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“EdgyCute” Artist Focus: Motomichi Nakamura
October 9, 2009
One of our newest releases, Harry Saylor’s EdgyCute, collects some amazing global talents, exploring different facets of the creepy-sweet aesthetic. Japanese Brooklynite Motomichi Nakamura is a prime example of the “Bizarre Grotesque” art chapter of the book, and his brilliantly amoebic and bright images adorn toys, canvases, skateboards, guitars, videos, inflatables and even a Zune, all acting as showcases for Motomichi’s symbiotic art.
From Saylor’s ORBIT Gallery website, here’s a bit of a rundown on the EdgyCute artist:
Born in Tokyo, Japan Motomichi Nakamura headed to New York, graduated from Parsons School of Design, then moved to Ecuador where he started working as an artist. He returned to the U.S. in 2000 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
The subjects in his work often reflect a conflictive nature and can be frightening yet humorous, part human and part monsters. They can also appear at once childlike. The use of color in both his digital work and in his paintings is limited to black, red and white.
His digital animation work has been exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC and has appeared in the Sundance and the Onedotzero film festivals. He has performed his live video/animation mix at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and at other recognized venues in the U.S. and Europe. Recent collaboration work includes music videos with Swedish band The Knife and with Otto von Schirach.
Here are some of our favorites from Motomichi, plucked from his website:
