Osamu James Nakagawa
Gama Cave #009

Gama Cave #009

© 2010 Osamu James Nakagawa

Gama Cave #009
Gama Cave #009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Gama Cave #009
Date2010
Place depictedOkinawa, Japan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 40 × 60 1/16 in. (101.6 × 152.6 cm)
Sheet: 44 × 64 1/8 in. (111.8 × 162.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in memory of Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz, and in honor of her husband Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz
Object number2011.1082
Non exposé

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Photography
Object Type
Description

"These caves are the sacred home of Okinawa’s spirits—its ancestors, its history, its memory. I enter hesitantly—through the eeriness of the cave’s dark, heavy air, through the remnants of war scattered on the ground. . . . With just a flashlight in hand, I search for anything I might find, unable to entirely illuminate my surroundings. The shutter wide open, I enter into the image, my flashlight in hand, floating and conversing with mabui [spirit] as the cave’s interior slowly seeps into the camera. What am I hearing? What can I express for them? How will these images of darkness speak to others?"–Osamu James Nakagawa



 


ProvenanceThe artist, Bloomington, Indiana; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed, numbered, signed, and dated verso lower right in pencil: Gama #009 / Caves of Okinawa 1/5 / [illegible signature] 2010
Signed and dated verso lower right in pencil: [illegible signature] 2010

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