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Disruptive Landscapes: Contemporary Art from Japan
Quietly powerful and immersive video works revealing the politics behind our view of landscape.
John Vea: Ini Mini Mani Mou
Powerful new work examining the complexities of the immigration process in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dear Shurrie
The art, influence and friendships of sculptor and teacher Francis Shurrock
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Suzette
I had arrived at the train station roughly an hour and a half early. It was a frosty morning and my hands felt like ice blocks. I had that nervous gut feeling again. I peered at my army uniform and pressed down the creases, war was certainly not wanted on my agenda today.
The Army leaves
With the removal of the final cordon around the red zone in the central city last weekend, I came in with my family to have a look around the newly reopened areas of the CBD. We stopped to watch the parade of soldiers who were being thanked by the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Christchurch and Kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu for their work in controlling the central city red zone and with community welfare in the immediate aftermath of the February earthquake.
Central Planning
Things can get pretty out of hand if you decide that buildings need to be knocked down and replaced just because a Plan says so.
Quick, close the curtains, the milk is out!
During the course of a year I must oversee the installation of literally hundreds of artworks but it is not very often that I actually get to make one.
Meanwhile, outside...
The guys from Adgraphix are still hard at work installing our new Dick Frizzell mural.
Best in a Supporting Role
Guilty Gallery Pleasure #23: Adding to my running tally of the number of scenes effortlessly stolen by virtue of a canine companion's carefully cocked ear or discretely averted gaze.
Exclusive Snowden Flood products
The sun is back but the gallery shop has just recieved beautiful products from a UK supplier aptly named Snowden Flood!
Ruins
We think we live in a riuned city here in Christchurch, but the ultimate 'city in ruins' experience can be enjoyed in Pripyat in Ukraine.
Lizard's Lounge
I stumbled into their lair on accident, and found myself in a madhouse of reptilian decree. I immediately froze, in a vain hope they had not noticed me in my peculiarity, but my attempts were feeble, I had been seen. I felt a cold sweat and a shiver ran down my spine as they glared at me with beady black eyes from a nebulous of smoke and dust that choked the room. I was their intruder. One of the lizards mockingly hissed a welcome, 'Please take a seat, you look weary.'
Eternal Gaze
At the hot forge, I thought of her face frozen in time... a perfect oil painting, every stroke, every colour ... so serene as she fell, the wind dancing around her dress and hair, momentarily turning her into an angel, then the crack of water breaking apart to let her descend into the depths of the sea, disappearing forever from sight.