The documented offset lithograph poster medium supports a consistent, repeatable image. Pairing two prints makes comparison, rather than painterly variation, the work’s main visual mechanism.Dated 2008 and presented as two works, this pairing is significant for how little it needs to construct time: one facial adjustment converts a static icon into a before-and-after proposition. About the ArtistYoshitomo Nara Yoshitomo Nara is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: Japanese Contemporary artist known for whimsical, childlike figures in his work.
