Too Young to Die Ashtray by Yoshitomo Nara
The image of the young girl is from a painting entitled 'Too Young To Die' which was included in an exhibition called 'I Don't Mind, If You Forget Me' at the Yokohama Museum of Art in September 2001. At 10 inches in diameter, this ashtray can double as a dish. 



About the Artist
Yoshitomo Nara was born in Aomori, Japan in 1959. He is a part of a generation of young Japanese artists whose works are informed by Japanese popular culture, primarily manga (comics) and television animation. Recently his work has been included in the following group exhibitions: 'Contemporary Drawings: Eight Propositions,' MoMA QNS, Queens, New York, Superflat at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles,Art/Domestic: Temperature of the Time at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1999,and The Manga Age at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1998. Nara has had one-person exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, The Santa Monica Museum, and the Yokohama Museum of Art.