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Impender Beach shows a flat pool of water meeting a pale sky, with a strip of sand running straight across the middle. The shapes are simple and clean. Hiroshi Nagai works in a pop style that grew out of the bright, flat look of 1980s Japanese illustration, and this beach scene carries that same even, poster-like calm.

A framed poster gives the picture a firm edge. The white frame finish keeps the pale sky open, while a black frame pulls the horizon line tight and holds the scene in place.

In a hallway, the flat water and empty sand read as one calm band. You walk past and catch the line where sea meets sky, and it holds still.