Tori Batt, Monthly Stocktake, volume Three, December 2018
‘Tori Batt’s Monthly Stocktake. Tori lives in Akaroa, and she's a tremendous illustrator. She creates these wonderful pictures in a variety of mediums, and then needs somewhere to put them all - this is sort of an "art dump." She's astonishingly good.’
Nick White from Ride on Super Sound in Christchurch, talking about zines and small-press publications by New Zealand and international artists.
It may have taken 40 years but zines (fanzines) are a proliferate mix of numerous visual agendas, as open-ended as they are instructive and comprehensive as they are brief in their narratives and imagery. A contemporary art form that emerged in Aotearoa in the 1970s with the publication of offset printed alternative papers such as The... Keep Reading
Van Hasselt’s colourful and seemingly mutating brightly coloured Totter, was selected by a judging panel made up of curator and collections manager at The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū , Sarah McClintock, international ceramic artist Cheryl Lucas and arts collections curator at the University of Canterbury, Lydia... Keep Reading
Rectify This Painting: A Group Exhibition of work by 16 Artists at City Art Depot Inviting artists to ‘rectify this painting,’ artist-turned curator, Eve Barlow encourages her peers to front up for a group exhibition at City Art Depot in Sydenham. Barlow comments: ‘My interests are about how people relate to each... Keep Reading
The subjects of the photographs in Tiki: Orphans of Māoriland at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū of “not quite right” heitiki by Fiona Pardington (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Clan Cameron) are from the Wellcome Collection in London, founded by Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome... Keep Reading
Art Hole is an artist-run space at 336 St Asaph Street that leases its spaces at an affordable rate to artists across a range of disciplines for exhibitions and events, photo shoots, dance and theatre rehearsals. At 72 square-metres it is a modest space but the versatility and largess of its programme, and its ability to surprise and. Keep Reading
Rhonye McIlory and Anneke Bester both come from a background in design and surrealism. McIloy worked in the fashion industry and Bester as a props sculptor for films that include Andrew Adamson’s Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. McIlroy made the transition from clothing to the fine arts as a finalist. Keep Reading
The Dunedin-born expatriate artist Frances Hodgkins holds a central place in British Modernism and New Zealand art history and an exhibition as comprehensive as ‘Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys’ is long overdue in New Zealand. Developed and toured by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, ‘European Journeys’ is one.. Keep Reading
SCAPE Studio 125 is holding its seventh exhibition since opening in 2017, profiling a series of paintings by Simon Kaan, Heather Brown and Josh O'Rourke, and work from Kate Woodley, Rachael Dewhirst, Mitch Donaldson, Bridie Gillman, Gill Gatfield, Chiara Corbelletto, Kevin Osmond and Jon Jeet. Over the past two decades Simon... Keep Reading
Liz Boldt has been working in the arts for the past twenty years and is currently the co-ordinator of Eastside Gallery in Linwood. She brings a range of experiences to the role. An actor and administrator with a PhD in theatre and film and fifteen years at the University of Canterbury, most recently as Technical Director and Tutor... Keep Reading
James Oram, Simon Palenski and Zina Swanson have opened Paludal, (‘of or relating to marshes or fens’) a new gallery space in Ōtautahi Christchurch at 2 Papanui Road. Opening in January with Dave Marshall’s X is for Xtian the inaugural exhibition indicated the gallery’s agenda to show works that its.. Keep Reading
A Gut Feeling Writing about urban art is difficult. Not because of a lack of content, but rather because the complexities that come with the evolution of ‘street art’ can leave an uneasy nagging feeling. The question of authenticity constantly hangs like a storm cloud, an enduring doubt around the way we now discuss urban art. As an... Keep Reading
Doris de Pont is the co-curator of Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa Now, a project that she describes as being ‘after her own heart. ‘ ‘Everybody wears clothes so there is always an immediate engagement at some level with an exhibition of clothing or that uses clothing to tell stories. For the Met in New York it is.. Keep Reading
Extinction is Forever is a touring exhibition from the legendary tapestry artist Marilyn Rea-Menzies, and in its engagement with a range of materials and 75 works, is a substantial undertaking by the artist. It initially opened in October 2018 at the Wallace Gallery in Morrinsville and is currently at the Arts in Oxford Gallery. From.. Keep Reading
Sketch for Summer: 20/20 Rocks at the Jonathan Smart gallery Writer Jane Wallace Have you ever been swimming on the east coast in those impossible days at the beginning of a new year? The flick of the calendar allows suspension for a moment, caught in a watery blue, of seaweed, of carefully undulating waves, a mishap of a branch tugging... Keep Reading
Pete Wheeler: Avant-Garde Fatigue I love painting. Even after multiple millennia it isn’t a medium that grows stale for anyone bar the exceptionally jaded. I am also a fan of Pete Wheeler’s work, his exploration of oil paint, oil stick and spray paint, so it’s always a pleasure to see one of his shows. He has a particularly... Keep Reading
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