Sara Hughes Flower House 2007

Sara Hughes new installation piece is now on show at the Te Manawa Art Gallery, in Palmerston North.

Entering the gallery you first come upon a large geometric stripped PVC curtain that you see through, to an inner wall of flowers. You pass through the PVC to be enclosed in a space of striped colour and a wall of 10,000 painted, paper cut flowers. The flowers are loosely layered and move slightly in the air flow of the room.

The flower imagery derives from the paisley motif that Sara spent much of 2003/04 researching and creating works with.

Te Manawa Art Gallery is a public gallery in Palmerston North - a city between Auckland and Wellington - and the exhibition is open until 15 July 2007. Alice Hutchinson is the curator.

Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand - City Gallery Wellington

11 February to 29 April 2007

After 5 years Gregor Kregar finally wraps up the Matthew 12:12 project with a major exhibition of all elements of the work at City Gallery Wellington.

The project started with a live sheep installation for Sculpture on the Gulf in 2003, that later evolved into a video work, photographic portraits, badges and then ceramic installations of sheep in Auckland and Hobart.

This is the third Telecom Prospect exhibition, a curated show ‘drawing on the most vital and curious work made by New Zealand artists from the previous three years’. This years curator was Heather Galbraith, Senior Curator City Gallery Wellington.

The installation of live sheep was also displayed in front of the Christchurch Art Gallery (image above) as part of A&P Show last year.

Gregor is currently working on a large sculptural work commissioned for the Connells Bay sculpture park on Waiheke Island. We’ll have more details and images soon.

Matthew 12:12 2005

Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, University of Tasmania

Dechaineux Lecture Theatre

12:30pm Friday 16 March 2007

Megan Keating is a Hobart based artist who has a multi-disciplined practice crossing painting, paper cuts and site specific installation. Megan has recently returned from a 3 month Asialink residency in Taiwan. As part of this residency Megan was investigating island based cultures and researching the relationship bewteen visitors/foreigners, locals and indigenous communities within these cultures.

In this forum Megan will share some of her professional experiences from the Taipei Artists Village (TAV) and personal insights into Taiwanese culture. She will focus on the program of events, exhibitions and collaborative projects she was involved in as well as introducing some of the international artists also working at TAV at this time.

Brick Bay Polyhedron 2006

Gregor recently completed this new sculpture for the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail near Matakana, New Zealand.

The work stands 5 metres tall and made from 220 laser-cut, CNC bent, mirror finish stainless steel panels.

The 2 km sculpture trail, 60 mins north of Auckland, showcases contemporary works by New Zealand’s emerging and established artists.

The trail is open daily 10 - 5pm. Visit the website for more information.

Tasmania: Explore the Possibilities

An Exhibition of Alternative Parliamentary Portraits by Jamin

INFLIGHT Gallery

March 2 - 24, 2007

Opening 6pm Friday March 2

Jamin’s new series of free-hand aerosol works explore the bizarre and often disturbing links between politics and business in Tasmania and questions whether or not the arts have a role to play in these issues. In a state where the Premier makes jokes like: “Tasmania: the Conspiracy State”, and business leaders like John Gay would like it noted that “it was Mr Lennon who had rushed to see him… not the other way around” - it is appropriate to be alert and alarmed.

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