NZ Sculpture Onshore 2012

FORT TAKAPUNA

AUCKLAND

Locator 2012
found wood, paint, brass, steel
170 x 12 x 12cm

Locator

To be exhibited at NZ Sculpture Onshore (Fort Takapuna, Auckland) 8-18th November 2012

     Locator 2012
       found post, paint
       2.8 x .15 x .15m

Matariki 2012: The Stars Have Always Risen

Laura Marsh & Ed Lust

Installation for Matariki (Maori New Year) Celebrations in Dunedin, New Zealand

The Blue Oyster Gallery (off-site) June 21st - 28th

(video work by Ed Lust, floor work by Laura Marsh)

Suspension/Place: Laura Marsh & Philippa Nielsen

At Artstation Toi Tu 

From April 26th - May 12th 

(1 Ponsonby Road, Newton, Auckland)

My three works:

Opening night

Matriarch for Sale: Whiteroom, Dunedin.

A WORK FOR SALE

at WHITEROOM, Dunedin

Matriarch #1 

2010 

Digital fabric print, wool, cotton, cedar wood

80 x 60 x 15cm

She is a huge pine which grows above the township of Wanaka.

One of an edition of 3, this one the only one with cedar frame.

Stands alone as a natural light box or can be mounted on the wall.

J-Brown & The Mic Smith

Suspension/Place with Philippa Nielsen at Artstation, Auckland

Autumn: Call & Response @ Sculpture Park, Hamilton

I was chosen to be part of the Autumn exhibition Call & Response at the Sculpture Park at the Waitakaruru Arboretum near Hamilton. I reinstated my macrocarpa flagpole, this time with Flags for the Locals. The first flag flying is dedicated to the humble blackberry.

Big thanks to Kate Darrow & Kim Paton for selecting my work for one of five Ebbett Prestige Seed Funding Awards of $500, and of course thank you to Ebbett Prestige for supporting the exhibition, much appreciated!

Blackberry

Concept: Rather than being ‘unwanted’, the weed could be regarded from a Darwinian perspective as a winner of an evolutionary process. For arguments sake the attributes of the local weeds, Pampas, Blackberry and Gorse can be seen in a beneficial light – beauty, food source, shelter etc. Though in hindsight the introduction of Gorse into New Zealand was an ecological mistake, the protection it can give native seedlings in their early stages of growth during ecological re-colonising is a valuable attribute. These oppositional ideas draw an analogy to and describe the cultural conundrum I am faced with as I address my need for pride in my cultural heritage as descendent of colonial immigrants. 

PROUDLY ANNOUNCING!

I am very proud to announce that I am the 2012 recipient of the Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Award. This year is proving already to be an exciting one artistically as I get used to the privilege of absolute freedom to make and create. I will be based in back in my homeland, the Mainland, The South Island of New Zealand, where there is no shortage of space...something I desire strongly while living in Auckland. Thank you to the Foundation for this opportunity. And I encourage every artist to apply!
http://www.oliviaspencerbower.org.nz/index.htm