Notes

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.

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.'

Notes

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.

Notes

The Hanging Sky in Wellington

Having been lucky enough to attend the intimate opening of our exhibition Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky at the IMA in Brisbane in December it was great to be part of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū whanau again last Friday evening in Wellington.

Notes

Aotearoa

A texture-rich new exhibition at Oxford showcases the considerable talents of six Canterbury artists.