round clock at left, with hands at 7:58; "NAKAHASHI" at bottom center of clock face; white card with "8:00" written on it at right; received dry mounted

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8 "O'Clock" (A), 1981

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In this series, artist Kenji Nakahashi considers the fluid nature of time, defining it as a series of approximations or estimates made increasingly absurd by his efforts to measure it. Using scales, signs, and other comparative material to assert the “time” depicted on each clock, Nakahashi conveys the impossibility of capturing time, or even fixing a moment in memory.

Details
Title
8 "O'Clock" (A)
Artist Life
Japanese (active United States), 1947 - 2017
Role
Photographer
Accession Number
2018.127.2
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round clock at left, with hands at 7:58; "NAKAHASHI" at bottom center of clock face; white card with "8:00" written on it at right; received dry mounted

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