Original Painting |
Artist AMATSU Kei AMATSU Kei |
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2025
H2.8m × W5.5m
Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit Aonami Line, Kinjō-futō Station, Ticket gate
Full view of the artwork (from the right)
Full view of the artwork
Close-up of the artwork (detail)
Close-up of the artwork (detail)
Full view of the artwork
Planning ： Japan Traffic Culture Association
Sponsorship ： Japan Lottery Association
This project was developed with a grant from the lottery social contribution public relations project.
Artist Profile
AMATSU Kei
AMATSU Kei
Artist
Born in Nagoya City. With overlaying oil paint, acrylic, pastel, black ink on the canvas on which Japanese paper is pasted to create a unique matière, and she also got a lot of attention in Paris and New York. She created a lyrical world of bright colors, with the theme of space, sun, flowers, town and so on. Passed away in 2016.Location ： Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit Aonami Line, Kinjō-futō Station, Ticket gate
Production Notes
This artwork is a ceramic relief, created by recreating original paintings stored in the atelier of the late AMATSU Kei, an artist associated with Nagoya City.
Motifs such as the sun and cityscapes, seen in Amatsu’s works, praised as the “Magician of Color,” are depicted in dynamic color schemes based on reds and yellows. Furthermore, by combining “fish” swimming in the open sea spreading from Kinjo Pier in Nagoya Port and “birds” symbolizing the tidal flats, a stopover point for migratory birds, the energetic development of Kinjo Pier toward the future is expressed.
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