Maki Na Kamura, See XXIII, 2016, Oil and water on canvas, 120 x 150 cm
The exhibition "SEEN by a painter" with works by Maki Na Kamura" href="index.php?page=artist_id&id=5210">Maki Na Kamura is the second exhibition of the
artist in the GALERIE KNOELL and will take place during the Art Basel fair 2017 in the extended
premises of the gallery at Luftgässlein 4.
The new series of works by Maki Na Kamura" href="index.php?page=artist_id&id=5210">Maki Na Kamura is based on a painting by the French painter Pierre
Puvis de Chavannes, "La Vision Antique" from 1890. This work is regarded as a preparatory yet
independent image of the artist’s masterpiece "The Shepherd's Song" which is shown at the
Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Maki Na Kamura" href="index.php?page=artist_id&id=5210">Maki Na Kamura, an artist with Japanese roots, moved to Berlin after studying at the Aichi
Prefectural University of the Arts in Japan and the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. In 2017, she was
honored with a large solo exhibition at the Osthaus Museum in Hagen ("MAKI NA KAMURA –
Steine legen, Äpfel lesen", 4.2. – 16.4.2017). This exhibition will further be shown at the Dhondt-
Dhaenens Museum in Deurle, Belgium (15.10.2017 - 14.01.2018).
