Shota Nakamura – Small Works 2022–24 industrial design and are published here for

and are published here for the first time

as witty commentaries on contemporary culture

They want to lie flat

Believing in the capacity of art to dynamically narrate points and connections

Shota Nakamura – Small Works 2022–24 industrial design and are published here forThe paintings of Shota Nakamura explore the boundaries between dreamscapes and the natural environment. His figures, often shown sleeping, meditating, or resting, inhabit verdant landscapes that shift between domestic interiors and wild gardens. Rendered with layered washes of oil paint, Nakamuras small scale, intimate scenes recall the style of European modernists such as Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse, and Munch. This publication, accompanying