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the Water Oracle

8/31/2018

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Ari Edgecombe - the Water Oracle
Opening Preview Monday 3 September, 5:30pm. All Welcome.
Show runs until 28 September.
the WATER ORACLE is a culmination of what is rare and precious. An act of gathering past experiences and merging them as an elemental form, a place, a vision. Inspired by the visual quality of water surfaces in the remote area of Tamatea, kelp forest views off the shore of Aramoana, the search for a long buried whale in the dunes of Oue and by patterns of weaving and net making, Ari Edgecombe creates an environment connected to water that becomes a site for memory, life and experience. Large-scale suspended sculptural forms and painted lengths of material converge with moving imagery in this deeply layered, atmospheric installation.
 
Ari Edgecombe is currently the Curator of Visual Arts at the Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o te Taniwha.


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insupportable

8/31/2018

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Brooke Georgia - insupportable
Opening Preview Monday 3 September, 5:30pm. All Welcome.
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Runs until 28 September.
Brooke Georgia works both figuratively and abstractly in drawing and installation sculpture. She is interested in work that has resonance, provocation and honesty.
'Brooke Georgia creates poetic, vulnerable, often confronting work. She plays with layers of meaning in her processes, imagery and materials. The drawn line is utilised for it’s purity and rawness, the essential tool in translating thought and emotion with deftness and vision. Collected materials and clothing are eloquently re-presented as remnants of bodily experience in her installation and sculptural work. There is both a violence and a beauty in her work.'       
- with thanks to Rachael Slade.
Born in 1970, Brooke gained a Bachelor of Design in 1999. She lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand, with her husband and two children.


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What Brings You Here?

8/3/2018

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We are looking forward to the opening of Thomas Slade's
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'What brings you here? A Tale of Two Towns'
Running 6 August - 1 September 
Opening Event, either Monday, 6 August, 5:30pm. All Welcome.

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. '
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Nelson Youth Art Exhibition

8/3/2018

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Thank you to the artists of the Nelson Youth Art Exhibition - 10 artists, for a good cause, with some profits going to Magenta Creative Space as  well as raising a conversation of the pressure of daily life that also affects our Youth and can result in different forms of mental health conditions - however also pointing out with their work, that creativity can be helpful to gain back balance, create a safe place and hold obey the darker side of our minds. Artists on show were : Finn Delany, Lyndsey Cassidy, Hannah Starnes, Belinda Burke, Sasha Mariana, Sarah Jones, Alex Dissmeyer, Mia Weeks, Matisse Perkins and Seung-woo Hong. Thank you all. Please note some work will remain in our Gallery 1 until 18 August 2018.
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      • Toi Rangatahi - Youth Exhibition
      • RAW 2
      • Woven CD Project
      • The Before I Die Project
      • And this is my picture - Children's Art Project >
        • VIRTUAL MEDICAL MASK PARADE
        • In The Frame
      • Transformers 2D - 3D
      • Blind Ukulele Workshops
      • Armistice Day Installation Project
      • Titans of Tunes
      • RAW - art outside the edge
      • Let's Face it
      • The Big LITTLE Idea
      • ILLUMINATE 2017
      • PHONE ART
      • Tahuna Beach Sculpture Walk Competition
      • Welcome to Nelson Sign Competition
    • Blog