Celebrating and empowering artists to tame Wellington’s boring walls.
Over the week three works will be completed outside the gallery in the streets of Wellington. Phlegm (UK) will cover a wall Jessie Street, local artist T-Wei is at work on Taranaki St, and a cohort of emerging artists take over Inverlochy Place.
Thistle Hall will host a space encouraging discussion around how we’re currently trying to tackle tagging, start to map out artworks that exist in the city and question what type of works we want in Wellington.
EVENT
Thursday 18 February, 6.30pm
Film screening: Dregs - A New Zealand Street Art Documentary
Read more on Phlegm's project - "Street artist Phlegm spruces up Wellington wall for Vivid festival" via Stuff NZ.
Copacetic. A wonderful word whose origin nobody can seem to agree on. I like the theory that it derives from Cajun French coup esètique / coupersètique, which means “able to cope with anything and everything”. When art is in my life, when I create, I feel like everything will work out, everything will be fine.
But it is not without paradox; it is old French slang for “final cut”, meaning the point beyond which something can no longer be changed. When I hang my art on the wall, I have to let it go. The creative effort has come to an end.
I am OK with that. I am taking the next copacetic steps to new works.
Thirty years ago four young women graduated from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts and went their separate ways. Lan Zi, Wei Wei, Xiao Ling and Judy Huo are now back together to host an exhibition in Wellington. Their varied life experiences are reflected in their individual styles—but their shared love of painting remains unchanged. This exhibition will highlight the unique and shared Aspects of their works.
Opening to include a Tea Ceremony by Ms Huang Lihong of the Ming Tea Studio.
PrettyUgly is a group exhibition with a split personality - 'Pretty' on one side, 'Ugly' on the other.
Featuring art by Cory Mathis, Iain Anderson, Jane Peng, Marc Johnston, Simon Kao, Stacy James Eyles, Stacey Robson, Tom Robinson, T-Wei and Yoii.
A new sculptural body of work by Douglas Crane looking at the course of an imagery Empire, which is at best an allegory of our own world today. It is centred around five children's swimming pools.
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Works from a Collective of Artists, Designers and Makers in Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa.
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The Young and The Restless is an exhibition showcasing young talented students from two local Wellington boys’ schools, Rongotai College and St Patrick’s College. This will be the first time most of the students will have exhibited their work in a public forum.
We hope through this exhibition to raise the public’s perception of what teenage boys are like and to display their more creative sensitive side. Hopefully the public will get to meet them in a positive and engaging environment.
The works are in a range of media—printmaking, painting, drawing and photography.
Sophie Gardiner creates rich and vibrant artwork, often using unconventional materials. Her work is motivated by animal, social and environmental issues, though is always gestural, bold and often displaying a sense of irony. Her lively exhibition combines an installation, paintings, ceramics, textiles and sculptures which will prompt consideration from the viewer and an appreciation of the chosen materials.
Rising Tide is a fundraising exhibition hosted by Oil Free Wellington featuring works donated by artists from across the community.
Whilst Rising Tide represents the physical phenomenon of rising sea levels and other major effects of climate change, it also represents the rising tide of opposition to fossil fuel extraction and use, and the growing commitment of communities to begin a just transition away from our current systems of exploitation.
These ideas will be explored across a variety of mediums – sculpture, painting, jewellery, graphic design, photography – and proceeds from the sale of this work will go toward Oil Free Wellington’s summer campaign.
Flux: A continuous change, the state of in-between. Whitireia Visual Arts students present a showcase of printmaking, painting, textiles and jewellery. Flux is the constant development and continuous flow of creative energy among students.
We see and hear about a lot of Day of the Dead events and parties, but do we stop to think about death? Do we know where this celebration comes from and what Catrinas really are? Come join us for this week-long celebration of our dead and of death.
There will be different events every day. Please see programme for more information and join us in the Parade on Saturday with your best Catrina and Catrín costume.
This event is organized by a big group of Latin-Americans and Kiwis in Wellington led by the Oye Latino group and Jorge Herrera
Shirtstock is New Zealand’s first and best event completely devoted to the Art of Tee.
Incorporating Design Awards, live screenprinting and other shirt adornment techniques, people’s choice awards, giveaways, the opportunity to peruse and purchase the offerings of a host of labels and a plethora of print workshops.
ShirtStock 3 – the Art of Tee will be a week long extravaganza held at the Thistle Hall gallery from October 26 to November 1, 2015.
Being the 3rd ShirtStock we are going to have a 3 pronged emphasis:
ShirtStock Art of Tee Design Awards
Tee Shirt Market
Workshops
Artist duo Jason Courtis & Holly Thomas are pleased to present their latest collection of photographic and painted work. Liquid and Light showcases Jason's interest in the urban landscape through digital media and Holly's paintings delve into the world of liquid materials, gravity and expression.
Finding Direction is an exhibition of ceramic art by Nicola Dench.
As you read this hundreds of people are on the move, making a dangerous and unpredictable journey in the hope of a better life. Finding Direction uses the boat as a metaphor for hopes and dreams, alongside nautical references, to explore the space we occupy between where we have been and where we are going.
In 2005 Nicola Dench saw an image in the newspaper which she used as the basis for a painting. The image was of a boat dragged up on the shore, the boat had been used by refugees to cross from North Africa to Europe. Ten years on and the situation has escalated to the worse refugee crisis since WWII.
Nicola will be on site each day working with clay and available to discuss the work.
Not @ Work is a photography exhibition by photo enthusiasts here at Weta Digital. Make sure you get along to see the amazing work.
'Me looking at you, you look at me' is an exhibition of illustrative portraits by Stephanie Prowse.
Inspired by pin-up beauties of the 1920's-1960's and with gold and pink in abundance, the work is fun and a little bit kitsch.
Stephanie Prowse has a love of all things vintage (especially 1920's/30's) and has a background in both Textile Design and Makeup Artistry. Her passion for both hugely influences her artwork.
Her portraits are large in scale and are mixed with a contrast of very detailed to delicate shapes, with suggested detail and whimsy. Her main medium is Gouache and pencil on board.
Natalie Parker warmly invites you to attend her show, Perfectly Round. In her first solo show, Natalie will showcase a selection of beautiful paintings, drawings and prints all within the shape of the round. The show visually plays with the idea of creating the perfect art work versus leaving the work unfinished or incomplete. The result is a wonderful mix of bright contrasting works which are loose and abstract yet highly refined and detailed.
As a semi abstract flora artist, Natalie draws her inspiration from the forms and vibrant colours of flora and dainty symbolic messages of fauna. Her work is designed to be beautiful, to bring a sense of joy and hope into your home.
For more information:
email: natalie@natalieparkerartist.com
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In the early 20th century Te Aro was tightly packed with tenements and workers' cottages.
This is a celebration of these survivors of decades of urban makeover in the streets surrounding Thistle Hall. There are surprisingly few holdouts left other than those restored in the nearby "heritage precinct" following the destruction much of upper Cuba St during building of the bypass.
The paintings in this exhibition show some of those still standing, hiding in plain view surrounded by offices, apartment blocks, and parking lots.
Avoidance is a project I have been working towards for the last 10 years. It uses images that I have developed since I was a teenager. In this exhibition my works look to discuss the relationship media has on our society. In my art I typically use illustrative collage, which are created with paper clippings layered over paint, the format in itself has political undertones.
My works use symbolism which explores ideas of media and suppression through images of television screens, paper clippings and sensory bars. The works look into our western culture and consumerism as well as what it means to be part of it.
In this exhibition I have begun to branch out with use of new media forms such as print and spray paint.
If you wish to see more of my art please go to: http://www.noblealexander.com/