This exhibition will run from 11th of August to the 7th of October, showing works by John Johns, Jim Allen, Para Matchitt, Maddie Leach and Fiona Amundesn. This Exhibition focuses on the impact of exotic timber on the New Zealand ladscape and economy through the 20th and 21st Centuries.
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This is wicked show!
There is an enormous work by Paratene Matchitt - the guy who did the funky bridge from Wellington Civic square to the waterfront. I love deciphering the levels of symbolism and meaning in Maori art. Even with the commissioned work you can feel the soul of his work - not like some of the plastic commercial quick-buck art around. I think art should engage more than the intellect - it should engage on an emotional level too.
My second favourite in this show is Jim Allen's New Zealand Environment No 5, 1969 and it absolutely does that. Imagine a very dark room inside a very bright gallery. Now imagine a little-box like room inside the dark room lit with green neon. And you can go inside it! At first I was too scared to in case an alarm went off or something but NO it was 100% OK to walk inside this artwork. Barbed wire, bark, fleece and fake cobwebs - now that is an art experience!
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