The beguiling bookworm in Yoshitomo Nara’s “Do Not Disturb!” is drawn with childlike innocence but, unlike Nara’s other characters who are seething with underlying aggression, this dog does not bite. Expressing both the alienation and fierce independence inherent in many children, Nara’s characters developed from the American cartoons and Japanese comic books that combined in the imagination of a latchkey kid. One of Japan’s most influential Pop artists, Nara rose to cult-like prominence in the 1990s painting cartoon-ish children who now adorn a myriad of objects including T-shirts, CD cases, ashtrays, and clocks.

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