Cross cultural visual inheritance
Corban Estate Art Centre
Corban Estate Arts Centre's
latest exhibitions by Simon Kaan, Kim Lowe, Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee, explores
hybrid Asian identities through painting, printmaking and ceramics are on display
from 13
September to 20 October 2013.
Dunedin based
artist Simon Kaan, examines whenua (land) issues in this latest exhibition.
Through multiple art disciplines the exhibition investigates the connection of
land with water, to consider the responsibility of belonging to a place. This exhibition features landscapes that combine
visual motifs inherited from the artist’s, Kai Tahu and Chinese ancestry.
Kim Lowe is a Christchurch based artist and printmaker of
New Zealand Chinese and Pakeha descent. Lowe’s latest exhibition of prints features
new works based on past events and snippets of her diverse family's history.
Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee are self-taught potters, together they
collaborate on large and small scale ceramic works. Hand thrown by Shim and
intricately decorated by Lee, they work with both traditional Korean and
contemporary ceramic techniques. Their artworks are influenced by their
cultural heritage and a life set in the Waitakere Ranges of Auckland.
On Saturday 14 September, 10.30am artists Simon
Kaan and Kim Lowe will present a joint exhibition talk, presenting an opportunity
to hear these two South Island based artists.
Image captions:
Simon Kaan, Untitled (detail),
2013. Courtesy of Sanderson Contemporary Art.
Kim Lowe, Mrs
Chrysanthemum patiently waits.... (detail), 2013.
Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee, The Eclipse Jar (detail), 2012.
Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee, The Eclipse Jar (detail), 2012.
Exhibitions details:
Exhibition: Te hā o te whenua -The breath of the land
Artist: Simon Kaan
Exhibition dates:
13 September – 20 October 2013
Exhibition: Mrs Chrysanthemum patiently waits....
Artist: Kim Lowe
Exhibition
dates: 13 September – 20 October 2013
Exhibition: Beauty
of the four hands
Artists: Sang
Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee
Exhibition
dates: 13 September – 20 October 2013
Public
programmes
Exhibitions opening: Thursday 12 September, 6pm-8pm
Exhibitions opening: Thursday 12 September, 6pm-8pm
Joint artist
talk – Simon Kaan and Kim Lowe: Saturday
14 September, 10.30am
Entry: Free, all welcome
Entry: Free, all welcome
If you'd
like more information about these exhibitions or for media inquiries please
contact the curator, Kathryn Tsui: 09 838 4455 extension 203 or kathryn@ceac.org.nz
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