Photograph of Artist KIMI NISHIKAWA
KIMI NISHIKAWA
Greenwich, New York - United States



Original Artworks (2)

Kimi Nishikawa; Northwest Bank Repeat, 2012, Original Photography Other, 23 x 23 inches. Artwork description: 241   Symmetrical repeat pattern created from a photograph of a bank of the Hudson River on a foggy autumn morning  ...
Kimi Nishikawa
Original Other Photograph, 2012
23 x 23 inches (58.4 x 58.4 cm)
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Kimi Nishikawa; White Flower Repeat, 2012, Original Photography Other, 23 x 23 inches. Artwork description: 241  Symmetrical repeat pattern created from a photograph of a flowering houseplant ...
Kimi Nishikawa
Original Other Photograph, 2012
23 x 23 inches (58.4 x 58.4 cm)
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Artist Statement

My artworks start with a landscape or detail I find compelling, which I capture as a digital photograph. The subjects appropriated are mostly landscapes or natural objects in Washington County, NY, where I live. To create repeat patterns, I copy, flip and rotate a selected area of a photograph so that the pieces fit together seamlessly to simulate a complete and mysteriously ordered universe. A limited number of coherent, non-disjointed 'wallpaper' patterns can be made. These images are facile manipulations, but each contains a unique pattern arising from the alignment of components of the original photograph. The patterns, often beautiful and intricate, are perceived as abstract, while the details are seen as photographic. The result is ambiguous, an elaboration of the natural world that exists simultaneously in two contradictory states....