Fuyumi Murata & Fumiaki Nagao
Opening Saturday, April 18th 18:00–21:00
S.L.S.R.L.
Calea Griviței 21A Bucharest, RO
Fuyumi Murata primarily creates artworks centered around photography. Underlying these forms is Murata’s ongoing exploration into the threshold between what is considered “art” and what is not. Her works consistently trace the tension between objects that are displayed, that display themselves, and that assert autonomy as artworks. What emerges is a quiet questioning of the conditions under which something begins to function as “art.”
Fumiaki Nagao paints minimal geometric shapes—primarily squares, rectangles, crosses, and stripes—on time-laden supports such as antique textiles, rusted steel plates, and found objects. These materials have already lived through long periods of time. They carry scars, traces of former use, and the memory of human touch. Their original roles have ended; they have been forgotten, yet they continue to exist. Nagao approaches the materials not simply as surfaces but as mediums that embody time itself.
Fuyumi Murata (b. 1990, Tokyo, Japan) lives and works in Tokyo. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Come, Come with Shiho Saito, Trust, Vienna (2025); Showcase – Fuyumi Murata, Cherry Hill, Cologne (2024); Down, Decameron, Tokyo, and Hang, 4649, Tokyo (2022). She has participated in group exhibitions at Cherry Hill, Cologne, curated by 4649 (2025); Crèvecœur, Montesquiou, France (2024); Tenko Presents, Berlin (2024); 4649, Tokyo (2022), among others. Murata holds an MA and BA in Fine Art from Tokyo University of the Arts (2017, 2015).
Fumiaki Nagao (b. 1991, Kyoto, Japan) lives and works in Tokyo. Solo and two-person exhibitions include Shapes and Times, 4649, Tokyo (2025); Incomplete Grid, 4649, Tokyo (2022); and What is broken with your Autonomous-Clock? with Kazquiz, Kings, Melbourne (2019). He has participated in group exhibitions at 4649, Tokyo, with XYZ collective (2025); and Komagome soko, Tokyo (2017). Nagao holds a BFA in Fine Art from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Major in Oil Painting (2017).