Brenda Liddiard in Concert
Brenda will be playing an intimate concert amongst the artwork in her At TImes Like These exhibition, featuring songs from her new solo album, 70, plus favourites from her extensive back catalogue.
Brenda will be playing an intimate concert amongst the artwork in her At TImes Like These exhibition, featuring songs from her new solo album, 70, plus favourites from her extensive back catalogue.
This body of work captures split seconds in the experiences of freediving and snorkelling, engaging the viewer by drawing them close with intricate textures and patterns. These works express the wonders of the ocean, prompting people to think about their understanding of marine life. Each piece is a linocut that has been hand printed using water- or oil-based ink on paper.
"Into and Around the Tihi" is the first painting of a series of 3 dimensional structures with far reaching panoramic views from maunga and high points throughout Aotearoa. Maungawhau- Into and around the Tihi will be the next 3D painting of the series.
Colour, light, shadow and form, are the main visual concerns. The perception and experience of what we see has been the conceptual undercurrent of my practice. What do we focus on, what do we glance over, how do we experience and interpret a certain place, how is that different to another’s experience?
May is NZ music month so in support of our talented musicians we have a couple of wonderful guests from the music industry.
They Were Young Once is representative of the depth and emerging scope of photography in Aotearoa and brings together the works of NZ photographers, both iconic and emerging in recognition of the creative journey and its origins.
This series examines the metamorphosis of the banal to the extraordinary by an experimental process of decaying Polaroid photographs.
This exhibition celebrates Puanga Matariki as we move forward in 2021. Ten participating artists bring their unique perspectives on Puanga Matariki – Joanne Barrett, Lindsay Antrobus Evans, Liz McAuliffe, Stacey Noel, Tira, Ngaroma Riley, Joanne Kyriazopoulos, Kristina Sokolova, Natanahira Te Pona and Brian Wright.
As part of the Creative Exchange project developed by Depot Artspace with funding support from Foundation North, this exhibition enables two distinct communities, Hokianga and Tamaki Makaurau, separated by distance, resources, and circumstances to come together to share their works, and to create new exhibiting experiences for both artists and audiences.
Join artist, master carver & curator Natanahira Pona to design, construct, and paint your own lantern from earth-friendly materials.
Then activate your lantern collectively with others in a special final trail walk to Depot Artspace to see the closing of Matariki exhibition 'Te Hauhake - Harvesting'
Join artist, master carver & curator Natanahira Pona for a night of Hangi meal, live music and Puanga Matariki kōrero (talk). A family friendly event.
Chromatic Fields brings together the vivid paintings of local residents Darnelle Louie and Jane Walsh. Having met in art class at Mairangi Bay Art Centre, Jane and Darnelle noticed a sympathetic use of block colour and tonal contrast existing in both their practices. This specific use of colour is the most salient unifying thread between the two series of paintings included in this exhibition, their underlying rationale being derived from different wellsprings of memory and nostalgia.
Organic Wallpaper reconsiders beliefs about water conservation efforts. Often we think of conservation actions as respecting the planet, but our real motivation is to continue to use natural resources to our advantage. The natural world can be beautiful but at the same time ferocious and frightening. Humans have created various laws in order to minimise the cruelty for us, but in reality the natural world is cruel. Nature can be left alone to follow its own natural order. Mother Nature clearly breathed well during the first quarter of 2020. However, in reality, a more balanced approach is required in the long run. “How can we accept that our existence depends on the sacrifices of other living beings?”