Fourth Wall Project Opening Reception: "Etudes"

Fourth Wall Project is pleased to announce the first major Boston solo exhibition of artist Kenji Nakayama. Opening Friday, April 18, 2014 with a public reception from 7 to 9pm, “Études” marks a major departure in Nakayama’s oeuvre and debuts new bodies of work that are abstract and entirely focused on line, color, and texture. The exhibition is curated by Kristen Wawruck and will be on view through May 18, 2014.

“Études” centers around forty-nine abstract compositions on paper that showcase the art of pinstriping–a technique of decorative painting that Nakayama has dedicated the last decade to mastering. Learning pinstriping was the impetus for Nakayama’s move to the US from Japan, and while his past pinstriping pieces have adorned text on signs, antique saws, motorcycles, and other practical surfaces, this exhibition strips context and subject away in favor of a formalist exploration.

The exhibition title refers to the classical music composition format that is characteristically brief, albeit technically challenging, and provides a vehicle for virtuosity. This body of work was created over the last seven months, and for each piece, Nakayama worked within rigid parameters: black paper, acrylic line work, and a white enamel finish that serves as a compositional “anchor”–a black and white horizontal compass for line and color to live within.

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