BLACK + WHITE + RED
John Parker
2 August – 8 September
Opening: Thursday 1 August, 6pm
Artist talk:
Saturday 17 August, 11am
Ceramic artist John Parker will present a new series in black, white and red, a colour palette that the artist believes encompasses New Zealand Aotearoa as an evolving nation. Parker’s works are typically recognisable as bottles or vases but he pushes beyond the traditional pottery vessel shape towards stark minimalist form and into the object debate of functional versus non-functional.
JOHN PARKER | ARTIST TALK
Saturday 17 August, 11am
Join West Auckland based and renowned ceramic artist John Parker in a presentation about his clay practice.
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RESOLUTION
Liyen Chong
2 August – 8 September
Opening: Thursday 1 August, 6pm
Workshop with artist:
Saturday 10 August, 11am
Artist Liyen Chong has built up a multi-faceted practice dealing with cultural generalisations and concerns. The works Resolution continue these investigations onto reproduced images sourced from the 1960s and 70s that Chong began since returning from an AsiaNZ Foundation art residency in South Korea. These found images, scanned and enlarged, have been interrupted by pictorial explorations into their mythic and iconic qualities.
LIYEN CHONG | WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST
Saturday 10 August, 11am
Artist Liyen Chong will lead a workshop to explore the cultural myths and migration stories that you have and may like to share.
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CIRCLE OF RIFFS
Dane Taylor
2 August – 8 September
Opening: Thursday 1 August, 6pm
Kids art workshop:
Saturday 31 August, 11am-12pm
Dane Taylor works with gouache and found images on paper. Each work centres around complex kaleidoscopic abstractions which reflect and interact with the image surrounding them. The pre-existing image on which the painted abstraction is overlaid provides the basis for the interaction between the recognisable world and the supposedly abstract.
DANE TAYLOR | KIDS ART WORKSHOP
Saturday 31 August, 11am - 12pm
In this art workshop with artist Dane Taylor we will explore the possibilities of using existing images in your own creations. Images will be provided or you can bring your own images to tear up and recombine!
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TE HA O TE WHENUA
THE BREATH OF THE LAND
Simon Kaan
13 September – 20 October
Opening: Thursday 12 September, 6pm
Artist talk:
Saturday 14 September, 10.30am
In this current series of painted landscapes, artist Simon Kaan references whenua (land) issues and the responsibilities we have. His shadowy vistas portray the connection of land with water, belonging and place to consider the responsibility this involves. Set adrift in Kaan’s landscapes are visual motifs inherited from his Kai Tahu and Chinese ancestry.
SIMON KAAN + KIM LOWE | 2 ARTIST TALKS
Saturday 14 September, 10.30am - 12pm
Join Dunedin-based artist, Simon Kaan and Christchurch-based artist Kim Lowe as they discuss the relationship that being culture-hybrid has on their art. Lowe will also speak about how the 22/2/2011 Christchurch earthquake led to her involvement in the Sendai-Christchurch Art Exchange.
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MRS CHRYSANTHEMUM PATIENTLY WAITS…
Kim Lowe
13 September – 20 October
Opening: Thursday 12 September, 6pm
Artist talk:
Saturday 14 September, 10.30am
Kim Lowe is an artist and printmaker of New Zealand Chinese and Pakeha descent. Lowe’s latest exhibition features new works that allude to a fabricated family narrative based loosely on historical events and snippets of her family's mixed history.
KIM LOWE + SIMON KAAN | 2 ARTIST TALKS
Saturday 14 September, 10.30am - 12pm
Join Dunedin-based artist, Simon Kaan and Christchurch-based artist Kim Lowe as they discuss the relationship that being culture-hybrid has on their art. Lowe will also speak about how the 22/2/2011 Christchurch earthquake led to her involvement in the Sendai-Christchurch Art Exchange
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BEAUTY OF THE FOUR HANDS
Sang Sool Shim & Keum Sun Lee
13 September – 20 October
Opening: Thursday 12 September, 6pm
Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee are self-taught potters. Together they collaborate on large and small scale ceramic works. Hand thrown by Shim and intricately decorated by Lee, they work with both traditional Korean and contemporary ceramic techniques. Their works are influenced by their cultural heritage and a life set in Waitakere Ranges.
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