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Lot 19: Makiko Nakamura (b.1951) EMBERS, 2004 signed,

Est: €3,000 EUR - €5,000 EUR
Whyte'sBallsbridge, IrelandSeptember 29, 2008

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Makiko Nakamura (b.1951) EMBERS, 2004 signed, inscribed and dated on reverse; also with exhibition label on reverse oil on canvas over panel 61 by 61cm., 24 by 24in. Exhibited: Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin, 2004 Born in Gifu, Japan, Makiko Nakamura studied art in Kyoto and Nagoya. She worked initially in film editing before concentrating on painting. In 1996 she moved to Paris, where she studied print making at Atelier Contre Point and the following year took up a residency at Cite International Des Arts. From 1997-98 she was artist in residence in the fine art department, University of Pennsylvania. In 1999, attracted by the prospect of visiting the home town of Samuel Beckett, whose writings have greatly influenced her work, Nakamura came to Dublin. Since then she has had solo exhibitions at the Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin and the Ashford Gallery at the RHA, Dublin. Aidan Dunne has written of her work: "The smoky, burnished, metallic surfaces of her paintings bear traces of overall grid patterns and other methodical markings, half there, half already gone. The absolute precision of her method and the sureness of her instinct, plus the sombre presence of her work, mark her out as an artist of exceptional quality".

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Irish & British Art

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Whyte's
September 29, 2008, 06:00 PM GMT

Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Anglesea Road Entrance, Ballsbridge, Dublin, D04 HY94, IE