It’s Not the Thing, It’s How
Barry Brickell’s mantra is “It’s not the thing it’s how”. What he means is that the materials the object is made from, the way it is made and the technology used, contain the object’s essence
The Crystal Chain Gang: Fancy Fools Flight
Cast glass by Jim Dennison and Leanne Williams. At Aratoi until 17 March 2013 The decanters as originally displayed in the Sarjeant Gallery in Wanganui ‘Fancy Fools Flight’ is Martinborough glass artists Jim
The State of Art in Wairarapa
The New Year seems a good time to review the health of art in the Wairarapa. This is particularly opportune given the decisions pending about a new local government grouping with, or separate from, Wellington.
Sybylle Bergemann and Grant Sheehan
Sybylle Bergemann Photographs Aratoi until 9th December Grant Sheehan Ghosts in the Landscape Hedspace until 3 November Two Masterton galleries are currently exhibiting contrasting exhibitions of photography currently. Sybelle Bergemann’s at Aratoi is
Wind-Grass by Kon Dimopoulos
"Wind-grass" by Kon Dimopoulos Wind-grass has recently been installed in Featherston. It was created by Konstantin Dimopoulos who had very close ties with Wairarapa for the decade or so that he lived in Wellington.
Kermadec Exhibition
Kermadec is a touring exhibition, which has already been exhibited at Tauranga and Auckland. It is now showing at the City Gallery Wellington. The nine established artists featured were invited by the Pew Environment Group