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His series of “Re:” collections are inspired from the common E-mail subject line.
Re: is shown every time there is an E-mail reply, as these tend to add up endlessly on the subjects if shared in abundance. When he presented these very colorful collections for the first time at an exhibition in graf, Osaka, 2002, the colorful panels with numerous Re: font were placed on the wall randomly.

These were intended to depict youngsters with their various color fashion, in the hectic Shibuya intersection busily on their cellphones exchanging emails and Re: appearing on their subject lines endlessly. Ironically, there is no longer a subject line on the SNS. One day, Nakamura’s “Re:” collections may recite the history of social network of a past time.
The connections, or lack of, by exchanging E-mails is often the emptiness felt when there is a continuous stream of “Re:” on the screen, and this emptiness is the common elements of Nakamura’s series collection Speech Balloons, Speech Balloon Man, and Without Me.
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2010 12 x 160 cm Mineral pigment and pigment on Japanese paper
photo: Tatsuhide Tanaka

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2010年 12 x 160 cm 和紙、岩絵具、顔料
撮影:田中辰秀

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2008 84.1 x 59.4 cm Mineral pigment and pigment on Japanese paper

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2008年 84.1 x 59.4 cm 和紙、岩絵具、顔料
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2002 installation view at gm (graf bld.5F) , Osaka
photo: Shimomura Photo Office Inc.

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2002年 gm(graf)でのインスタレーション(大阪)
撮影:Shimomura Photo Office Inc.
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2002 installation view at gm (graf bld.5F) , Osaka

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2002年 gm(graf)でのインスタレーション(大阪)
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2006 installation view at Yokohama Museum of Art, yokohama
photo: Takahisa Tokuda

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2006年 横浜美術館でのインスタレーション(横浜)
撮影:徳田貴久
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2006 installation view at Gallery 360° , Tokyo

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2006年 Gallery 360°でのインスタレーション(東京)
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2005 installation view at ART FRONT GALLERY, Tokyo

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2005年 アートフロントギャラリー「ART/ROOM展2005−2006」でのインスタレーション(東京)
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