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Lot Essay
"A moment is a thing that continues, I wait for an opening, try to enter a crack between the continuity of moments by scrutinizing or criticizing the appearance of continuity."--Natsuyuki Nakanishi
Nakanishi's White Wedge 87-II (Lot 451) is quintessential of the artist's signature pictorial language. The viewer is propelled into a poetic and soft two-dimensional fleeting vision of nature. We are entering a split-moment in time, where the swirl of the wind is put to a halt, where rays of light revealed by touches of white are suspended, and where purple wings cease to buzz.
Reconnecting with the Japanese tradition of splashed ink, Nakanishi also incorporates elements of calligraphy and design motifs to allow the viewer to enter into his unique contemplative vision of the compression of time and space from the world in motion around him. With numerous exhibitions in museums in Japan and the United States, Nakanishi's unique body of work earned him a place in 20th Century Japanese Art.
Nakanishi's White Wedge 87-II (Lot 451) is quintessential of the artist's signature pictorial language. The viewer is propelled into a poetic and soft two-dimensional fleeting vision of nature. We are entering a split-moment in time, where the swirl of the wind is put to a halt, where rays of light revealed by touches of white are suspended, and where purple wings cease to buzz.
Reconnecting with the Japanese tradition of splashed ink, Nakanishi also incorporates elements of calligraphy and design motifs to allow the viewer to enter into his unique contemplative vision of the compression of time and space from the world in motion around him. With numerous exhibitions in museums in Japan and the United States, Nakanishi's unique body of work earned him a place in 20th Century Japanese Art.