Disaster, reindeer and Spock ears: the world of Japanese artist Nara

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When the quake-tsunami disaster devastated Japan & #039;s northeast in March 2011, killing thousands and sparking a nuclear crisis that is still wreaking misery today, it also swept away the inspiration of one of Japan & #039;s most famous contemporary artists, Yoshitomo Nara. Arriving in Hong Kong to open the show, Nara talked to AFP about the impact of the disaster on Japan & #039;s art scene, his plans to visit Lapland and a pair of Spock ears given to him by the late Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy.
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