bluesy

looking forward to seeing some michael harrison watery wonders today. perhaps all the rain is in sympathy.

image:
michael harrison
ghost (2011)
watercolour on paper
49.5 x 44.5cm

michael harrison
"from this world to the next"
23 november-22 december
ivan anthony
cnr east st and karangahape rd
auckland

green thumbs

here are some plants. a roman tomato, borage and smaller tomatoes interspersed with carrots. one of the tomato plants is beginning to flower. its leaves are lovely to finger and bruise with their particular tomato-leaf smell.

six o'clock legs

his slight materials

on the 10 july 2010 the rosetta spacecraft passed the lutetia asteroid. unlike regular asteroids which are usually broken remnants of planets, lutetia might be a whole, unbroken building block left almost intact since the birth of the solar system. it is thought that lutetia has one of the highest densities ever measured, it is denser than graphite and may have heavy metals in its core.

[this information was gleaned from an article by lisa grossman]

john ward knox
moving on looking
26 october - 19 november
ivan anthony
corner of east st and karangahape rd
auckland

moody-broody

pyramidal and pensive, katy-lee is compelling. a somewhat reluctant sitter, however imaginary she may be.  conjured and torn from memory, plum and grape and blue-black hair. daubed, feathery and stroked in paint. she peers from beneath the orange and feels the forest behind her.

nicola farquar
new paintings
6 october - 5 november
hopkinson cundy
1/1 cross st, auckland

images:
nicola farquar
katy-lee (2011)
oil on canvas
580 x 470mm frame

installation view,
hopkinson cundy

desperate to find a finger

"the ring is desperate, desperate to find a finger"

 - karl fritsch

tarnished and ludic, the rings of karl fritsch are tempting and tactile. often silver and gold bear the imprints of his fingers, they seem modelled like clay with precious stones embedded like sultanas in soft cookie dough.

it will be very exciting to hear him discuss his work in person at objectspace, friday 4 november at 5.30pm.

karl fritsch
rings without end
from november 4
at objectspace
8 ponsonby road, auckland


image:
karl fritsch
oxidised silver, diamond (2007)
see here

flora and fauna

despite the appearance of green shoots and canopies of blossoms, many are complaining of art fatigue. a fine antidote may be some new works by ceramicist corrina hoseason and painter dick lyne.

corrina's florid trophy-like confections have been carefully hand-crafted, sometimes with vintage chocolate-moulds. these creamy-white concoctions proudly bear cattle and geese and are bedecked with garlands and rosettes recalling the A&P shows of old.

dick lyne's colourful and eccentric acrylics carefully depict events from forestry past, including the measuring and sawing of majestic native trees. there is a delicious sense of jollity and zeal about them.

corrina hoseason & dick lyne in
TURF
melanie roger gallery
226 jervois rd, auckland
5-29 october

images:
corrina hoseason
"untitled" (geese), 2011
unique ceramic

dick lyne
"kauri pit sawing" (2011)
acrylic on board