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GALLERIES, program to 27 October 2018 Gallery 1 [Inner, small gallery space], Gallery 2 [Outer, big gallery space] Gallery 1 & Gallery 2 'Every Day is a Good Day' - a selection of Japanese Scroll from the Umemura Collection presented by Aukje & Ferry van Mansum. Running from 2 - 28 July. 'The Umemura Collection comes from Awajishima Island in Japan, whereMr. Toshio Umemura used to have an art shop and gallery. Due to his advanced age he closed the shop and sold the Japanese scrolls from home until his death at age 99 in 2017. He acquired the scrolls from other art businesses and made a wide selection from traditional scrolls such as landscapes, cranes and Noh play, more individual pieces with birds, flowers and fish, to scrolls he sold to temples. There are no two scrolls the same in the collection.' www.umemuracollection.com Gallery 1 & Gallery 2 Nelson Youth Art Exhibition Arts Council Nelson proudly presents an exhibition showcasing young artists from Nelson. Lyndsey Cassidy, Matisse Perkins, Sarah Jones, Hannah Starnes, Belinda Burke, Sasha Mariana, Seung-Woo Hong, Julia Cooper, Mia Weeks, Finn Delany and Alex Dissmeyer. Profits will go towards a good cause. Opening Event, 30 July, 5:30pm, All welcome. Runs in Gallery 2 until 4 August. Work in Gallery 1 might continue until 1 September, depending on interior pending improvements. Gallery 2 Thomas Slade 'What brings you here? A Tale of Two Towns' Running 6 August - 1 September Opening Event, either Monday, 6 August or Friday, 10 August, 5:30pm. TBC. Wellington based Thomas Slade holds a Master of Fine Arts, Massey University, Wellington. The work in this exhibition is photography based on 4x5 analog colour negatives and will consists of a selection of a larger body of work comparing two rural towns - Waverly and Shannon, which as Slade points out, as being brought up in Nelson, he feels compare to these both towns. 'What Brings You Here? examines both the positive and negative changes in rural New Zealand. Why does one town decline while another prospers? Initial research revealed small town New Zealand was struggling and statistics showed declining populations and less employment opportunities. It was the decline of the small town where my original concept was focussed. Since the closure of the Iron Ore Mines Waverley has felt the increased effects of a diminishing population, lack of services and low house prices. Ten years ago, Shannon was in a similar position. It is now known for rejuvenation through active town planning and boutique shopping. My photographs of rural New Zealand highlight these changes. They remind us where we have come from as a country and of our identity as New Zealanders. ' Gallery 1 Brooke Georgia, Bachelor of Design in Craft Art, CPIT, 1999 with exhibition experiences at Form Gallery, NG and CoCA in Christchurch. Running 3 - 29 September Opening Event, 3 September, 5:30pm, All Welcome. Brooke Georgia describes her work, which from proposed to now specifically developing for our Gallery 1 as follows: 'Using drawing and installation sculpture, I am interested in work that has resonance, provocation and honesty. I work both abstractly and figuratively, and play with layers of meaning in my processes, imagery and materials. Beauty and terror have a close relationship in my art, and are at times indistinguishable. I create imagery aware of its own vulnerability.' Gallery 2 Ari Edgecombe, Curator of the VIsual Arts at the Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o te Taniwha and holds a Masters from Univeristy of Canterbury, Christchurch. Running 3 - 29 September Opening Event, 3 September, 5:30pm, All Welcome. 'The proposed work is inspired by the visual quality of the water in Fiordland, the evnironment beneath, the surface and the intersection where ocean meets land. Gallery 2 will be transformed with an installation of multi media nature to create an environment of water'. Updates with a closer look into the work currently developed for Gallery 2 soon. Gallery 1 & 2 1 - 6 October A special project week - with evening events to support our aim to extending show durations without increasing gallery hire fees for our program season July 2018 - June 2019. Line up and more details soon. We are excited! Gallery 1 TBC - 8 - 27 October Gallery 2 As part of the Readers & Writers Festival, Nelson Arts Festival 2018 Gallery 2 presents Running 8 - 27 October Opening Event, TBC. 'The Story Inside My Head' a collaborative project that will result in an exhibition that aims to brings art and literature together. Curated by Nelson-based artists David Ryan and Jo Kinross, this cross-over show aims to deepen the gallery visitor’s experience by linking art works with a story written by playwright and author Michelanne Forster. Invited artists are [in no particular oder]: Errol Shaw, Catherine Salmon, Katie Pascoe, Stella Chrysostomou, Gebhard Krewitt, Wanda Tait and Lee Woodman. __________________________________________________________________________________ Featured artist in our Foyer Jason McCormick In recent years, Jason McCormick’s art practice has shifted from being primarily focused on painting to involving ‘constructed photography.’ This entails building intricate and precise scale models of structures and then photographing the models in various constructed compositions. These end up either as stills or as stop-motion moving images. Interested in the themes of ‘power and control’, McCormick explains that he is concerned with how his artworks might draw attention to false or misleading impressions of reality. “My work considers how, through the process of model making, illusion can manifest on a number of levels. From the idea of the illusion of power, the illusion of dimension – large to small and back to large – to the illusion of authenticity. This draws attention to and reflects the artwork's intention to unmask the reality of corporate power and control using intentionally illusory strategies and processes. Trying not to be overly didactic, my aim is to elicit a certain feeling from the viewer that all is not as it seems.” McCormick was born in Blenheim and currently lives in Nelson. He holds a MA in Visual Arts from AUT and a Bachelor of Arts and Media from NMIT. - Jasonmccormick.com |
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