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Greetings friends, family, colleagues, artists, patrons and random associates!
EXHIBITION OPENING!
FRIDAY 21 JANUARY AT 5:30PM
The Peoples Gallery (Forresters Hall), Historic Village, 17th Avenue Tauranga
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/The+Incubator+Creative+Hub/
I have just had a great evening hanging with the gang from Tauranga Art Gallery, installing our exhibition in The Peoples Gallery at the Incubator Creative Hub.
https://www.instagram.com/thepeoplesgallery
It is a cracking batch of new work and the team seem to have been energised by the last exhibition as we have a total of 47 works on show! Without any guiding premise or concept constraining us it is interesting to see synchronicities and relationships between the works as they come together and start a conversation.
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The exhibition runs until 14 February. I’ll be hosting the exhibition on the 5th and 6th of February if you want to come for an extended chat.
Here’s a preview of the works I will have on display:
Kaitemako.
2022, oil on board, 310 x 400mm $550
I love to ride up in the Welcome Bay hills. It has beautiful rolling countryside that feels like another world and yet it isn’t too far from home. I’m hoping to learn more about this area as I have a feeling these hills are rich with history and intrigue.
Kopukairua.
2022, oil on board, 300 x 300mm $400
This view is from Waitao Road. I have seen this peak many times but have never been to the top. Is there a way to get to the top? Kopukairua is the father whale from the well-known tale of the three whales. What other stories can it tell? https://mangatawa.co.nz/content/history
Tirikawa.
2022, oil on board. 310 x 390mm, $550
Also known as North Rock, this small rock is so much more than just a place for a beacon. It stands as a reminder to us to hold fast against adversity. Read the story of Te Toka a Tirikawa here: https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/24410
Puriri + Matakana.
2022, oil on board, 303 x 490mm $650
Painted onsite at a farm off Leyland Road, Whakamarama on the 13th of January 2020. Usually the geometric structure is painted first, with a translucent landscape layered over the top. This was done the other way, the framing grid and circular portals added as a response to historic traditions of picturesque landscape painting.
Otanewainuku.
2022, oil on board, 310 x 390mm, $550
We all know about sad, rejected Mauao, the nameless mountain who was spurned by beautiful Puwhenua and tried to drown himself. He is now the hero of the area, the most loved, the most climbed, the most photographed. We are less familiar with Otanewainuku, the handsome brute of a mountain who proudly looks over the Bay of Plenty, safe with his lovely Puwhenua. Read the full story of this tragic love triangle here: https://www.ranginui.co.nz/the-story-of-mauao.html
Here are links to the other artists in the exhibition:
https://www.instagram.com/isa.mathys/
https://www.instagram.com/fiona_wilcock/
https://www.instagram.com/bossleydraws/
https://www.instagram.com/rollingaskalou/
https://www.instagram.com/linkerworkshop/
https://www.instagram.com/angiebethogilvy/
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Love,
Duane
