Kenji Nakahashi
Time (B)
1980, printed 1983
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Kenji Nakahashi
Time (B)
1980, printed 1983
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.
Kristen Hileman, BMA. "Seeing now: Photography Since 1960," February 20-May 15, 2011.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019.
Inscribed: lower left verso: "K. Nakahashi "Time (B)' 1980 printed by artist 5/17/83"
