{"id":5112,"date":"2026-04-14T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/?p=5112"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:21:31","slug":"upcoming-motoi-yamamoto-solo-exhibition-to-the-white-sea-working-title-onomichi-city-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/archives\/5112","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming | Motoi Yamamoto Solo Exhibition \u201cTo the White Sea\u201d (working title) \/ Onomichi City Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"446\" data-id=\"5122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_5143-2_s-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_5143-2_s-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_5143-2_s-2-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_5143-2_s-2-768x343.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition highlights \u201cNoto roof tiles\u201d rescued from buildings damaged in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, examining their history and the relationship with the local community. The venue\u2014Kaihama Amidayu, a public bath that was reopened early for residents after the disaster\u2014serves as the local hub. Six artists present new works that reflect the current state of both the tiles and the region; I have created a drawing on a single roof tile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-border_left\"><strong>Motoi Yamamoto Solo Exhibition \u201cTo the White Sea\u201d <\/strong>(working title)<br><strong>Dates: Sep. 19 (Sat) \u2013 Nov 15 (Sun), 2026<\/strong><br>Closed on Mondays (except September 21 and October 12, which are open due to public holidays; closed on October 13 instead)<br><strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onomichi-museum.jp\/\">Onomichi City Museum of Art<\/a><\/strong> (Hiroshima)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMemories become white, and return to the sea\u201d<br>Though invisible, time quietly accumulates, leaving traces within us.<br>This exhibition, \u201cTo the White Sea\u201d (working title), is a retrospective presentation of works centered on the themes of memory and time, which Yamamoto has pursued for over three decades, returning to his hometown of Onomichi.<br>This exhibition will present a spatial experience of \u201clayers of memory,\u201d bringing together early oil paintings, large-scale salt installations, and the reconstruction of a work that collapsed in the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Onomichi is a quiet port town facing the Seto Inland Sea, known for its hillside streets, historic temples, and slow, reflective atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those interested in exploring the city further, the following guides offer a clear and inspiring introduction:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan.travel\/japan-heritage\/popular\/onomichi-port-hiroshima-jodoji-saikokuji-ushitora-shimanami\">Japan National Tourism Organization<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/matcha-jp.com\/en\/21945\">MATCHA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_6181-2_s-w.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_6181-2_s-w.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_6181-2_s-w-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_6181-2_s-w-768x365.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This exhibition highlights \u201cNoto roof tiles\u201d rescued from buildings damaged in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, examining their history and the relationship with the local community. The venue\u2014Kaihama Amidayu, a public bath that was reopened early for residents after the disaster\u2014serves as the local hub. Six artists present new works that reflect the current state of both the tiles and the region; I have created a drawing on a single roof tile. Motoi Yamamoto Solo Exhibition \u201cTo the White Sea\u201d (working title)Dates: Sep. 19 (Sat) \u2013 Nov 15 (Sun), 2026Closed on Mondays (except September 21 and October 12, which are open due to public holidays; closed on October 13 instead)Venue: Onomichi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibition","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5125,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions\/5125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoi-works.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}