Art Archive
Oil and gilding on byōbu (folding screen). Collection of Bernice Steinbaum. The wooden cores of this byōbu were rescued by Marty Amt from the dumpster behind the Freer Gallery. They were the remains of a folding screen Twelve Months – Children at Play. It is normal that when Asian screens age they are restored and […]
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Oil and gilding on canvas. 96″ x 115″. Collection of the artist. This was my 1st painting using the subject of a cage. I was in a DC junk store and saw a chicken cage. I bought it and it became a standard still life sitting on my studio floor. At some point I took […]
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Oil and mixed media on paper. 30″ x 30″.
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Acrylic on canvas. 8′ x 18′. Collection of the artist. This was the 3rd of my big paintings of the 70s. It is evident that I was very into Stella at that time. I was driven by the idea that painting like sculpture could actually be constructive in concept and actuality. As an undergraduate I […]
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Acrylic on canvas. 6′ x 36′. Destroyed. At 36 feet this was my longest painting. That’s me with all the hair at the far end of the painting. The arc is a true catenary arc. It was don by hanging a string from each end and tracing its shadow. I did this painting in about […]
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Oil and collage. 63″ x 63″, unknown colletion, Chicago From the late 70s to early 80s I shifted to work based on patterns and collage. This painting was shown in solo show at Henri Gallery DC and Balkin Fine Arts in Chicago. These were my first shows in “big city” galleries.
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Oil on canvas, 20″ x 16″.
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Oil on canvas. 16″ x 12″.
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Oil on Copper. 12″ x 8″
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Pulp painting. 22″ x 30″. I was always fascinated by Mobius Strips and Klein Bottles because of their magic. Topology was a kind of childhood hobby. In the 60s while teaching I would sometimes entertain my students by demonstrating a topological puzzle whereby I would put on a vest followed by a sports coat. Then […]
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Tom Nakashima 