OPENING NIGHT: Fri 13 Sept 6pm – 8pm | EXHIBITION DATES: 12 - 26 Sept 2024
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FRONT GALLERY (NOTHING BUT) Nicholas Aplin’s new body of work titled (Nothing But) invites the viewer to complete the statement. The paintings, oil pastel sketches and sculpture present an elemental depiction of Melbourne’s housing commission towers, pairing them with vibrant flowers and trees. Aplin is interested in the urban landscape, issues of urbanisation, social structure and the flux of city environments.
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BACK GALLERY CREATION OF A MOSAIC This body of work is an exploration of cultural mosaic, where multiculturally diverse groups maintain their unique identities while contributing to the broader social fabric. I explored each subject's values and how they have preserved the distinctiveness of their culture while living a Westernized lifestyle in Australia. Throughout the creation of these works, the paintings have served as a visual journey of each subject’s story where they felt both a part of and isolated from where they currently live as well as when they return to their birthplace.
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SIDE GALLERY BITTER SWEET LULLABY Place a rock here and a leaf there, let the water flow through and the memories share. This is how I paint - arranging nature's elements with a playful touch, like a child crafting a world by a stream. Inspired by traditional Chinese landscape paintings, I reinterpret rocks, water, and the plants in a modern, semi-abstract style. Rocks symbolize history and strength, while water represents movement and change. This body of work is a journey through past and present, inviting viewers to experience and connect with the memories they hold.
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UPSTAIRS GALLERY PUBLIC TRIP Public Trip is an artistic project that uses the everyday experience of public transportation to reflect on contemporary life and certain inherent problems of human existence. The series adopts a holistic vision, exploring the use of color, composition, and the possibilities of pictorial language to express complex ideas. Each piece within the series integrates the micro and the macro, functioning both independently and collectively within the exhibition. The project invites viewers to reinterpret common events from a symbolic perspective, revealing cross-sectional layers of reality. Through its connection to urban experience, Public Trip transcends the literal, addressing fundamental issues of the human condition, both as individuals and as part of society. The exhibition offers a reflection on how everyday moments can reveal essential challenges of our existence and some possible solutions.
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