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

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

When the quake-tsunami disaster devastated Japan'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'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'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.