Secrets Kept in Daylight by Lize-Mari De Abreu Opening on 20 March at 6p.m.

O Sonhador | The Dreamer 4 July - 12 August 2025

We want to honour a great artist and dear friend, Pascal Oliveira, who is known as Pascal Errante, who passed away all too soon in April. The exhibition will present larger works from his atelier along with collected art books and more that span a lifetime. At times we sit at the gallery and think that Pascal will stop by soon and present us with his latest works and then suddenly realize that that will never happen again. All our waiting is for nothing. Karen and Claus

Pascal Errante at City Hall **** If you are interested in buying contact RESTOCK!

"Ma" by Kazumi Taketomo 19 September 2020 - 14 January 2021 Loja 04

‘Ma’ in Japanese means ‘a space in between’.  It is quite a Japanese concept of the relationship, communication and space. and another one is ‘that moment’ or ‘the moment’ as Taketomo captures the moment from the daily life but somehow what that moment meant to her specially....

 

 

While I'm taking a walk or spending my time at tea houses in my home town Kyoto, I take shots of my favourite moments with a camera of my heart.

 

I etch those intriguing moments of daily life in my mind. Those scenes, people, daily occurrences which we take them for granted are indeed the result of many coincidences and be projected in front of my eyes. I find some kind of connection with my life style, my favourite things, my memories, and my inner world within those precious moments. They also become (form) new world as my art work.

 

This is my second exhibition at RESTOCK Gallery.  I am hoping to create another chance to connect to viewers through my work beyond physical and cultural distance.

 

 

3 x 3 - a solo exhibition by Laura Andrade 27 Dec - 4 March 2020

Kyo Sampo by Kazumi Taketomo Loja 04

Kyo Sampo
an exhibition by Kazumi Taketomo

“Kyo” has double meaning of Kyou 京 of Kyoto and Kyou今日of today

“Sampo” is a stroll, a walk

I was born and still live in Kyoto where you find lots of historical temples and shrines. Many tourists from Japan and from overseas visit all the time. However my favourite places are the alleyways more than the main streets. I prefer to hang round where the locals go than to the tourist spots. I prefer weekdays to weekends or holidays. I like more ordinary life than formal events.

I always wander about in Kyoto, looking for my “favourites”, in other words, my adorable places, time, things, people, and the atmosphere. I pop into old local cafés, which the aged owner opens for his regular customers. I go to the antique market, which takes place once a month in a shrine of god of study. I chat with the owner of the old sento (public bath) where he opens jazz concerts once in a while. I go to Japanese sweet shops and restaurants where they present different sweets changing with the seasons. I go to see some meaningful events in temples and shrines though they are not strikingly famous. I enjoy the flowers blooming each season.

I draw the world where you can find my favourite things that I see in Kyoto. It is actually not a sketch of the real scenery it is a sketch of my Kyoto and how I like to see.

Kyou Sampo (titulo da exposição)

“Kyo” tem duplo significado, Kyou 京 de Kyoto e Kyou今日 do hoje

“Sampo” é um passeio

Eu vivo em Kyoto, onde tu podes encontrar muitos templos e santuários históricos. Muitos turistas do Japão e do exterior visitam a cidade durante o ano. Os meus lugares favoritos são os becos, muito mais do que a rua principal.

Eu prefiro passear nos espaços frequentados pelos habitantes locais e menos nos pontos turísticos. Eu prefiro dias úteis a fins de semana ou feriados. Eu gosto mais de coisas quotidianas do que eventos formais.

Gosto muito de passear em Kyoto, procurando os meus “favoritos”, por outras palavras, os momentos, as coisas, as pessoas, o ambiente, os meus lugares adoráveis. Entro nos cafés locais antigos, onde o velho proprietário abre as portas aos seus clientes regulares.

Passo no mercado de antiguidades que acontece uma vez por mês em Jinja, um templo Shinto do deus da sabedoria. Converso com o dono do velho “sento” (banho público), um espaço onde ele organiza, de forma original, concertos de jazz de vez em quando.

Entro nas confeitarias especializadas em doces japoneses e restaurantes tradicionais, onde os produtos mudam com as estações. Vou ver alguns eventos em templos e santuários, mais pelo seu significado histórico do que pela sua fama. Eu gosto das flores que florescem nas diferentes épocas do ano.

Os meus desenhos representam o mundo das minhas coisas favoritas que eu aprecio em Kyoto. Na verdade, não registo o cenário real, mas desenho o meu Kyoto, uma espécie de combinação daquilo que os meus olhos captam, as minhas coisas favoritas.

Através da minha arte, abro uma janela e, partilho a minha vida quotidiana em Kyoto.

"WARped" by Zé Pereira

WARped by Zé Pereira 

 
An exhibition of illustrations/ Uma exposição de ilustrações

 

Zé Pereira began his career as a freelance illustrator while in high school back in his hometown, Funchal. In the beginning, drawing was not a big part of his future, but eventually caved in and gave up on his other goals to fully dedicate himself to illustration, changing universities to study Drawing in Lisbon, Portugal. Now, most of his clients are musicians, blogs, magazines and fanzines. He is supplying them with illustrations, which are a mix between traditional and digital drawing techniques.

Zé Pereira começou a sua carreira como ilustrador freelancer enquanto estava no secundário na sua terra natal, Funchal. Inicialmente, desenho fazia parte dos seus planos para o futuro, mas eventualmente cedeu e desistiu dos seus outros planos para dedicar-se à ilustração, mudando de universidade para Lisboa onde estudou Desenho em Belas Artes. Neste momento, a maioria dos seus clientes são músicos, blogs, revistas e fanzines, fornecendo-os ilustrações que são um misto entre tecnicas tradicionais e digitais de desenho.