ARTS + CULTURE SHOWING AT GALATOS LIVE ‘TURN TEARS INTO LAUGHTER’ AND AUCTION FUNDRAISING EVENING 18 July The Auckland Women’s Refuge (central city) is seeking your support to help those suffering from domestic violence. Five of the top New Zealand comedians are coming together for a comedy and auction fundraising evening at Galatos Live. Urzila Carlson, Simon McKinney, Rose Matafeo, Joseph Moore and Wellington based James Nokise have kindly donated their talent for the event. Galatos Live, Galatos Street, Doors open at 6.45pm - tickets are $75 and are on sale now at www.eventfinder.co.nz The Auckland Women’s Refuge are also delighted to have the support for the auction from people like cook Annabelle White with a degustation dinner, Shortland Street productions and Ben Mitchell who plays character Dr TK Samuels. Also players from the LG Northern Mystics, artworks from David Toailoa, Peter Petelo Muavae and Claire Hey, studio visit to TV3 and Campbell Live and meet the presenters, flight simulator experience at www.flyajet.co.nz, L’Oreal product, Fullers Cruises to Waiheke Island and Midway Motel Waiheke Island, designer Kate Sylvester clothing, and Woolrest Biomag. For further information about the Auckland Women’s Refuge please go to www.awrefuge.org.nz
SHOWING AT NOOK GALLERY Carl Ingram: produces non-pretentious works that often have a dark subversive humour at their core. He prefers to keep a painterly or textured look and goes by the mantra “A painting should look like a painting”. He draws inspiration from retro pop culture, music and video games. Nicholas J Boyd: A self-taught artist, his paintings are made freestyle, painting straight from the head void of preliminary drawings or visual reference. This technique allows his inner thoughts and daily observations to meld into unique art works which reflect the artist’s individual creative characteristics. Hugo Lindsey: Painting can mimic or echo the real however it is also its own reality, a thing to be dealt with on its own terms. It questions the reality it represents, speculating upon and simultaneously historicising the content that film and photography imposes on culture. Hugo’s choice of imagery functions as a filter, where everyday meanderings through digital mediums allow him to form both formal and conceptual relationships between images.
NOOK GALLERY, 54 Ponsonby Road M: 027 522 7710 www.nookgallery.co.nz
Melinda Butt: Nature is her main muse, through graceful imagery Melinda strives to illustrate the forces behind what we see. She is currently working on a series based on her time in the Northern territory, the enigmatic landscape and compelling art from this region has left an impassioned imprint. Wei Lun Ha: A New Zealand artist, exploring traditional Asian ink art ideas in a variety of media and styles. His aspiration is to translate these skills into his architectural practice one day, and exhibit this art form across the country. He paints with a calligraphy brush and a mix of nontraditional materials, making many of his works unique to his field.
136 PONSONBY NEWS+ July 2013
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