Artists
take stock in paper art forms
in
Corban Estate Art Centre’s April - May 2013 Exhibitions
Corban
Estate Arts Centre’s latest exhibitions feature a full range of paper art forms
including, paper cut-outs, collage, wallpaper techniques and cardboard
construction, on display from 12 April to 12 June 2013.
In
this series of solo exhibitions, Auckland-based artists; Lonnie Hutchinson
chronicles locations in Samoa with paper cut-outs and Gavin Hurley collages 20
new portraits, additionally the Museum of True History (MOTH) with
Rotorua-based artist, Karl Chitham reproduces a wallpaper archive.
In the
exhibition Lanu Uliuli Pa'o! Black
Noise!, Lonnie Hutchinson hand cuts intricate imagery into large scale paper
panels to record her time in Samoa on a Creative New Zealand artists residency
programme. Hutchinson’s lace-like cut outs of the local landscape also depict a
personalised panorama of her mother’s homeland.
Boy With .....'s Beard by Gavin Hurley
features a new series of portraiture in collage, the central subject of this
series is a boy that wears distinctive facial hair styles. From known historic
figures and fictitious characters, through to contemporary artists, in a paste
up of both childhood and adulthood, past and present, real and invented.
In
their latest collaboration, Nouveau Monde MOTH has invited Karl Chitham to
restore a collection of wallpaper designs thought to belong to a Henderson
resident of the 1950s that feature an unusual combination of European and Māori
motifs.
For
the public programme, Lonnie Hutchinson will give an artist talk on Saturday 13
April and on Saturday 4 May a collage workshop will accompany Gavin Hurley’s
exhibition. Visit www.ceac.org.nz
for
further details.
Exhibitions
details:
Exhibition
1:
Lanu
Uliuli Pa'o! Black Noise!
Artist:
Lonnie Hutchinson
12
April – 12 June 2013
Exhibition
2:
Boy
With .....'s Beard
Artist:
Gavin Hurley, Boy with Napoleon III’s Beard, 2012. Courtesy of Melanie Rogers
Gallery.
12
April – 12 June 2013
Exhibition
3:
Nouveau
Monde
Artist:
Museum of True History (MOTH) with Karl Chitham
12
April – 12 June 2013
Public
programmes
Exhibitions
opening: Thursday
11 April, 6pm
Exhibition
talk with artist Lonnie Hutchinson: Saturday
13 April,11am
Collage
workshop in the gallery: Saturday
4 May, 11am
Entry: Free,
all welcome
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