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Atsushi Kaga — Nature Came Back While We Ate Gherkins
Atsushi Kaga

Nature Came Back While We Ate Gherkins

2020

A fantastical and densely layered world unfolds across the canvas, populated by Kaga's signature cast of wide-eyed figures, animals, and flora rendered in vivid, playful acrylic. The work reflects the artist's characteristic blend of Japanese folk sensibility and contemporary whimsy, weaving together human and natural elements in a scene that feels both chaotic and tenderly harmonious. Painted in 2020, the title's wry humor hints at themes of nature's quiet resilience and reclamation in the absence of human attention.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions

Notes

Execution: Painted in 2020.

🔨 Auction Lot

20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

March 7, 2002

Estimate: $50,000$70,000

Sold: $165,100

Lot 25

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Atsushi Kaga, Nature Came Back While We Ate Gherkins, 2020

A fantastical and densely layered world unfolds across the canvas, populated by Kaga's signature cast of wide-eyed figures, animals, and flora rendered in vivid, playful acrylic. The work reflects the artist's characteristic blend of Japanese folk sensibility and contemporary whimsy, weaving together human and natural elements in a scene that feels both chaotic and tenderly harmonious. Painted in 2020, the title's wry humor hints at themes of nature's quiet resilience and reclamation in the absence of human attention.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
150 x 120 cm
Year
2020
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Nature Symbolism, Figurative Painting, Whimsical Tone, Acrylic On Canvas, Narrative Art, Emerging Artist, Japanese Artist, Mixed Figure Composition, Surrealist Imagery, Contemporary Art

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Gavin Kennedy, Alex Capecelatro