a modern menu

light poured diagonally through the windows of ivan anthony this afternoon, just in time to illuminate my visit to a fine white room filled with saskia leek's exquisite paintings. here fractured and pastel smiles of oil created partial abstractions that toy with landscapes and still-lives.

hints of berries, peaches, edifices, seascapes, and radiance can be seen. leek, ever the gifted colourist paints and paints creating melancholy plaints and soft concretions.

a modern menu
1-25 june 2011
ivan anthony
corner east street & karangahape road
auckland

image:
saskia leek, untitled, 2011
oil on board
54 x 44cm

saskia leek, untitled, 2011
oil on board
38.5 x 30.5cm

over the hills and far away...

the beginnings of a journey south... from auckland through waikato, waitomo down to taranaki and new plymouth...

"she lay asleep..."

she lay asleep in a pearl at the bottom of the sea. All round her grew beautiful Obelia seaweeds and thousands of rainbow-coloured fish guarded her night and day. There she lay for years and years, and while she slept a wonderful wisdom grew in her, though her little body remained the same. I can't tell you why or how, but it was so.

- May Gibbs

fleurs et pain

may I admire you?

an exhibition at our place with work by:

areez katki
sam rountree-williams
scott satherley
daniel strang
sue-li tasker-yeo
john ward knox

curated by georgina watson & victoria wynne-jones

Friday 27th May
Preview: 5.30pm
Performance at: 6pm

Saturday 28th May
Open House: 11-4pm


1/155 Symonds Street
Khyber Pass Road end, just down from Gina's.

touch

local decadent m. areez katki presented his high winter collection handmade v at miss crabb this week.

champagne ensued as well as: puffy lambswool entwined with cashmere, hand-dyed, the glitterati, multi-coloured leggings, long black woollen skirts, petal-strewn floors, boys in drapey black armed with 60Ds and ladies in impeccable miss crabb dresses with babies galore... raspberry-beret-coloured wraps, re-cycled sari fibres and timeless/90's inspired- japanesey black pieces too...

handmade v by areez katki
miss crabb
41 ponsonby rd, auckland
new zealand

see this, see here: online journal and site

open home

some images of work by liyen chong during her open studio at the mc cahon artist residence in otitori bay.

upcycled ceramics, cutting performances and painting with photography...

looking forward to seeing more of the lovely ms chong.

currently liyen chong has work exhibited at
melanie roger gallery
226 jervois rd, herne bay, auckland.

you can also see this post for a further morsel...