Birds

18 June to 8 October 2006 Birds is an enchanting new exhibition at PATAKA offering a sense of the species' fragility whilst flaunting their charm.  This exhibition depicts the delicate balance between our world and theirs.  It illustrates their spiritual significance to Maori and reveals a snapshot of their fleeting presence. Birds includes art work by Laurence Aberhart, John Bevan Ford, Don Binney, Rob Cherry, Bruce Connew, Shane Cotton, Jim Dennison and Leanne Williams, Paul Dibble, Charlotte Fisher, Fred Graham, Kowhai Grace, Bill Hammond, Michael Harrison, Matt Hunt, Gavin Hurley, John Johns Maureen Lander, Tony de Lautour, Saskia Leek, Richard Lewer, Colin McCahon, Andrew McLeod, Moana Nepia, Brendan O’Brien, Hamish Palmer, Seraphine Pick, Martin Poppelwell, Fiona Pardington, Michael Parekowhai, Peter Peryer, Paul Raynor, Brydee Rood, Jeff Thomson, Ronnie van Hout, Warren Viscoe, John Walsh, Robin White, Emily Wolfe, Carey Young. Some of our greatest contemporary artists have engaged with the theme of bird life in Aotearoa.  You may never see our 'feathered friends' in quite the same light...ever again.  Birds is open from 18 June to 8 October 2006. EMAIL CONTACT: Curator Helen Kedgley ABOVE: JEFF THOMSON, Fantail (2004), Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Bowen Galleries ABOVE: LAURENCE ABERHART, Moreporks (1995), Courtesy the artist and McNamara Gallery. ABOVE: DON BINNEY, Pacific Frigate Bird, Courtesy of the artist and The Sargeant Gallery BILL HAMMOND, Placemakers I (1996), Collection of Jenny Gibbs Trust

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