Line of Sight
MIYAKO YOSHINAGA, 03/06/2014 - 04/12/2014
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Line of Sight consists of seventeen recent oil paintings by Nagare, in which the artist applies translucent brushstrokes of both opulent and sober colors that flow organically across her pictorial surface. Blue, purple, magenta, yellow, and – occasionally - green, red and white, are delicately layered, bleeding, and morphing into dynamic abstract forms.
For many years, observing strangers around her has been an impetus for Nagare’s art. She fixes her eyes on both the visible and invisible, the shapely and shapeless characteristics of a person, filtered through her imagination. By tracing these remnants in her studio, Nagare confronts the stranger’s reciprocated gaze. This distant and delayed exchange with strangers allows Nagare to create psychologically unsettling and ambiguous abstract portraits.
These works, produced between 2013 and 2014 and featured in Line of Sight, adopt the same attitude towards the landscapes – particularly of Tohoku, a northeastern region of Japan – as her new interest. The omnipresent beauty and strength in natural environments such as mountain ridges, clouds, rocks, or waterfalls are clearly the artist’s inspiration for the last three years. At the same time, the works communicate Nagare’s internal state of being as an intent witness of a potentially fearful sublime force. The artist keeps her eye trained on the lines of nature, allowing for the formation of her personal lines within the paintings. Such lines eventually meet with the eye of others—viewers or strangers. This open-ended “line of sight” concept is the key to appreciating the depth of Nagare’s mesmerizing work.
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Line of Sight consists of seventeen recent oil paintings by Nagare, in which the artist applies translucent brushstrokes of both opulent and sober colors that flow organically across her pictorial surface. Blue, purple, magenta, yellow, and – occasionally - green, red and white, are delicately layered, bleeding, and morphing into dynamic abstract forms.
For many years, observing strangers around her has been an impetus for Nagare’s art. She fixes her eyes on both the visible and invisible, the shapely and shapeless characteristics of a person, filtered through her imagination. By tracing these remnants in her studio, Nagare confronts the stranger’s reciprocated gaze. This distant and delayed exchange with strangers allows Nagare to create psychologically unsettling and ambiguous abstract portraits.
These works, produced between 2013 and 2014 and featured in Line of Sight, adopt the same attitude towards the landscapes – particularly of Tohoku, a northeastern region of Japan – as her new interest. The omnipresent beauty and strength in natural environments such as mountain ridges, clouds, rocks, or waterfalls are clearly the artist’s inspiration for the last three years. At the same time, the works communicate Nagare’s internal state of being as an intent witness of a potentially fearful sublime force. The artist keeps her eye trained on the lines of nature, allowing for the formation of her personal lines within the paintings. Such lines eventually meet with the eye of others—viewers or strangers. This open-ended “line of sight” concept is the key to appreciating the depth of Nagare’s mesmerizing work.
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