WINTER STOCKROOM SHOW

Now Showing

winter-stockroom-show

June / July / August 2008

During the cold and hibernating season of winter we have an ongoing stockroom show that keeps changing slightly every week with new works arriving all the time.

Presented in the Parisian salon style, of the late 19th century, it is a great time to browse the variety of stock and have a chat with the friendly staff

If you cant make it in physically then relax and view our images from the comfort of your home

Most of the winter stockroom images can be found in the catalogue and artists pages of this website which is just situated above this text

If you see an image that interests you please proceed to the contact page and send us a message.

We can send a bigger image for you to have a closer look , or send you an artist's profile or even make an appointment for you to come see the work personally.

 
We are at your service

 

Our exhibtion season starts up on September 6th with Deborah Hopes first solo show of recent paintings

Details to follow soon


RECENT EXHIBITIONS

may 3 - 22 2008

Vanessa Edwards / Beccy Feather
 
Kanohi ki te kanohi - Face to Face
 
Kanohi ki te kanohi is a well known Maori saying that means face to face. This show is exactly that, with Vanessa's tattooed ladies and Beccy's blinged up characters.
In this show both artists explore identity through popularisation of cultures.
Beccy looks at bling grillz and the adoption of this trend by young people all over the world, and Vanessa explores the rising popularity of taa moko as a national expression of identity.

Text is incorporated in both artist work. Beccy’s grills display slang words collected from her travels, whilst the moko kauae in Vanessa’s work feature familiar te reo Maori kupu that most New Zealanders would have some comprehension of.
As a result the works talk to each other creating a dialogue that the viewer then becomes involved in as you come ‘face to face’ with each piece.

Glossary

Grillz customized mouth jewelry made famous by US hip hop artists
Taa moko Maori tattooing
Moko kauae traditional maori female chin tattoo
Te reo Maori Maori language
Kupu word/text
 

Kiwianarama Panorama

april 5 - 25 2008

Ruth Green Cole / Annie Sandano


Kiiwianarama Panorama brought  together two dynamic and unique artists, interpretting their own identity of the New Zealand image.

Ruth Green Cole takes New Zealand cultural objects and re-contextualises them into a contemporary interpretation of traditional maori textiles.

Her art practise is multidisiplinary, merging elements of hand made print, paper construction, weaving and installation.

Annie Sandano uses familar New Zealand symbols in refreslingly modern and lively compositions.Her vivid and bold images are imbued with a sense of fun and playfulness, and bring to the foreground a clean and uncomplicated use of traditional wood cut printing techniques.

 

Andrea Mae Miller

March 15 - April 2 2008

A selection of prints and drawings 

Andrea Mae Miller is a New Zealand artist working predominantly as a Fine Art Printmaker.  Born in Whangarei in 1980, she grew up living at the beach on Northland's beautiful Tutukaka coast.  Andrea obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otago Polytechnic in 2002 and after graduation established her studio "St Peter's Thumb" in Petone.  In 2006 she spent a year living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark, taking time to explore the other side of the world, and to practise being a stranger.  Andrea returned to NZ in May 2007, setting up "St Peter's Thumb" again, this time in Eastbourne, Lower Hutt.