FILTER
Eugene Hansen, Marcus Williams
This publication documents the various installations produced by Filter-Corp and includes essays by Miriam Harris and Tina Barton, as well as stills from the FilterCorp animation by Ron Young and the FilterCorp Board.
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FALLEN
JOHN PUSATERI
John Early, Dan Blanchon & Mel Galbraith
The work, comprised of 12 photographic images and 4 graphite drawings, was shown at Seed Gallery, Auckland, November 2007.
‘Fallen’ by John Pusateri, is a documentation of a collaborative biodiversity and fine art project by the New Zealand-based artist and scientists. The project started with setting pitfall traps on 8 May 2007. Twice a month, for thirteen months, Pusateri gathered, separated, cleaned, labelled and preserved the trapped specimens. These specimens were photographed along with fragments of ceramic, glass, and other found items from the same area.
The specimen samples, as … Continue reading
METAPHYSICAL HEART
JEWELLERY BY PETER MCKAY
Damian Skinner
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Metaphysical heart : jewellery by Peter McKay.
A storytelling jeweller, working alone on Banks Peninsula, with one eye focused on the artistic heritage of Europe and the other trained on the mythic potential of his local landscape. Welcome to the work (and world) of Peter McKay, one of this country’s senior jewellers. From his early days as an apprentice of Kobi Bosshard, trained in the techniques and aesthetics of European goldsmithing, to the appropriation of European modernism and Medieval and Renaissance art that marked … Continue reading
1839 EXCHANGES
JEWELLERY BY JASON HALL
curated by Damian Skinner
“An exhibition about jewellery, identity and cultural exchange explored through a series of amulets created for Frederick Edward Maning”
Since 1998 Jason Hall’s jewellery has been asking questions about Päkehä identity. His work represents a consistent struggle to negotiate being Päkehä through an awareness of the traditions and craft of contemporary jewellery in Aotearoa. 1839 Exchanges: Jewellery by Jason Hall is an exhibition about jewellery, identity and cultural exchange explored through a series of amulets created for Frederick Edward Maning, an Irishman who arrived in Aotearoa in 1833 … Continue reading
