Seven times down,
eight times up
Exhibition catalogue will be available May 1st
Seven times down, eight times up invites viewers to confront the quiet contradictions embedded in our cities—positioning ordinary, often ignored spaces as sites of tension, endurance, and quiet reflection. This philosophy mirrors Aplin’s slowed-down process of looking, where the act of observation is a repetitive, persistent labor. Working with a deliberately limited palette, Aplin abstracts these familiar environments into planes of saturated colour, distilling the scene into patterns and tonal shifts that heighten a sense of estrangement.
Repetition becomes both a formal and conceptual device; subjects are revisited, across works. These subtle shifts in composition suggest the fragmentary nature of memory and the endurance required to truly see a place. By featuring both interior and exterior perspectives of the city, the collection highlights a rhythmic movement.
Rather than offering direct narratives, Aplin’s works sit in a suspended state—familiar yet distant—inviting the viewer to confront how the disconnection between the built environment and it’s inhabitants. His paintings resist easy resolution, instead positioning these ordinary, often ignored spaces as sites of tension, cyclical renewal, and quiet reflection.
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