Archive 2010 | pataka

ETHIOPIA
An exhibition of photographs and a multimedia presentation of
3 of our Wellington region's residents time spent working for
'Habitat for Humanity' in Ethiopia
21 January 2010 - 16 February 2010

Kate MacPherson - photographs taken by children of Ethiopia, with Evan
McBride's photographs taken in Ethiopia while working for 'Habitat for
Humanity' and a multi media presentation from Ethiopia by Peter Van Der Burg.

Kate MacPherson
In November 2008, sixteen children from Mercy Home in Addis
Ababa were introduced to photography. All had come either
directly from living on the streets or from extremely poor and
underprivileged backgrounds. Their enthusiasm and delight in
photography have culminated in some incredibly unique and
inspired imagery that will be showcased in this exhibition as
well as on the website www.eyesfromethiopia.com. All profits
from the sale of prints are donated back to the children’s home
to fund their education and living expenses.

Peter van der Burg
Peter van der Burg travelled to Ethiopia in 2007 and 2008 with
teams of New Zealanders for Habitat for Humanity as part of their
Global Village program. While there, the teams worked alongside
locals to build their houses using the "chika method" building style.
Spending four weeks at a time there, Peter shares his impressions
of this very important time in his life as he experienced the country,
it's people, the culture, work and religions.

The documentary "Chucking Chika" follows the method of this cost
effective building technique, while the video wall (a matrix of 4 by 6
computer screens) becomes a dynamic photo display of images that
capture the essence of the Ethiopian life as witnessed by the teams.

Peter is a Porirua resident of seven years (otherwise a Mainlander
hailing from Nelson), and works in Information Technology for the
Porirua City Council.

Evan McBride
Evan McBride - Faces of Ethiopia - a collection of photographic images
of the people of Ethiopia. Taken whilst in Ethiopia for a Habitat for
Humanity project.

          All above photographs by Evan McBride

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PORT NICHOLSON HANDWEAVERS
16 January - 14 February 2010

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LIGHT & SHADOW drawings by Catherine O'Donnell
20 February - 14 March

Large scale charcoal drawings by award winning artist Catherine O'Donnell,
a resident of Blacktown, Porirua's Sister City in Australia.

PETER ADSETT
MATAWHERO: BULLET HOLES AND BANDAGES
28 November 2009 - 14 March 2010

Peter Adsett has exhibited widely throughout Australia, Japan, the US and
New Zealand. He has built a considerable career as an accomplished and
distinctive abstract artist.

Peter Adsett has taken one of the most arresting events in Tairawhiti
history and declined to talk about it. Instead, through his decades-long
experimentation with abstraction, the Melbourne-based artist invites the
viewer to “seek out the edges”, to try to make their own sense out of the
1868 Matawhero Massacre.

Not that his exhibition, Matawhero: Bullet Holes & Bandages, is about
the massacre per se. What it’s about, he says, is the process of painting –
about the language of abstraction, the responses of Western artists to
“spaces” in indigenous art and, most importantly, how black and white
are never actually black and white. In the past Adsett has, in exploring
his craft, dealt with issues from decay (in the 2005 exhibition More Rot)
to the potential vitriol of colour (Polychrome Poison, 2002).

Fittingly, though, there is a sense of violence in the Matawhero series.
Or rather, as the artist puts it, there is “violation” in the damaged surfaces
of the 25 canvases. The thick bristles that are torn from his brush as
he paints are incorporated into the works. As are other pock-like
contaminants that, to a wondering eye, might be interpreted as
bullet holes. “What first occurs to me when I think about Matawhero
is that it was a violation,” the Gisborne-born artist said. “These paintings,
too, have in a way been violated. Their surfaces have been destroyed.”
He says his relationship with Matawhero, and with people who live there,
was the reason why it took him 30 years to offer his visual response to its history.

NOTE: The 'Matawhero Massacre' refers to the 1868 incident when Maori
prophet Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki and his followers killed around 60 people -
roughly equal numbers of Maori and Pakeha. The attack was said to be vengeance
for Te Kooti’s treatment after his capture at Waerenga-a-hika three years earlier
(SOURCE: NZ History).

LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD- local artists think global.
20 February - 21 March FESTIVAL SHOW
Local jewellers and weavers produce works inspired by different countries including Germany, Samoa, India, China, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Guatemala. Also jewellery inspired by Japan, Denmark, England, Indonesia, USA, Singapore and New Zealand.

Jewellers include: Trish Armour, Kylie Fyfe, Beverley Francis, Brigit Howitt, Spring Rees, Jane Clark, Robyn Parker, Neke Moa, Lindsay Park, Helen Lukes, Natalie Brasell, Ann Boniface, Elizabeth Arnold, Kristelle Plimmer,Hanne Eriksen Mapp, Sue Shore and Margaret Norrish, Jhana Millers, Viviene Atkinson, Tara Brady.

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   AT THE BAY - TITAHI BAY ARTISTS
   18 March - 5 April
   A group exhibition showcasing the talents of Titahi Bay residents.

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You are invited to chat to, or just observe, our
PRINT AND PAPER MAKERS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
as they demonstrate their skills in the Blue Pacific gallery
26 March- 7 April

Four internationally acclaimed print and paper makers from the Solomon
Islands will demonstrate their skills throughout their exhibition from 24 March
to 7 April. The days they will be conducting public workshops and
demonstrations are Friday 26 March, Sunday 28 March,
Wednesday 31 March, Thursday 1 April, Sunday 4 April through to
Wednesday 7 April. Their public workshops will also include demonstrations
|for all levels - school groups, Whitireia Polytech trainees and other New Zealand
print and paper makers.

Michel Tuffery (now among New Zealand's foremost artists) visited the
Solomons in 1994 to help teach the villagers how to make woodblocks and
how to print. Solomon Island artist Joe Lindsay also helped with the
introduction to the islands of screen printing.

In 1996, Michel Tuffery returned with others to assist and upskill local artists,
many of whom were already highly skilled wood carvers. The shift from three
dimensional carving to paper and print making soon revealed some outstanding artists.
One art style that is now famous far beyond the Solomon Islands is the use of a montage
of traditional totem-like fish, bird and animal designs, now known as 'Spirit of the Solomons'.

The Solomon Island artists at Pataka Museum have been sponsored through a travel grant
from Creative New Zealand, while the accommodation and local expenses are to be provided
independently through various friends of the Solomon Islands in Porirua. Pictured: Ralph Ako

A brief bachground on the aid of these artists working in the Solomon Islands.

In 1994 New Zealand official assistance (NZODA) launched a pilot project in Balai in Malaita province.
Working with the volunteer Solomon Island Development Trust, the project sought to provide villagers
with alternative revenue generating projects as alternatives to the selling of their prime forests to
Asian logging companies.

WEST AFRICA – Rhythm and Spirit.
21 February - 18 April 2010
An exhibition including textiles, sculpture, masks, drums and jewellery from
West Africa, a region of mesmerising masked rituals, flamboyant dress and
vibrant music.

The territory that West Africa occupies is diverse, from vast areas of desert
lands to richly forested landscapes. This is matched by it's diversness of
peoples, form highly rural to substantial urban populations. These physical
chracteristics help create a diverse population of cultures and spiritual beliefs
which form an important part of daily life. From birth to death, faith in the gods
and belief in the presence of ancestor spirits is a part of life, expressed in dance,
divination,ceremonies, carvings, funeral traditions and poetry.

West Africa Rhythm+Spirit is an Otago Museum touring exhibition

CAUSE AND EFFECT
Nestor Opetaia
10 April - 9 May

This is an exploration of the bond and relationship between two allied arts -
painting and music. The exhibition is based on the idea of cause and effect
where a response or reason is a product of an action or event. I wanted to
take the concept of cause and effect and consciously apply it to a series of
painting and music, creating works spontaneously and intuitively.

Working with my two collaborators, music and painting, I structured the
compositions in an organic fashion. Pieces evolved by liberating chance and
the constant act of randomly applying and uniting colour, markings, musical
notes and sounds.

This method created ongoing opportunities and freedom of choice to rearrange,
harmonise and complete a body of contrasted works.

Themes and emotions emerge at different moments and diverge through
the use of colour, tonal values, light and layers.

With the music, the layering of sounds, dynamic arrangements, and the
enhancement of moods and chord structures create journeys and stories.

Nestor Opetaia

BAMIYAN – the heart of Afghanistan.
6 February - 23 May 2010

This exhibition explores the history and culture of this strife-ridden region through
local crafts, photographic images and audio visuals. Bamiyan - the heart of
Afghanistan also brings to life the stories and experiences of the people living in
Bamiyan. It is presented through the eyes of the locals together with interviews
and images of New Zealanders working with the New Zealand Provincial
Reconstruction Team in Bamiyan Provence.

Why Bamiyan?

Since the defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan at the end of 2001, the New Zealand
Government has provided a Provincial Reconstruction Team in the province of Bamiyan
comprising Defence Force personnel, N.Z. Police and NZAID development programmes.

Dr Habiba Sorabi, Governor of Bamiyan Province (including Bamiyan township),
visited New Zealand in February 2008 to thank the government for their support.
At that time Dr Sorabi visited Porirua and invited the city to form a Sister City
relationship with Bamiyan.

Widespread debate within the City Council and the community led to a Friendly
City relationship being established in October 2008.

This exhibition celebrates the Friendly City relationship between Porirua City
and Bamiyan. The exhibition gives an insight to the history of Bamiyan, the
landscape, the people and their culture. It also showcases the work of New Zealand's
Provincial Reconstruction Team in the province of Bamiyan.

Pataka gratefully acknowledges the support of the following:

DAC
NZAID
New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Police
Pedram Pirnia

A short description about Bamiyan

Bamiyan is the main town in the namesake Bamiyan Province. It was the home
of the giant Buddha's of Bamiyan which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

An isolated city, Bamiyan is located about 240 km west of Kabul. A calm and
serene city, Bamiyan lies in the lap of nature depicting the extraordinary cultural
diversity of Afghanistan. The Bamiyan valley is said to be the most picturesque
area in the region.

HELL HERE NOW – The Gallipoli diary of Alfred Cameron. Paintings by Bob Kerr.
20 March - 23 May 2010

Alfred Cameron begins his Gallipoli diary with the words, ‘I write these lines
hoping they will be useful to those at home.’ They are in fountain pen in an
elegant, formal script. The diary ends nine months later with these words
scrawled across the page in pencil. ‘It’s just hell here now. No water or tucker,
seven out of thirty three in number one troop on duty, rest either dead or
wounded. Dam (sic) the place, no good writing any more.’

HELL HERE NOW consists of 10 individual paintings that make up one large
landscape of the Gallipoli beach and hills. Written across each of the paintings
are excerpts from Alfred Cameron's diary. Enjoy these wonderful paintings
while reading through copies of the original diary, which is both compelling
and thought provoking. Feel free to also take away a complimentary copy of
the brochure that has a reproduction of the full set of paintings.

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    CREATIVE FIBRE SOCIETY
   6 May - 23 May

Weavings and fibre artworks based on the poem,
The Underside of Stone by Glenda Fawkes

Linda Hoyle

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New Zealand Treasures / Nga Taonga o Aotearoa
A Small History of Bone Carving / Wheua Whakairo he Tahuhu Korero Iti.
15 May - 13 June

A group exhibition featuring 9 New Zealand bone carvers including:
Anika Bingham, Brian Flintoff, Doug Marsden, Fumio Noguchi, Lewis Gardiner,
Norm Clark, Owen Mapp, Stacy Gordine and Stephen Myhre.

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Heritage Month - Heritage and the Environment
5 June - 27 June

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      Mana Arts Society
    1 July - 18 July 2010

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Eloquence - the Laureates of the Pacific
New Paintings by Momoe von Reiche & Albert Wendt
19 June - 11 July 2010

Albert Wendt recently won The Commonwealth Writers Prize for
Asia Pacific for the second time. Wendt is arguably the Pacific's
most prominent and prolific poet, novelist and playwright. His writings
have inspired generations throughout the Pacific and the world. He is
now Emeritus Professor at the University of Auckland and is writing and
painting full time.

Artist Momoe von Reiche is an internationally recognised Samoan poet,
author, artist and illustrator, whose large canvas paintings are
conceptual representations of the different colours and shapes of
her beloved homeland.

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LOOKING GLASS: reflecting ideas
21 New Zealand glass artists
1 May - 8 August 2010

Described as a milestone for glass art in this country,
Looking Glass: reflecting ideas is a large scale exhibition
featuring the work of 21 New Zealand glass artists, from
big names such as Ann Robinson and Emma Camden to
those new on the scene.

These 21 New Zealand glass artists were selected from
many submissions responding to a brief which invited
proposals for a group of three works that would show
the scope and development of an idea. Each are showing
three works: one completed in the last year and two charting
the development and resolution of their idea

Artists were asked to ‘reflect on’ the ways in which their idea
had evolved, and show the relationship to their interest in glass
and the process of making their work. In some cases that
development has taken place over a considerable time; in others,
one of the objects might not be a work, but something that had
provided the source of their idea.

The result is this exhibition, featuring over 74 spectacular glass
artworks providing a visual feast of art and design.

Emma Camden, Passage 2009

          Claudia Borella, Transference 16 fromIn Search of a Universal Language series 2009

          Luke Jacomb, Black Paddle 2005

Ann Robinson, Twisted Flax Pods 2008

Looking Glass: reflecting ideas is a Sarjeant Gallery touring exhibition.

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      W i Taepa - 'iti'
      17 July - 8 August

     All new small black and white ceramic works from Wi Taepa

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KEITH GRINTER -
THE SHED PROJECT: ITERATION
22nd July - 15 August 2010

Keith describes The Shed Project as an exploration of the
everyday through drawing, an attempt to translate his
experience of the everyday street, to reveal his experience
of walking and looking through drawing.

Iteration V extends this theme by using the Adoration of the
Magi (1504-05) by Albrecht Durer to select drawings which
are then interpreted in timber. The shadows cast by the timber
drawings are often easier to read than the constructions,
creating transcriptions of the original blind contour drawings,
just as walking through the installation is a transcription of
Keiths original walks.

CARVING MUSKETS - PU WHAKAIRO
29 May - 29 August 2010

The arrival of firearms to New Zealandand the Pacific had a major impact
on many aspects of traditional Maori life; however the tradition of carving
continued but took a new form. This exhibition is a chance to show and
explore the tradition of carving weapons in Maori society, and its continuance
past the introduction of European technology into the 19th century.

This exhibition includes traditional examples of weapons from the collections
of Te Papa Tongarewa, Canterbury Museum, Tairawhiti Museum, Whanganui
Museum and the Police Museum, together with contemporary carvers and
artists including Clive Fugill, Wayne Youle, and Michel Tuffery.

Todd Douglas, Gladys, ceramic. Gladys is quite possibly
the only ceramic rifle in New Zealand. Todds Douglas's work
usually include traditional Maori objects built with modern
techniques, materials and processes.

       Carved 1855 Callisher and Terry Carbine, Whanganui Regional Museum collection


       Michel Tuffery, Mock 1

Clive Fugill, Enfield Rifle, Replica

Tupara 12 gauge single barrel shotgun,
Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. Worcester Massachusetts.
Made circa 1900 carved 1940s.
Collection of the Museumof New ZealandTe Papa Tongarewa

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FINE SPELLS- Chatham Islands
19 August - 5 September

Prints and paintings in a variety of styles ranging from
topographical to abstract, small scale to large. The show
is based on an artists field trip organised by Geologist/Printmaker
Chris Adams in September 2008. It reflects the artists' individual
responses to the remote Chatham Islands.Fine Spells share the
common denominators of themes, colour and light from their
Chatham Islands experience, but these are expressed in their
own personal and idiosyncratic ways.

Chris Adams Nathalie Robert-Peillard

Linda Gilbert

Margaret Elliot

DOUBLE VISION: when artists collaborate
29 May - 12 September 2010

An exhibition of collaborating artists including -

Aaron Beehre & Hannah Beehre
Susan Jowsey & Marcus Williams
Madeleine Child & Philip Jarvis
Shintaro Nakahara & Yoshiko Nakahara
Gavin Hurley & Sam Mitchell
Hemi Macgregor, Ngataiharuru Taepa & Saffronn Te Ratana
Robin White, Leba Toki & Bale Jione

Exploring the partnerships and processes used in creating a collaborative
art work. DOUBLE VISION: when artists collaborate showcases the results of
these very successful and innovative collaborations.

The exhibition showcases the trend towards collaboration among contemporary
visual artists. From pairs and couples to groups and collectives, artists are
increasingly choosing to work together, valuing creative teamwork in a less
isolated practice. Collaborative practice is now an established and familiar
part of the contemporary visual arts landscape.

Why are artists choosing to collaborate? Could this be part of a shift away
from individualistic to a more collaborative, socially engaged form of artistic
practice? Will this lead to the emergence of a new kind of art practice?

The artists in this exhibition revel in the creative possibilities that come from
collaboration. Challenging the image of the lone artist, they enjoy the process
of working together and the opportunity it gives them to expand their creative
horizons. They relish the conviviality of discussing, criticising and offering different
perspectives. Robin White describes the pattern of consultation, action and
reflection in working with Fijian artists Leba Toki and Bale Jione as ‘liberating –
creating art becomes a fundamentally social activity.’

Robin White, Leba Toki & Bale Jione Suka Siti (Sugar City) 2009 – 2010

Madeleine Child & Philip Jarvis Doodads and Doodahs, orange 2009

Hemi Macgregor, Ngataiharuru Taepa & Saffronn Te Ratana Tu Te Manu Ora i Te Rangi 2009

Gavin Hurley & Sam Mitchell Charles Heaphy 2010

Shintaro Nakahara & Yoshiko Nakahara Byobu – Folding Screen 2010

Aaron Beehre & Hannah Beehre Postcard to Garland Briggs 2008

F4 collective (Susan Jowsey, Marcus Williams, Jessie Williams
and Mercy Williams) The Minutes 2010

A STILL LIFE IS A THEATRE - The Art of Susan Wilson
25 April - mid August 2010

"Painting a still life is like having a little theatre where you put on plays." Susan Wilson

Susan Wilson, a New Zealander living in London, creates energetic still life paintings.
The still life is a subject Wilson returns to constantly. She constructs her still lifes by
carefully selecting the objects which become like characters in a theatre.
In her more recent work she includes New Zealand imagery.

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Toihoukura, new works from the students of Toihoukura -
Tairawhiti Polytechnic, Gisborne
     14 August - 12 September

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THE ‘INVENTOR NEXT DOOR EXPO’
30 September - 17 October

An exhibition designed to assist New Zealander’s in celebrating
their ingenuity and innovative nature.

This Expo is calling all inventors from all over
New Zealand to come and show their innovations
and inventions.

A total of 20 places have been allocated to inventors
or innovators, the exhibition is free to all who wish to display
their inventions and the organisation responsible for the
Expo, Kiwi Ingenuity, are doing so to increase the awareness
of New Zealand inventors within the community.

Kiwi Ingenuity is a company that “recognises that there is little
being done by government to promote invention in NZ. Kiwi
Ingenuity knows that it is inventions that make life easier as
they are created in response to a need that has been seen.”
(Kiwi Ingenuity, 2009)

In a bid to increase awareness of Kiwi inventors, exhibitions are
organised every year so that the latent hidden talent of so many
New Zealanders can come to the forefront. This time the main
theme of the exhibition is Transportation and it is being held in
the Pataka, Bottle Creek Gallery Porirua City.

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TARANAKI 5 - Works in Clay, Fibre and Paint
18 September - 17 October
TARANAKI 5 Showing the work of five artists from Taranaki:
Joyce Young, Bev Rea and Maria Brockhill work with clay,
Waldo Hartley paints in acrylics and Sally Johnson creates
with fibre. The artists have conveyed their own style and
expression in their art, and all consider that their works,
either in clay, fibre or paint, reflect the strong influences
of our mountain Taranaki, the landscape and the tidal
areas where the land and sea meet.

Images: Artists from top to bottom; Maria Brockhill, Waldo Hartley,
Sally Johnson, Bev Rea, Joyce Young

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Tradition & Colour

Bindi - The Indian Dot
21 October - 14 November

The bindi is arguably the most visually fascinating of all forms of
body decoration and an inseparable part of the Indian woman's
identity. Also known as 'tika', 'pottu', 'sindoor', 'tilak', 'tilakam' and
'kumkum', a bindi is usually an eye-catching round mark made on
the forehead as adornment.

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BOX ART
Saturday 23 October – Sunday 21 November

An exciting new exhibition showing creativity of 50 artists who have
committed to take an empty box and create whatever.

The boxes will be sold by a Silent Auction during the exhibition
ending with a fun filled Auction party led by Kim Hill on
Sunday 21 November. 25% of the proceeds will go to the
Friends of Pataka to start a fund for an Artist in Residence programme.

(This idea came from Carolyn Wallace a member of Friends after
seeing something similar while visiting San Francisco).

'I own a B&B in Plimmerton and over the years have hosted some amazing people.
One of them is Alison and ex New Zealander who lives in San Francisco and returns
every year for a couple of months in her homeland. Two years ago I visited a number
of exhibitions in and around San Francisco with Alison and discovered the Box Art
Show run by 'Gallery Route One' at Point Reyes Station. I felt so strongly that such
a show had a place in New Zealand and that place was Pataka.

Mike Collins,The Dream of Charles Darwin Cliff James,Ikon

                                                  Michel Tuffery, Recycled Povi VaSa


                                                Debbie Pointon,Sound of Butterflies

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        Whitireia Exhibition - DRIVEN 2010
      20 November - 9 January 2011

End of year show from this years graduates from Whitireia Polytechnic Visual Arts Department.

Sophie Laurs, Victory Over Decay Ruth Robertson-Taylor, Muttershaft

THE MORIORI OF REKOHU: T'chakat henu - People of the Land
22 August- 30 January 2011

The last known Moriori of full descent, Tame Horomona Rehe,
later known as Tommy Solomon, died on 19 March 1933. Contrary
to popular belief, Moriori people did not disappear after his death.
Hundreds of Moriori descendants now live on Rekohu (Chatham Island),
throughout New Zealand and around the world.

This exhibition is a testament to their fortitude and determination to |
reclaim their culture and identity and share it with all New Zealanders.

Providing a walk-through of the Moriori's origins and culture, the
exhibition culminates in a series of panels celebrating the lives of
today's Moriori descendants, detailing their thoughts on their heritage,
and efforts to revive and reclaim their culture and identity.

Bob Maysmor, the curator of the exhibition says, "The voice of these
people really tells amazing stories of hardship, of cultural denial and
I think if people read that they will get a real feeling for what these folk
have gone through."

A highlight of the exhibition is a re-creation of the Kopi grove at the
National Historic Reserve of Hapupu on Rekohu. The Kopi grove is a
spiritual centre for the Moriori and home to numerous examples of
rakau momori (living tree carvings) created by Moriori ancestors.

SHEEP - NZ Icons in Art
18 September - 23 January 2011

Recognising and celebrating the contribution that SHEEP have made to
this nation's development, these icons are seen as an integral part of
New Zealand's cultural heritage.

At a time when the dairy industry is flourishing, earning record prices
and taking over pastoral farms, SHEEP: NZ Icons in Art celebrates
the contribution that SHEEP have made to this nation's development.

Stephen Goodenough, Holme Station Saleyards, collection of the artist

He Kete Aroha - From the Gift Basket with Love
25 November - 16 January

      A group show including: Brian Gartside, Fran Maguire, Linda Forrest,
      Amber Smith, Victoria Pound, Louis Palmer, Elisabeth Vullings,
      Katie Gold, Judy Newton, Louise Douglas, Deb Donnelly,
      Kohai Grace, Alan Wehipeihana, Vicki Campbell.
      Works will be cash and carry.

The end of the year is a time when we like to get together
with the family and friends that we love. Often gift giving
is an important part of those special times together. This is an
exhibition of unique treasures designed as gifts for the special
people in your life. These exquisite gifts are one off pieces
made by New Zealand artists.

For your convenience, this is a cash and carry exhibition
(you can walk out with your gift) and all purchases can
be gift wrapped free of charge.

Fran Maguire Elisabeth Vullings

Amber Smith Louise Douglas

Judy Newton

Katie Gold

WHITE GODDESS
11 September - 6 February 2011

The archetype of The White Goddess has been depicted in fairy tales and
mythology. When a bride dons her wedding gown she becomes the
manifestation of The White Goddess, an object of veneration and adoration,
a queen for the day. Hughes explores the way the wedding ritual with its
roots going back to prehistory goddess worship, is an enactment of the
passage from the maiden to the next cycle of maternity/fertility.

The White Goddess is seen as a symbol of fertility, regeneration and hope
and has become a universal symbol for brides in many countries.
Explore the archetypal White Goddess as seen in the wedding dresses
and paintings by Kerrie Hughes and the elaborate millinery skills of Liza Foreman.

Image credits: Hair - Derek Elvy, Bouy Hairdressing
(salon@buoy.co.nz)

Photographer - Luke Calder, Luke Calder Photography
(lukecalderphotography@gmail.com)

Ass Stylist, Ass Photographer, Retouching - Amy Saunders
(2amysaunders@gmail.com)

Makeup - Biddi King
(biddiking@gmail.com)

Model - Zeyna Soboh
(zeynadapom@hotmail.com)

NGA KAKAHU: Change and Exchange
Jo Torr and Roka Ngarimu-Cameron
18 September - 8 Febuary

Nga Kakahu: Change and Exchange is a celebration
of the art of Maori weaving from both a Maori and
Pakeha perspective. The exhibition brings together
for the first time sculptor Jo Torr and Maori weaver,
Roka Ngarimu-Cameron, both of whom find inspiration
in the traditional Maori art of cloak weaving.
Ngarimu-Cameron takes Maori weaving into the
21st century, adapting European weaving techniques
to Maori hand weaving to create her finely woven
contemporary kakahu (cloaks) while Torr's elaborate
Victorian-style dresses, sewn from recycled blankets
are decorated with elements of Maori cloak design
including hukahuka tassels and ngore pompoms.

The works of both artists play off against each other
generating a range of conversations about cultural
adaptation and change. Both artists investigate the
role of costume within culture. While Torr is fascinated
by the intriguing historical interrelationship between
Maori cloaks and imported European blankets,
Ngarimu-Cameron focuses on the similarities between
traditional Maori cloaks and ceremonial Scottish kilts.
Each suite of work investigates an aspect of inter cultural
exchange, revealing some unexpected links and surprising
connections. As Ngarimu-Cameron says, 'the whole project
was about bridging the gap between Maori and
European culture.'

Jo Torr Hihima 2010, courtesy of Mark Hutchins Gallery. Roka Ngarimu-Cameron Korowai 2008

    Left, Roka Ngarimu-Cameron, Korowai 2008
    Right, Jo Torr, Ngore 2009 courtesy of the Mark Hutchins Gallery

    Roka Ngarimu- Cameron                                             Jo Torr, Kaitaka, Detail, courtesy of Mark Hutchins Gallery