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DRAW PAINT DESTROY Review by Franky Strachan printed in the ODT 30/8/12

In response to A Gallery’s other group show, Girlz, this all-male exhibition presents three voguish but incisive artists who are, over a three-week period, responding to their designated titles (draw, paint, and destroy). In week one, Brisbane agitated the passivity of drawing with his moody collection of heavily worked, attitudinal portraits. Unframed and hugely expressive, …

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DRAW PAINT DESTROY

a gallery presents DRAW PAINT DESTROY. Based around a conceptual framework of three artists installing their work over a three week period, with the first installment functioning as a solo exhibition with another artist being added each week as the exhibition evolves into a group show. Each of the artist’s involved will respond to their …

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GIRLZ review by Frank Strachan printed in the ODT 2/8/12

This all-female group show stems from the artists’ desire to emphasise the presence of female makers within the Dunedin art scene. In a gallery whose exhibitions have inadvertently, but predominantly, entertained male artists, this group collectively respond to (or collectively respond through) their femininity. From Sinclair’s reliably picturesque landscape painting to mi$$match’s pink explosion of …

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