Folie Á Deux
Trustman Gallery @ Simmons University, Boston, MA
On view: February 14 - March 25, 2022
Collaboration show with Cyrille Conan
Opening Reception:
February 22, 2022 - 5:00-8:00pm
Artist Talk:
March 3, 2022 | 6:00-7:00pm
Folie à Deux, a “madness shared by two,” brings together several of their collaborative paintings as well as individual artworks by Kenji Nakayama and Cyrille Conan. As visitors travel through the Trustman Gallery, it becomes evident that each artist is inspired by the other; colors, shapes, lines and brushstrokes resonate around the room. Careful study and spontaneity exist simultaneously. In each artist’s work, there is a focus on layout, spatial balance and repetition with special attention paid to process.
Nakayama and Conan also worked together on a site-specific mural for the Gallery. Conan’s bold, geometric designs and signature razzle-dazzle camouflage mesh with Nakayama’s stylized, painterly brush strokes. The overall effect is a stunning play on positive and negative space, black and white paint echoing and reverberating endlessly with the artworks hanging on the gallery walls.
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