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Going Insane

Kenji Nakahashi

Artwork Details

Going Insane
1979
Kenji Nakahashi
photo etching on Arches Buff
15 x 22 ½ in. (38.1 x 57.15 cm);9 7/8 x 15 1/16 in. (25.08 x 38.26 cm);10 7/8 x 16 in. (27.62 x 40.64 cm)
Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi and John Spencer Curtis
2022/2.129

Description

Physical Description:

An abstract, black and white depiction of a large slice-shaped triangle bisected by dotted lines and with the end tearing towards the viewer. There are hair-like structures along the edge and a nose, an open mouth, and an eye in the angles. Underneath the triangle, a timepiece with a missing slice from where the hour hand points floats in undulating waves. An ear appears to move through the air above and an eye with an eyebrow is visible near the horizon. 

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