Rondo

What will death bring to us?

My grandmother (Sugako Nakamura) passed away in May 2018. Fortunately it was a peaceful death, so it was a gentle funeral.

A month after that, I did a solo exhibition at Omotesando Hills in Tokyo. Many people saw a picture of my grandmother for the main visual as without being conscious of whether she was alive or dead.

It was a very magical experience for me.

Generally, we usually try to distract our eyes from death. So I attempted to shorten the sense of distance with death.

These pictures are traces of them.

Kenta Nakamura

© Kenta Nakamura - Sunflowers (2013)
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Sunflowers (2013)

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako's twin sons in 1950's
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Sugako's twin sons in 1950's

© Kenta Nakamura - Omotesando Hills in Tokyo (2018)
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Omotesando Hills in Tokyo (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - A crematorium (2018)
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A crematorium (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - A splicing chamber (2018)
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A splicing chamber (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - Nakamura family at her funeral (2018)
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Nakamura family at her funeral (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - Mt.Kawara-dake (2018)
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Mt.Kawara-dake (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - A man at her funeral (2018)
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A man at her funeral (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako and me 2 (2018)
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Sugako and me 2 (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako and me 1 (2018)
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Sugako and me 1 (2018)

© Kenta Nakamura - Snow Silver (2012)
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Snow Silver (2012)

© Kenta Nakamura - She is in hospital (2017)
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She is in hospital (2017)

© Kenta Nakamura - Fake orgens
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Fake orgens

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako and her granddaughter (2016)
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Sugako and her granddaughter (2016)

© Kenta Nakamura - Rondo (for baby to sleep)
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Rondo (for baby to sleep)

© Kenta Nakamura - Boat tours in Yanagawa (1988)
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Boat tours in Yanagawa (1988)

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako's twin sons (2017)
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Sugako's twin sons (2017)

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako and primary school children (2009)
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Sugako and primary school children (2009)

© Kenta Nakamura - Parent's Day (2017)
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Parent's Day (2017)

© Kenta Nakamura - Sugako in her school days
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Sugako in her school days

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