PAST EXHIBITIONS: "GRID" [AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND]

GRID EXHIBTION DATES

February 2018 at Waiheke Community Art Gallery: Te Whare Taonga o Waiheke, Auckland, New Zealand.

GRID ARTISTS

1. Tony Albert

2. Terrence Combos

3. Robert Fraser

4. Jody Graham

5. Veronica Herber

6. Michael Kempson

7. Michelle Mayn

8. Karyn Taylor

9. Imants Tillers

10. Pa Te Aroha Weavers 

11. Piritahi Marae Weavers

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

An exhibition of work by Australian and New Zealand artists exploring and challenging the theme GRID through drawing, painting, light, installation, printmaking and weaving.

GRID was largely a contemporary art exhibition with traditional underpinnings with artists exploring the theme through the various lenses of identity, interaction, racial politics, the ephemeral, consumerism, aesthetics, repetition, the landscape and world politics.

GRID was installed alongside 'e Kohao O Te Ngira – the Eye of the Needle' by Curators, George Kahi, cultural advisor to the gallery, and Sylvia Nelson who collaboratively developed the kaupapa for the exhibition to commemorate this historic occasion, and to reference locality and identity. Sylvia Nelson collaborated with the curator of GRID, Katherine Kennedy and two prominent weaving collectives to achieve an ambitious installation by both the Pa Te Aroha Weavers and Piritahi Marae Weavers.

ARTICLE - WAIHEKE GULF NEWS

http://www.waihekegulfnews.co.nz/connecting-past-present/

"Te Kohao O Te Ngira – the Eye of the Needle, is a Waitangi Day showcase which references the island’s Hauraki and Tamaki connections. The accompanying exhibition, Grid, features work by Australian and New Zealand artists exploring and challenging the title theme through drawing, painting, light, installation, printmaking and weaving."

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ARTICLE - STUFF NEWS

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/100502127/waiheke-island-art-gallery-presents-first-ever-treaty-of-waitangi-exhibition

"It was during her time on Waiheke in 2017 that Katherine developed the theme for Grid," Chlamers said.

"She was captivated by the work of the Pa Te Aroha and Waiheke weavers and saw in this traditional art form the links to contemporary artists' works.

"We are delighted to be exhibiting high profile Australian artists Imants Tillers, Michael Kempson and Aboriginal artists' such as 'Tony Albert'.

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