Park Avenue Armory Welcomes Yoshitomo Nara + YNG For Open Studio In Advance Of Asia Society Museum Exhibition

August 23, 2010
4:00 pm	to	7:00 pm
August 24, 2010
4:00 pm	to	7:00 pm
August 25, 2010
4:00 pm	to	7:00 pm
August 26, 2010
4:00 pm	to	7:00 pm
August 27, 2010
4:00 pm	to	7:00 pm

PARK AVENUE ARMORY WELCOMES YOSHITOMO NARA + YNG FOR OPEN STUDIO IN ADVANCE OF ASIA SOCIETY MUSEUM EXHIBITION

New York, NY – Park Avenue Armory, in collaboration with Asia Society Museum, will host an open studio with Yoshitomo Nara and his collaborative team, YNG.  In the Armory’s soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Nara and YNG will reconstruct the large-scale installation work Home, which will include a display of Nara’s drawings and other objects. Nara will also establish a temporary studio adjacent to the drill hall, to create new drawings and other works while the team works on the reconstruction.  The Armory will open its doors from 4pm until 7pm on Monday, August 23 through Friday, August 27 so the general public can witness the creative process of the artist and his team.

Once the open studio period has concluded, the reconstructed Home and Nara’s new works will be transported to the Armory’s Upper East Side neighbor, Asia Society Museum.  The pieces will become part of Asia Society Museum’s fall exhibition, Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool, which opens on September 9.

“The Armory is a presentation place that pushes beyond the limitations and structures of traditional museums, and working with an artist such as Yoshitomo Nara is a perfect example of how an artist can use our vast space to create large-scale work,” said Rebecca Robertson, President & Executive Producer of Park Avenue Armory. “We’re thrilled to partner with Asia Society Museum on this project.”