'... In terms of richness of color, one thinks of the voluptuous female figures of the French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle, and in terms of harboring something that does not fit within a simple human figure, there is something reminiscent of the wooden statues, full of humor and satire, of the Venezuelan sculptor Marisol. I have the feeling that the energy and boldness of these predecessors has been passed down to Nakayama's work. ...' (Review: Atsuhiko Shima, curator at the National Museum of Art, Osaka, excerpt from 「審美のアングル」, Sankei Shimbun, February 23, 2005) In this way, alongside very bold three-dimensional works, Nakayama paints paintings that are beautiful and dynamic yet lyrical, and makes three-dimensional works. In this exhibition: a world that Nakayama developed from a Mexican tale and painted. Why don't you all take a trip into it together? 'One day, a certain woman found a certain plant. The cross-section of the plant's round tube, which the woman had cut through in one stroke without thinking, was black and white. Absorbed, the woman bit into it and swallowed it. The plant went into the round tube inside her body. Then, at that instant, the plant's tube became a large tube that wrapped her body as if turning it inside out from within, and had become a secret passage leading the woman into a labyrinth. Wandering between dream and reality, she came to her senses to find a deer standing before her to guide the way....'