Untitled (Schrödinger)

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist best known for his powerful portraits with eyes that appear simultaneously sweet and sinister. This untitled piece, created in 2002, is reminiscent of the Schrödinger’s Box problem, which questions the nature of things unseen. Here one of Nara’s signature subjects appears from a hazy cube, apparently both disgruntled and content.

© Yoshitomo Nara