Yu Nishimura's Paintings Capture Post-Pandemic Loneliness at Sadie Coles
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Evan Pricco
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The article reviews Yu Nishimura's exhibition at Sadie Coles, praising the Japanese artist's paintings that capture feelings of loneliness and isolation in the post-pandemic era. The author connects personally with the works, noting Nishimura's rapid rise in the art world as well-deserved due to the resonant quality of the art.
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Maybe the work understands my particular thoughts on post-pandemic life, and probably many's thoughts to be honest, but there is something about the Japanese artist's regal paintings of loneliness and isolation that have just struck the nerve of modern life.
The artist has celebrated what some are calling a meteoric rise in the art market and art world, but that rise of attention seems quite obvious to me: these are the works
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