Natsuyuki Nakanishi Exhibition

Fuji Xerox Art Space

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Natsuyuki Nakanishi

The leading Japanese contemporary artist Natsuyuki Nakanishi studied oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts before embarking on a search for new forms of creative expression. In 1962, he and contemporaries including Jiro Takamatsu and Hiroshi Kawani caught the public eye with a series known as the “Yamanote Line Incidents” involving egg-shaped “Compact Objects” used in performances on the platforms of Tokyo’s Yamanote Line stations. Nakanishi returned to painting in the mid-1960s, and he continues to question the fundamentals of the medium while exploring groundbreaking principles related to it.

Fuji Xerox Art Space presents 19 works from Nakanishi’s print series “Enneagram,” “White Wedges: In the Sunshine,” and “Arc.” “Enneagram” comprises printed drawings of color relationships inspired by Nakanishi’s relationship with the choreographer Akira Kasai. “White Wedges: In the Sunshine” features X-shapes in Nishimura’s original shade of white criss-crossing the page. “Arc” overlaps with the simultaneously created “Tangent Arc” series pushing the limits of line drawing.

Schedule

Sep 12 (Mon) 2016-Nov 25 (Fri) 2016