Kenji Nakahashi
Time (B)
1979-1982
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Kenji Nakahashi
Time (B)
1979-1982
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 279 x 354 mm. (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
Image: 263 x 340 mm. (10 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Erika White, New York
Object Number
1983.64
Nakahashi, who moved to New York in 1973, maintained a lifelong engagement with Surrealism, either from his chance encounters on the city streets or through careful arrangement in his studio. Here, he depicts time’s passage and its weight by placing two
alarm clocks on a scale. By creating an imbalance between one clock set to 12:04 and the other set to 12:15, Nakahashi suggests that time is subjective.
Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960
Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography
Jinmei Yuan. The role of time in the structure of chinese logic. Philosophy East and West 56 (1): 136-152. 2006.
Fraser, Chris, "Mohism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/mohism/>.
Fraser, Chris, "Mohism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/mohism/>.
Inscribed: lower left verso: "K. Nakahashi "Time (B)' 1980 printed by artist 5/17/83"
