New Exhibition at The Pencil Gallery
Now showing at the Pencil Gallery, 'Planet Earth is Blue' by sculptor Johhny Turner and 'Waioeka' by abstract artist Geoff Tune.
Johnny Turner sculpts hard volcanic and metamorphic rock. His most recent exhibition of sculptures speak of the 'seeding ' of planet Earth by comets millions of years ago which bought carbon and ice. These were the 'building blocks' for life on earth; plants , animals and humans.
Primarily self-taught, Turner recently won the Premier Award at the 2006 9th Manukau Vessel & Sculpture Exhibition. He has also won the New Zealand Sculpture Award 2005, Forsyth Barr Canterbury Art Award 2004, International Stone Symposium Award 2004, Waikato Outdoor Sculpture Award 2003, Sculpture Feature, Mercedes Benz Marquee Gold Medal 2003 and was a finalist at the COCA Art Awards in 2005.
Geoff Tune, is of Gisborne origin and now resides in Auckland. Tune was the founder of, and headed Manukau School of Visual Arts at Manukau Institute of Technology and currently holds the position of Associate Head Manukau School of Visual Art.
His work is predominantley landscape based, relating to areas of personal significance such as Mt Eden, Opio Bay on the Coromandel, Lion Rock at Piha, and the Gisborne area.
"In relation to these places I focus on personal issues of time, place, movement, memory and meaning. The various elements utilised are intended to indicate a relationship to a particular place that is about being in or part of the landscape as distinct from being a viewer of the landscape: at the centre of a continuum of time ,space and movement. These elements are drawn from memory and make use of art historical and various other cultural signifiers".
Showing until December 2 at The Pencil Gallery, Corner of Gladstone Road & Bright Street. Free Entry.
Go to www.thepencilgallery.co.nz for more information
Johnny Turner sculpts hard volcanic and metamorphic rock. His most recent exhibition of sculptures speak of the 'seeding ' of planet Earth by comets millions of years ago which bought carbon and ice. These were the 'building blocks' for life on earth; plants , animals and humans.
Primarily self-taught, Turner recently won the Premier Award at the 2006 9th Manukau Vessel & Sculpture Exhibition. He has also won the New Zealand Sculpture Award 2005, Forsyth Barr Canterbury Art Award 2004, International Stone Symposium Award 2004, Waikato Outdoor Sculpture Award 2003, Sculpture Feature, Mercedes Benz Marquee Gold Medal 2003 and was a finalist at the COCA Art Awards in 2005.
Geoff Tune, is of Gisborne origin and now resides in Auckland. Tune was the founder of, and headed Manukau School of Visual Arts at Manukau Institute of Technology and currently holds the position of Associate Head Manukau School of Visual Art.
His work is predominantley landscape based, relating to areas of personal significance such as Mt Eden, Opio Bay on the Coromandel, Lion Rock at Piha, and the Gisborne area.
"In relation to these places I focus on personal issues of time, place, movement, memory and meaning. The various elements utilised are intended to indicate a relationship to a particular place that is about being in or part of the landscape as distinct from being a viewer of the landscape: at the centre of a continuum of time ,space and movement. These elements are drawn from memory and make use of art historical and various other cultural signifiers".
Showing until December 2 at The Pencil Gallery, Corner of Gladstone Road & Bright Street. Free Entry.
Go to www.thepencilgallery.co.nz for more information
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