Maddie Leach One Shining Gum (Savia Brillante) 2006-07
Para Matchitt Te Wepu 1986
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I find Jim Alan's work still absolutely stunning, and still absolutely current. A re-presentation of the landscape tradition that burns itself onto your retina, careens down your optic nerve and fixes itself into your memory.
Standing inside the space I feel I am faced with a choice, which way to go, what view of New Zealand's landscape to project into the luminous green frames offered. I am reminded that any vision for the land must contend with the agricultural model that carves and divides the land into economic allotments, were borders are fiercely defended, and the prickly way this view occupies a baseline all discussions of land use and understanding.
Stepping back out into natural light, my eyes have compensated for the strong green hue and the whole world seems rose-tinted with possibility. The question still remains open, especially in this time of global warming and the erosion of state borders—what vision for our land will inform our future actions?
The Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi is the purpose-built gallery of Victoria University of Wellington. Located in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, it is a forum for critical thinking about art and its histories as well as the professional structure within which the Victoria University Art Collection is managed. It presents exhibitions, performances, lectures and presentations that explore the full range of media available to artists, with the aim of testing and expanding art form and disciplinary boundaries. The gallery is a remarkable architectural statement that is a vital feature of campus life at Victoria and a major force in the artistic life of the city.
Jim Allen
Maddie Leach
Para Matchitt
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I find Jim Alan's work still absolutely stunning, and still absolutely current. A re-presentation of the landscape tradition that burns itself onto your retina, careens down your optic nerve and fixes itself into your memory.
Standing inside the space I feel I am faced with a choice, which way to go, what view of New Zealand's landscape to project into the luminous green frames offered.
I am reminded that any vision for the land must contend with the agricultural model that carves and divides the land into economic allotments, were borders are fiercely defended, and the prickly way this view occupies a baseline all discussions of land use and understanding.
Stepping back out into natural light, my eyes have compensated for the strong green hue and the whole world seems rose-tinted with possibility. The question still remains open, especially in this time of global warming and the erosion of state borders—what vision for our land will inform our future actions?
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