Ordinary But Not

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012

Frances Hodgkins “Kaleidoscope” Dunedin Public Art Gallery 28 April-28 October Even if you know nothing about New Zealand art, the name Frances Hodgkins probably rings a bell, and with good reason. Born in Dunedin in 1869, Hodgkins rose to fame in the early twentieth century, Read more...

Heart, Hand, Humerus

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012

Blue Oyster, 24b Moray Place 16 May – 16 June There’s something utterly enthralling about these paintings that you can’t quite put your finger on. The first thing I noticed was the breathtakingly beautiful use of watercolours. Williamson’s skillful merging of inky blue, dove grey Read more...

Honey, how you thrill me

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart Street 18 May onwards Odd curlicues, elongated vines, mysterious coiling shapes emerging out of the darkness, splatters and drips and all sorts of misted forms presented through a matte and muted colour palette… Ben Webb's exhibition is a peculiar combination of Read more...

(CAUC)ASIAN

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012

Lui Petti Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Place Ongoing until May 24 Did you hear about Frankenstein? No? Well, I heard he likes to stalk through cities full of high-rise buildings at night, sporting an Adidas jumper and a rope necklace, blasting tunes from the boom box. At least he does in the Read more...

A Good Wee Cause

Posted 12:51am Monday 7th May 2012

Walk into the Dunedin Community Gallery this week and you will be confronted by a large and odd assortment of some quite frankly wacky and eccentric items. Miniature glass pieces soldered together to create a curving spiral-like form constitutes one original sculpture by the window; a portrait of a Read more...

1, 2, 3, 4

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012

So what I’ve been trying to do by writing this section this year is emphasize the burgeoning Dunedin arts culture, emphasis on burgeoning - not just cause I like that word (I really do, is the English major geek in me showing?) but because it’s so true that there’s a quietly growing arts scene here Read more...

La Bella Luna

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012

I’m just going to put it out there: The full moon is kind of, well, freaky. Studies have cropped up throughout history striving to prove a connection between the nights the moon is full and all kinds of crazy human antics on earth, including insomnia, insanity and of course lycanthropy. Make of it Read more...

Scrawls and Swirls

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012

The lecturer is droning on and on, and you’re bored to death but can’t be bothered taking notes. Inevitable solution? You start doodling. Stars, spirals, stickmen, dragons, Pokémon – whatever takes your fancy. They might one day appear in a gallery as part of your own art exhibition. Read more...

Dragons and Daydreams

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart Street March 16-29 It’s a funny thing about life that we always seem to want the opposite of what we have. Cue hideously overused trope “the grass is greener on the other side”, and all that jazz. Ironically, this cliché seems to apply even more to those things Read more...

Sweet Tooth

Posted 4:27pm Sunday 18th March 2012

“Canker” by Audrey Baldwin 5pm, 22 March 2012 Blue Oyster Gallery That’s your preview so far for Audrey Baldwin’s performance art piece “Canker”, which features as part of the Blue Oyster Gallery’s Performance Series for the Visual Arts section of the Fringe Festival. While perhaps not Read more...