Manika Nagare New Works: Participating in Asia Week New York

In her country, Japan, Manika Nagare is recognized as one of the distinguished artists who explore colors, particularly indigenous colors associated with nature and culture. In her new abstract paintings, Nagare focuses on "light," an essential element to appreciate colors. 

Her new body of work in our exhibition was influenced by recent personal events, as her work has always been her visual response to real phenomena in everyday life. Two years ago, Nagare's father, an important sculptor, died at the age of 95. He was a Kamikaze corps survivor and Nagare always felt she wouldn't be here if he had completed his mission. When the end of his life was near, she remembers seeing an intense light emitted by him and feeling how exquisitely the plants around him were spreading their leaves.