ARTS + CULTURE SHOWING @ OREXART Matthew Browne - Theoria 3 May - 11 June Opening 3 May 5.30 - 7.30pm
If Matthew Browne learned semaphore then this show could be called ‘The Sign -Bearer’. The exhibition has over 60 works, all have an individual character, all seem to have their own message. Expect to see a wall of colour, a range of movement. Born in Britain to New Zealand parents, Matthew Browne moved to New Zealand in 1991. He lives and works in Grey Lynn. Theoria #20 2016 He studied at Camberwell College of Arts in London, gaining a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Painting and at Elam School of Fine Arts, MFA (Honours). Browne has exhibited his work widely throughout New Zealand and the United Kingdom. His work is represented in private collections in New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, Singapore, Canada and the United States. Public collections include the Parliamentary Collection, Wellington, The Royal Overseas League, London and The James Wallace Trust, Auckland. Please contact rex@orexart.co.nz for details. F PN OREXART, 15 Putiki Street, Arch Hill, T: 09 378 0588, rex@orexart.co.nz, www.orexart.co.nz
SHOWING @ WHITESPACE Jack Trolove - until 28 May
Three years of working as a street artist while living in Barcelona gave Jack Trolove lots of practice at moving paint quickly on the surface and a discipline of physically painting for hours trying to capture the character of each subject that came his way. Nowadays, Jack divides his week between working out of his studio in Pt Chevalier, and working in the challenging field of suicide prevention, focusing where he can, on reducing discrimination and enhancing wellbeing for LGBTI people.
Winter Solstice 600 x 500mm
In this show, Jack explores the body’s skin as a seal for holding stories, using thick skins of paint to create human skins that are shed and remade, broken and resealed. These are intimate portraits, painted in an aggressive, physical language. Heavily pigmented, abstract slicks of paint become skins - for wrapping the tender emotional, spiritual and physical experiences of the body. Jack Trolove holds an MFA from Massey University, and has work in private and public PN collections across New Zealand, Australia and Europe. F Theoria #5 2016
The World Belongs to the Dissatisfied
Theoria #53 2016
WHITESPACE, 12 Crummer Road, T: 09 361 6331, www.whitespace.co.nz
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