Category Archives: Art
Review on the Yallop & Smith Memorial Exhibition by James Dignan Printed in the ODT 20/10/11
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 …
Photographs From the Yallop & Smith Installation
The Yallop & Smith Memorial Exhibition
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 …
Interview with SIMON ATTWOOLL in D SCENE UNEDITED VERSION by Gavin Bertram 14/09/11
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 …
NOT AFRAID Simon Attwooll Review by James Dignan Printed in the ODT 8/9/11
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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Simon Attwooll NOT AFRAID 2/9/11 Preview Photographs
Simon Attwooll NOT AFRAID preview 2/9/11 5:50pm OPENING 21/9/11 5:00pm
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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