Exhibition
Masumi Nakaoka’s solo exhibition : SCALE PUZZLE
2019. Nov. 7 (Thu) - Dec. 1 (Sun)
Art Front Gallery is pleased to announce Masumi Nakaoka’s solo exhibition.
Date | 2019. Nov. 7 (Thu) - Dec. 1 (Sun) |
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Hours | 11:00 - 19:00 (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays) |
Reception | 2019. Nov. 7 (Thu)18:00-20:00 |
Ten years have passed since the first exhibition of Nakaoka at Art Front, and the artist will take this occasion to exhibit her latest as well as recent works. During past years Nakaoka have depicted uncommon motifs found in the city or in other area where blended up the artificial straight lines and curved lines in the nature, altering the rough objects into a harmony of colors and forms on the elegant picture plane. At the same time, she produced works with original color or texture to be appreciated by the audience who overlap the images of Nakaoka with their images kept in their own memories. Keeping the outline of depicted objects, the medium melts down on the blank space on the canvas while her renowned style is also with the blurred acrylic paints or with the shine of resinous paint.
To break up her career once, she spent a whole year in Thailand to teach art in Chiang Mai University reconsidering her attitude toward creation. Communication with the students of the University explored a new horizon as well as new motifs surrounding her in a different culture. That enabled her, for the first time, to embark for questioning herself how to create identity as an artist to realize and to embody her Japanese identity.
This time at the gallery, she depicts "still life", clay objects she produced by herself and put on her paintings. These depicted objects are freed from three dimensionality and seem to float in the surrounding base. In some cases, however, a shallow depth has been realized through use of thick materials. The emphasis on these interest in depth can also be observed in the drawings which divide the wall into the grid. At the solo exhibition in 2015, she represented an abandoned house in the mountain in 105 drawingsl, inviting the perspective of the viewers. We can expect something new this time to question their perspective with new paintings of her own atelier.
In the other gallery room, she exhibits a series of woods. She once researched the Old Asakura Residence in the south of Hillside Terrace our gallery is located in, where more than six hundreds of trees used to thrive to create almost a forest. Now the garden has been organized and is open to public. Inspired by these deep scenery with woods, she took photos to create paintings of the series of woods. She will juxtapose the woods of Daikanyama together with those of other areas. We hope that you will enjoy the paintings of Nakaoka with various process toward the artworks.
To break up her career once, she spent a whole year in Thailand to teach art in Chiang Mai University reconsidering her attitude toward creation. Communication with the students of the University explored a new horizon as well as new motifs surrounding her in a different culture. That enabled her, for the first time, to embark for questioning herself how to create identity as an artist to realize and to embody her Japanese identity.
This time at the gallery, she depicts "still life", clay objects she produced by herself and put on her paintings. These depicted objects are freed from three dimensionality and seem to float in the surrounding base. In some cases, however, a shallow depth has been realized through use of thick materials. The emphasis on these interest in depth can also be observed in the drawings which divide the wall into the grid. At the solo exhibition in 2015, she represented an abandoned house in the mountain in 105 drawingsl, inviting the perspective of the viewers. We can expect something new this time to question their perspective with new paintings of her own atelier.
In the other gallery room, she exhibits a series of woods. She once researched the Old Asakura Residence in the south of Hillside Terrace our gallery is located in, where more than six hundreds of trees used to thrive to create almost a forest. Now the garden has been organized and is open to public. Inspired by these deep scenery with woods, she took photos to create paintings of the series of woods. She will juxtapose the woods of Daikanyama together with those of other areas. We hope that you will enjoy the paintings of Nakaoka with various process toward the artworks.