Mayumi Nakao Japanese, 1985
Birthday Party, 2024
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 91.44 cm
The charm of Mayumi Nakao's works lies in the warm narrative they exude. The loneliness she felt when she moved alone from Japan to the United States underwent a profound...
The charm of Mayumi Nakao's works lies in the warm narrative they exude. The loneliness she felt when she moved alone from Japan to the United States underwent a profound transformation when she saw family photos of her friends in New York. The feelings of love and bonds with family and friends, passed on from parent to child and person to person, have no differences based on race, culture, or country; they are a common affection shared by humanity transcending time and space. Through her art, she expresses this as "shared nostalgia."