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KLUSTERFUCK Review in the ODT By Franky Strachan 18/8/11

Kluster****. Sam Ovens, Nathan Forbes and Ant Scarer.  Hope, comfort, and censorship; just three ideas that Ovens, Forbes and Scarer willingly stomp upon. This is commendable, however, since these astute Dunedin artists demonstrate insight and wit rather than prosaic discontent disguised as rebellion. Ovens uses the pop aesthetic to express socio-political commentaries. The audacious, commercial …

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EYE OF THE NIGHT film screening at a gallery 7/7/11 (koha entry)

“The Eye of Night” & “The Stink Magnetic One-Man-Band Show” Two music documentaries that honour and celebrate Alan Robert Cameron, also known as ALC5, producer of the alt hip hop group Coco Solid, member of The Hi-Tone Destroyers and initiator of the living room venue “The Eye of Night”.   “The Eye of Night” (2011) …

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GLORY DAYS Dyana Gray

“To be a good painter, you have to be a bit stupid” -Salvador Dali   The act of painting; It’s like creating a flame by rubbing two sticks together. The discipline isn’t always efficient. It’s messy, materially and conceptually, but the process is spiritual and the resolution, magic.  Passionate and romantic, the small colourful works …

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Drawing on the Universe by Gavin Bertram Printed in D Scene 15/6/11

ONLY a handful of the works in Rachel Taylor’s new show at A Gallery were created specifically for it. The rest are drawings the Dunedin artist has been working on over the last couple of years – a departure from her usual work in ceramics, assemblage, and oil painting. “I’d been a little bit transient,” …

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