"The universe and mankind both have a uniform order that I express". Kazugama Nagai
For over forty years Kazumasa Nagai has communicated his poetic message
of harmony between man and nature through artworks that are refreshingly diverse
but remain consistently elegant, striking and essential. Nagai (b. 1929), always
an experimenter, has periodically startled the artworld with the dramatic evolutions
of his style, from rational abstractions to realistic illustration to computer art to patterns
to stylized natural forms and more. Japanese graphic master Tadanori Yokoo defined
these changes as "the Momentous Mutations of Kazumasa Nagai". Nagai's works have been
featured in many environmental campaigns, received international awards and are found
in collections including the MoMA and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokio.
