INSTITUTIONS & GALLERIES

KEN NAKAHASHI

EXHIBITION

SHINJI IHARA: 1111

SHINJI IHARA, Lay Flowers 22, 2023. © Shinji Ihara, courtesy Ken Nakahashi.

Shinji Ihara’s latest solo exhibition, “1111,” features a series of 22 paintings the artist began making on November 11, 2022—the day his cat, with whom he lived for many years, passed away. Entitled Lay Flowers, the paintings depict flowers and catnip held gently in the artist’s hands. In each work, Ihara renders the scene with precise brush strokes, as if he were placing minute gems one by one on the canvas.

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KEN NAKAHASHI

  • F9
  • Shinjuku

No. 2 Shinjuku Bldg 5F
3-1-32 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku

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Ken Nakahashi was established in 2014 with a commitment to finding new ways of understanding the dynamics between art and humanity. The gallery shows artists who investigate various issues of global society against the backdrop of our ever-expanding collective history. Represented artists include Yuki Harada, Mariko Matsushita, Eiki Mori, Masaharu Sato, and Erik Swars, among others.

“Imi Knoebel and Erik Swars,” installation view, Ken Nakahashi, Tokyo, 2022. Photo by Yuya Saito. © Imi Knoebel, © Erik Swars, courtesy Galerie Jochen Hempel, Ken Nakahashi.