Kenji Nakahashi: Strange Beauty

Best known for his conceptual and street photography, Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) produced a highly experimental body of work grounded in the everyday. Playful and intellectually rigorous, his photographs highlight the pleasures of ordinary life, from subway encounters and skyscrapers silhouetted against the sky to such mundane objects as eggs, pencils, and analogue clocks. Yet Nakahashi often destabilized his subjects by placing them in unexpected, even surreal contexts, resulting in images that surprise, challenge, and delight. Seen through the eyes of this extraordinary artist, the more than thirty photographs on display invite the viewer into the strange beauty of Nakahashi’s world.