Faris Nakamura

In A Place of the Impalpable

Matt Enamel on Wood, Acrylic, Metal Pieces

2019

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In geometry, a hypotenuse is the longest side directly opposite

of a right-angled triangle. The perspective of the hypotenuse is compelling in this work, as the hypotenuse indicates the prompt of an ascending stairwell, the hint of a crevice that occupies. At first glance, this detail seems like an innocuous, slightly vexing wedge in the otherwise seamless flow of a structure. Yet it is a fixture that becomes telling in the way it was chosen to reveal laws of space – fragmented visual cues we can recognize in our minds through the suppression of our own containment.

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Faris' conviction in having a stake to his own space led to his ongoing inquiry with how we have ordained certain “rights” to spaces. Why are some persons/activities allowed in the

partaking of a space? Inversely, why are they not allowed?

There is a particular fascination with a larger social statement, spaces have become unspoken echo chambers of the irrationality in a legislative system. The artist’s subliminal suggestions planted in each work unravels an unspoken code

of personal restraint and yearning of permission.

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An excerpt on the artwork by Euginia Tan.

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This artwork was a part of the solo titled Remember This Place For We Will Be Back Here Again Someday that was held at Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks.