Layer Drawings by Nobuhiro Nakanishi

Nobuhiro Nakanishi produces beautifully mesmerizing atypical landscapes.  The Osaka, Japan-based artist creates the works, which he called “Layered Drawings,” by photographing a scene over a period of time.  He then laser prints each image and mounts it to acrylic.  Subtle changes emerge in each frame, and once they are layered they portray an untraditional landscape.  As a viewer walks passed the work he or she experiences, to some degree, the passing of time within this particular place.

Interested in the way sculpture is defined by the thought, awareness and the method it employs, Nakanishi seeks to analyze the way we perceive the world.  Experiencing a photographic landscape is generally a two-dimensional process whereby a viewer stands in front of an image.

She can then empathize with the artist, seeing what he saw in the captured scene, but the experience is always a viewer looking at a flat surface.

With Nakanishi’s works, the results are wholly different.  The more physical, dimensional aspects of Nakanishi’s sculptural landscapes contain infinitely more detail.  The effect is a richer experience.  Our minds momentarily transport us to Nakanishi’s foggy forest in the morning, or to his hill overlooking a gorgeous sunset.  Nakanishi’s landscapes trigger our memories and senses in a way traditional landscapes cannot.