Current exhibitions
Kushana Bush: All Things to All Men
A Hocken Collections touring exhibition.
‘To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made All things to all men, that I might by all means save some’. From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 9:22
Kushana Bush’s latest satirical paintings playfully tout the impossible task of satisfying everyone’s needs. Their delicate and alluring surfaces conflate disparate cultures, unsettle the simplified classifications of East and West and cut across cultural difference. Inhabited by a multi-cultural cast of characters, her amusing and imaginative group portraits draw on a range of art styles and epochs from Giotto’s fourteenth century frescoes and erotic Japanese Shunga art to Indo-Persian miniatures and the twentieth century paintings of Englishmen Stanley Spencer. Bush’s cosmopolitan art brings together constituent elements from all over the world in order to inventively reconfigure the geographical, political and social landscape of our time.
All of the delicate jewel-like gouaches in this exhibition were created during Bush’s year as the 2011 Frances Hodgkins Fellow.
Stephen Martyn Welch: The Sitting
In TVNZ 7’s series The Sitting, well-known New Zealanders share their stories, while seated for an intimate portrait painted by Stephen Martyn Welch. The Sitting celebrates New Zealanders from the world of the arts, theatre, film and television, food, politics, business, music and the media who are invited to sit for Marty at the Pah Homestead.
Portraits exhibited in The Sitting describe actors Peter Elliott, George Henare, Siobhan Marshall and Geradine Brophy; chefs Al Brown and Jo Seagar; politicians Nikki Kaye and Jacinda Ardern; performer Richard O’Brien; TV ONE’s Mark Sainsbury and Petra Bagust; musician Greg Johnson; All Black Keven Mealamu and coach Graham Henry; Sir Michael Hill; Sir Peter Leitch; Dame Catherine Tizard and Len Brown. The series starts with artists Dick Frizzell and Otis Frizzell.
The twenty portraits in this exhibition were auctioned on May 1st 2012 at The Pah Homestead, with proceeds going to the Starship Foundation. Click here for further details about the auction results.
Upcoming events
Chiwi Artists' Talk
Chiwi: A Way of Life is an exhibition by Photowhisper Incorporated, a non-profit association for New Zealand Chinese photographers. 'Chiwi' refers to a lifestyle that gains its ground through a fusion of personal proclivities towards both the Chinese and the Kiwi lifestyles. Curated by Jackie Xie of Photowhisper Incorporated, photographers give their own stories in their own ways about their daily lives in New Zealand. The exhibiting photographers are Linda Ai, King Tong Ho, Ivan Liang, Maureen Tan, John Wang, Jack Xie and Zoe Zhang. Join Photowhisper Incorporated artists for a Floor Talk Friday 15 June at 1:30pm. Chiwi is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2012, and is a Fringe exhibition.
Chiwi Exhibition Opening
The Wallace Arts Trust and Photowhisper Incorporated invite you to the opening of Chiwi: A Way of Life at 6pm Tuesday 5 June 2012. Chiwi is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2012, and is a Fringe exhibition.Chiwi is an exhibition by Photowhisper Incorporated, a non-profit association for New Zealand Chinese photographers. 'Chiwi' refers to a lifestyle that gains its ground through a fusion of personal proclivities towards both the Chinese and the Kiwi lifestyles. Curated by Jackie Xie of Photowhisper Incorporated, photographers give their own stories in their own ways about their daily lives in New Zealand. Chiwi Artists' Talk: Friday 15 June at 1:30pm.
Upcoming exhibitions
Vincent Ward | Exhale
Exhibition Opening Monday 2 July, 6pm to 8pm.
Exhale draws together the two strands of Ward’s career, as a feature filmmaker and his background in fine arts. Ward’s ongoing concern with metamorphosis, light, darkness and immersive experience has led him to create a series of physically imposing works that delve into otherworldly landscapes and transcendent states, seeking elusive ‘transformational moments’ that connect with the human psyche. Amongst the many explorations Ward draws upon his aesthetics for Motion Painting that led to an Academy Award. Referencing this aesthetic, Ward investigates the cusp between photography, paint and digital imaging to present a range of transformational moments.
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