Faris Nakamura Singapore, b. 1989

Faris Nakamura’s Interview: Sequestered Spaces Beverley Harrison: First, I was wondering if we could deconstruct the components in your wall sculptures, to unfold your works multiplicity of meaning. Your works appear minimalistic, in that their exterior façade is made of abstracted forms in monochrome. These properties might suggest that your works are formal entities that have self-referential, in the case of minimalists like Frank Stella, who extended the picture frame into sculpture. However, your sculptural forms are also post-minimalistic, for they suggest organic bodily forms of humans and nonhumans, underscoring...