The four greyscale paintings that comprise “Sector 8” seize the walls of the A Gallery with distinctive temporal intensity. They are realist works, taken from films that the Auckland-based artist has made for the sole purpose of later painting from them. The paintings produced are thus “life-stills” rather than portraits or urban landscapes in the …
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There is no denying that Ray Yallop and Des Smith were major Dunedin arts personalities.Patrons and collectors, their house overflowed with art from the Victorian to the modern, and the gatherings of artists that they hosted have passed into legend. Smith died in early 2009, followed a year later by his partner, and it is …
You are invited to the Sunday Afternoon Soirée on the 30th of October 2011 Twelve till Four at a gallery 393 Princes Street Dunedin Drinks will be Provided Please bring a Plate And remember to Sign the Book. The Yallop & Smith Memorial Exhibition is based on the enduring concept of friendship and community and …
SUBHEAD – Simon Attwooll: Ex-Dunedin artist’s show part of White Night gallery crawl HEADLINE – NO FEAR Gavin Bertram Former Dunedin artist Simon Attwooll had a difficult time when he first moved to Melbourne three years ago. But the Otago Polytechnic School of Art graduate says he feels more settled now, and has a …
In “Not afraid”, Simon Attwooll presents a series of bright, energetic pieces on paper. His mixed media works, created from the cultural ephemera of newspaper, magazine, and internet images, are intended, in the artist’s words, to “encourage us to explore our current contemporary psyche through [ … ] the reproduced images it consumes and is …
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