In Modest Blue / nakaban
In Modest Blue
nakaban
210mm × 148mm 192 pages,
hardcover, offset print
1st Edition of 2000
Publication date: December 2025
3,500 yen + tax
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旅と記憶を主題とし、絵の中を旅するように風景を描いてきた画家、nakabanによる作品集。
本作は、記憶と想像を綯い交ぜにして創造した架空の町「Harlowe Mere」を、nakabanが旅しながら描き留めたペインティング作品を収録した1冊。
旅のはじまりは、駅ーー。
画家は、誰もいない街をさまよい歩いていきます。風のように。幽霊のように。
決定的瞬間ではない、普段着の街に出会うため。
人物は描かれていないけれど、あたたかい。知らない街なのに、懐かしい。
地図をたよりに、画家と一緒に歩いていきましょう。
nakaban なかばん
画家｜1974年広島県生まれ。広島県在住。
旅と記憶を主題に絵を描く。絵画作品を中心に、印刷物の挿絵、映像作品を発表する傍ら、音楽家のトウヤマタケオと『ランテルナムジカ』を結成し、音楽と幻燈で全国を旅する。2013年には新潮社「とんぼの本」のロゴマークを制作。数多くの絵本を制作する絵本作家でもある。
https://www.nakaban.com
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A collection of works by painter nakaban, who has long depicted landscapes as if traveling through them, with journey and memory as central themes.
This book gathers a series of paintings in which nakaban travels through and records Harlowe Mere, a fictional town created by weaving together memory and imagination.
The journey begins at a station—
the painter wanders through an empty town.
Like the wind. Like a ghost.
In search not of decisive moments, but of everyday streets as they are.
No people are depicted, yet the scenes feel warm.
It is an unfamiliar town, and yet somehow nostalgic.
Guided by a map, let us walk through it together with the painter.
nakaban
Painter | Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974. Lives and works in Hiroshima.
Nakaban creates paintings with journey and memory as his central themes. In addition to painting, he produces illustrations for printed materials and creates video works. He is also a member of Lanterne Musica, a project formed with musician Takeo Toyama, through which they travel across Japan presenting performances that combine music and magic-lantern imagery. In 2013, he designed the logo for Tonbo no Hon, a book series published by Shinchosha. Nakaban is also an accomplished picture book artist, having created numerous illustrated books.
https://www.nakaban.com
