The photograph that confronts you on entering the group exhibition “One’s Behavior” has full frontal male nudity. There’s an element of theatricality about this, especially considering that the man baring all is the owner of the gallery, Ken Nakahashi, but the image itself is subdued and unassuming.
This snapshot, by Swedish-born artist Jorgan Axelvall, shows Nakahashi smoking a cigarette in his apartment at night, and is scanned from a Polaroid, so has the feeling of spontaneity and candidness that comes with the territory of instant film. Next to it is a photo of two tulips in a vase, also by Axelvall. These works are accompanied by the poem “And I reminisce,” in which Axelvall expresses his feeling of solidarity with the other artists on the opening night of the exhibition.
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