This painting features a vibrant landscape with a striking color palette. The composition is dominated by the sweeping mountains in the background, rendered in deep shades of brown and orange that create a sense of depth and drama. In the foreground, a field of stylized trees and vegetation in shades of red and black add a bold, graphic element to the scene. The overall effect is one of an expressive, almost abstract interpretation of the natural world, with the artist's distinctive techniques and bold color choices evoking a powerful emotional response. The work's historical context and the artist's intention likely reflect a personal or symbolic exploration of the natural landscape. ...
Shota Nakamura applies oils until something intuitively clicks and the painting lifts off the ground. His ruminative images are largely occupied by mosaic landscapes and quiescent figures. Certain junctures in his palette produce a hyperreality that rages against the natural world. Any figural presence is apparitional, as though the human subject were merely an echo. Nakamura introduces the viewer to his experience of daily rituals, extracting the light as it blares through his studio or domestic windows then consigning its essence to oils on canvas. The elastic boundary between interior and exterior is well represented by Nakamura in his interweaving of personal narratives and painting-as-subject. ...
C L E A R I N G is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels. The gallery was founded in 2011, with the focus of showing emerging art. It now represents over 20 living artists, providing many of them - such as Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chase Hall, Calvin Marcus and Marina Pinsky - with their first gallery exhibition. The gallery also represents the estates of Eduardo Paolozzi, Bruno Gironcoli and René Heyvaert. C L E A R I N G supports its artists by producing works, exhibitions and books, as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...
