In the late 1970s, Nakahashi experimented with the idea of kaleidoscopic imagery. As part of his photography practice, he designed a unique lens attachment that transformed standard photographic images into abstract geometric patterns. Around the same time, he completed this colored-pencil drawing. As in his photographic experiments, Nakahashi applied kaleidoscopic principles to generate a fragmented, intersecting arrangement of framed oil paintings in a convincing illusion of reality.
![Untitled [Woman eating], Kenji Nakahashi, 20th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/137000/700/40/137742/mia_7022398_800.jpg)
![Untitled [Abstract figure], Kenji Nakahashi, 20th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/137000/700/20/137728/mia_7022397_800.jpg)
![Untitled [Animated balloon], Kenji Nakahashi, 20th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/137000/700/50/137750/mia_7022380_800.jpg)
![Untitled [Sketches for constructing a form], Kenji Nakahashi, 20th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/137000/800/80/137887/mia_7022427_800.jpg)
![Untitled [My One Man Show], Kenji Nakahashi, c. 1980](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/137000/700/40/137743/mia_7022399_800.jpg)
![Untitled [Studies of elements related to My One Man Show], Kenji Nakahashi, c. 1980](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/137000/800/80/137888/mia_7022429_800.jpg)
