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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Time

Time, Kenji Nakahashi, c. 1985

KKenji NakahashiJapanese, 1947–2017

Time

c. 1985 · Photograph

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 9 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum

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About the work

In this series, artist Kenji Nakahashi considers the fluid nature of time, defining it as a series of approximations or estimates made increasingly absurd by his efforts to measure it. Using scales, signs, and other comparative material to assert the “time” depicted on each clock, Nakahashi conveys the impossibility of capturing time, or even fixing a moment in memory.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Particulars

c. 1985

19472017

Accession number: 2018.127.21

In the catalog

Photographs Gelatin silver print Contemporary art 20th century United States

Sources

Minneapolis Institute of Art
Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

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