September 3, 2023
Rockland, Maine – Gallery Fukurou will re-open after temporarily closing due to the pandemic with an exhibit that celebrates nature.
We are honored to host an exhibit by Yohaku Yorozuya from September 8 to October 1. The show entitled Photosynthesis raises awareness about how valuable protecting nature is to our existence. Yohaku’s art black and white photographs, mostly taken in Maine, captivate with wonder.
Photosynthesis is a biological process that converts light energy into chemical energy. Then it is stored in organic compounds and metabolized through cellular respiration to fuel the organism’s activities. Without the process nothing would be able to live.
Yohaku visits Rockland yearly. His lifetime passion for photography led him to become an emanate Japanese photographic fine artist who led the photographic department at Nihon University in Tokyo. He is renowned for his use of classic darkroom techniques, spending days perfecting his images.
This year, during his visit, Yohaku will develop film using ocean water from Rockland.
Photosynthesis Exhibit
Gallery Fukurou
20 Main Street
September 8 — October 1
11:00 am — 5:00 pm, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
The Solon Center for Research and Publishing owns Gallery Fukurou, which means owl in Japanese as well as prosperity and health. The owl in Ancient Greece often is associated with Athena, the goddess of arts and wisdom. The gallery borders Owl’s Head, two doors down from Primo.
Fukurou represents Maine artists, and fosters cross-cultural connections with Japanese artists and others. We host exhibits, booksignings, have lectures, workshops and other events. Our books have themes of long-term intrinsic value and are published through our Solon Center publishing arm, Polar Bear & Company.
The Solon Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit Maine Public Benefit Corporation that helps build community in Maine and beyond through educational, literary, scientific and artistic means, with publications, research, exhibits, events and other initiatives. We work to help the humanities flourish.
The Solon Center for Research and Publishing is also a platform where people from diverse disciplines can examine issues of cultural and environmental importance, while developing connections.
Democracy flourishes when creativity is allowed freedom of expression.
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