Aplico Art Gallery 2024

The Aprico Art Gallery introduces paintings donated by residents of Ota City.

First period: Waterscapes [Thursday, June 2024, 6 - Tuesday, September 27, 9]

Second Season: Still Life: Secret Energy [Thursday, September 2024, 9 - Wednesday, December 26, 12]

Third Period: Portrait: Beyond the Gaze [Friday, December 2024, 12 ~Sunday, February 2025, 2] *The final date originally announced has changed.

4th Season: Landscape - Foreign StreetsThursday, July 2025, 2~Sunday, July 2025, 7]　*The start date originally announced has changed.

First Phase: Waterscape

Exhibition period

April 2024th (Thursday) -May 6st (Tuesday), 27
9:00～22:00
* Aplico is closed on closed days.

Exhibited works

This exhibition will feature paintings with a water motif. Because water is transparent, it allows the viewer to see what is trapped within it, and also reflects the scenery and light of the external environment. It sways and changes shape in response to subtle stimuli as it flows downwards. In Anzai Keimei's "Suikin," the flowing water is carefully depicted as thin white folds. In addition, a total of four paintings will be exhibited, including Matsui Sokyu's "Koi" (year of production unknown).

Keimei Anzai《Suikin》circa 1933

Venue

Aprico 1st basement floor wall

Second Season: Still Life - Secret Energy

Exhibition period

October 2024-November 9, 26
9:00～22:00
* Aplico is closed on closed days.

Exhibited works

The second to fourth periods of the Reiwa 6 fiscal year will focus on the subject of painting. The second period will focus on still life paintings. Still life paintings, which are created by placing stationary objects on a table, are a subject that many artists have tackled because they can be easily painted indoors. In this exhibition, you can see works such as Nakata Yoshie's Desert Rose (1983), which depicts a world of images spreading from a tabletop, and Enokura Shogo's Rose, which depicts a plant that still emits a secret energy even after being cut off from its roots.

Shogo Enokura, Rose, production date unknown

Venue

Aprico 1st basement floor wall

Third Season: Portrait

Exhibition period

From Friday, October 2024, 122025 / 2 / 16 (sun)
9:00～22:00　*The final date originally announced has changed.

* Aplico is closed on closed days.

Exhibited works

The third period of the Reiwa 6 fiscal year will focus on "figure paintings." Since ancient times, many artists have created "figure paintings," such as portraits that depict the personality, emotions, and social status of a particular person. This exhibition will introduce portraits that focus on people that artists encounter in their daily lives. You can see works such as Fumio Ninomiya's "Woman in Snow Country" (1996), which depicts a melancholic woman, and Keimei Anzai's "Pillow" (1939), which depicts a child lying on the edge of the painting.

Anzai Keimei "Pillow" 1939

Venue

Aprico 1st basement floor wall

Season 4: Landscape - Exotic cityscapes

Exhibition period

Thursday, July 2025, 2～Sunday, May 2025, 7
*The start date originally announced has changed.
9:00～22:00
* Aplico is closed on closed days.

Exhibited works

In the fourth period of the Reiwa 6 fiscal year, we will exhibit five paintings by artists depicting European cityscapes. Each painting expresses the artist's individuality, including their technique, perspective, and the imagery they convey. We will be showcasing works such as Hiroki Takahashi's Afterimages of Rise and Fall (5), which evokes the history of old houses, and Hiroshi Koyama's Clifftop Town (Portugal), which depicts a magnificent rock face and the town built on top of it. Please come and take a look.

Hiroshi Koyama, Clifftop Town (Portugal), 1987

Venue

Aprico 1st basement floor wall