Nakai
Katsumi Nakai
N.d. [1972]
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Nakai
Katsumi Nakai
N.d. [1972]
Milan: Edizioni del Naviglio
Unpaginated [sealed magazine cut-outs]
15.2 × 10.5 cm
Edition of 50; signed and numbered 23/50

Hirakata-born visual artist Katsumi Nakai was one of the seven founding members of Tekkeikai, an avant-garde group devoted to abstract and art informel that remained active until the mid-1960s. In 1964, Nakai left Japan for Europe and eventually settled in Milan, where he lived and worked for several decades before returning to Japan in 1996. He was included by the writer and art critic Guido Ballo in the so-called New Milanese School. Influenced by Lucio Fontana’s concept of Spatialism, Nakai explored time and space through formats that transcended the conventional canvas.


 


Conceived in this spirit and in conjunction with his 1972 solo exhibition at Galleria del Naviglio in Milan, this publication translates Nakai’s hybrid installation-paintings, constructed from vividly chromatic wooden boards and hinges, into a portable book-sculpture. Composed of finely assembled cuttings from Japanese press, the volume distills his Milanese artistic practice.

Milan: Edizioni del Naviglio
Unpaginated [sealed magazine cut-outs]
15.2 × 10.5 cm
Edition of 50; signed and numbered 23/50

Hirakata-born visual artist Katsumi Nakai was one of the seven founding members of Tekkeikai, an avant-garde group devoted to abstract and art informel that remained active until the mid-1960s. In 1964, Nakai left Japan for Europe and eventually settled in Milan, where he lived and worked for several decades before returning to Japan in 1996. He was included by the writer and art critic Guido Ballo in the so-called New Milanese School. Influenced by Lucio Fontana’s concept of Spatialism, Nakai explored time and space through formats that transcended the conventional canvas.

 

Conceived in this spirit and in conjunction with his 1972 solo exhibition at Galleria del Naviglio in Milan, this publication translates Nakai’s hybrid installation-paintings, constructed from vividly chromatic wooden boards and hinges, into a portable book-sculpture. Composed of finely assembled cuttings from Japanese press, the volume distills his Milanese artistic practice.

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Hirakata-born visual artist Katsumi Nakai was one of the seven founding members of Tekkeikai, an avant-garde group devoted to abstract and art informel that remained active until the mid-1960s. In 1964, Nakai left Japan for Europe and eventually settled in Milan, where he lived and worked for several decades before returning to Japan in 1996. He was included by the writer and art critic Guido Ballo in the so-called New Milanese School. Influenced by Lucio Fontana’s concept of Spatialism, Nakai explored time and space through formats that transcended the conventional canvas.

 

Conceived in this spirit and in conjunction with his 1972 solo exhibition at Galleria del Naviglio in Milan, this publication translates Nakai’s hybrid installation-paintings, constructed from vividly chromatic wooden boards and hinges, into a portable book-sculpture. Composed of finely assembled cuttings from Japanese press, the volume distills his Milanese artistic practice.

Milan: Edizioni del Naviglio
Unpaginated [sealed magazine cut-outs]
15.2 × 10.5 cm
Edition of 50; signed and numbered 23/50

Hirakata-born visual artist Katsumi Nakai was one of the seven founding members of Tekkeikai, an avant-garde group devoted to abstract and art informel that remained active until the mid-1960s. In 1964, Nakai left Japan for Europe and eventually settled in Milan, where he lived and worked for several decades before returning to Japan in 1996. He was included by the writer and art critic Guido Ballo in the so-called New Milanese School. Influenced by Lucio Fontana’s concept of Spatialism, Nakai explored time and space through formats that transcended the conventional canvas.

 

Conceived in this spirit and in conjunction with his 1972 solo exhibition at Galleria del Naviglio in Milan, this publication translates Nakai’s hybrid installation-paintings, constructed from vividly chromatic wooden boards and hinges, into a portable book-sculpture. Composed of finely assembled cuttings from Japanese press, the volume distills his Milanese artistic practice.

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Hirakata-born visual artist Katsumi Nakai was one of the seven founding members of Tekkeikai, an avant-garde group devoted to abstract and art informel that remained active until the mid-1960s. In 1964, Nakai left Japan for Europe and eventually settled in Milan, where he lived and worked for several decades before returning to Japan in 1996. He was included by the writer and art critic Guido Ballo in the so-called New Milanese School. Influenced by Lucio Fontana’s concept of Spatialism, Nakai explored time and space through formats that transcended the conventional canvas.

 

Conceived in this spirit and in conjunction with his 1972 solo exhibition at Galleria del Naviglio in Milan, this publication translates Nakai’s hybrid installation-paintings, constructed from vividly chromatic wooden boards and hinges, into a portable book-sculpture. Composed of finely assembled cuttings from Japanese press, the volume distills his Milanese artistic practice.

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