Monday 29 October 2007

free range Art Exhibition

Te Karanga Gallery presents free range - a collaborative exhibition of emerging art by Aki, Racheblue, Lyhui Te & Ginny Jones from Thurs 1st to Sat 10th November 2007.

From street art to traditional through fantasy to figurative and beyond, free range offers you a smorgasbord of artistic styles to tantalise your taste buds!

Te Karanga Gallery, 208 Karangahape Road, Newton, Auckland kfmradio.co.nz
Open: Mon 12pm - 6pm / Tues - Fri 10am - 6pm / Sat & Sun 12pm - 4pm

Te Karanga Gallery is part of Te Karanga Charitable Trust sharing space with KFM Radio and Tea Culture specialty tea shop

Opening Night: Thursday 1st November, 7:30pm
kindly sponsored by Organic World, 181 Point Chevalier Road

RSVP: racheblue@bluAngeldesigns.com
Website: freerangeartshow

Saturday 20 October 2007

Govett-Brewster Exhibitions Nov07

Govett-Brewster on Queen Street, New Plymouth is one of New Zealand's most chic and modern art galleries. The gallery building itself and the well designed layout is extremely impressive as are the variety of exhibits and the very contemporary content.

One of the current interesting exhibitions at Govett Brewster is Activating Korea: Tides of Collective Action which discusses issues of identity and cultural changes through various media. Here's the low down:

Lim Minouk New town ghost 2005"Bae Young Whan, CDC, flyingCity, JNP Production, Kim Gisoo, Sang-Don Kim, Ko Hyun Joo, Minouk Lim, mixrice, Hein-kuhn Oh and Park Chan-kyong with exhibition design by Choi Jeong-hwa.

This major exhibition explores the complex and contradictory meanings of collectivism within Korean contemporary art in a society where traditional values and today’s multifaceted changes coexist. The works in this exhibition represent a shift from the political representations of Korea’s military dictatorship, the Cold War, and national division. Heralded by 1980s Minjung art, many artists today aim to raise awareness and bring about change around issues such as urban development, immigration and national identity. Featuring a range of media, the exhibition challenges the fast-paced cultural, economic and political changes in the contemporary Korean society. Activating Korea is co-curated by Mercedes Vicente and Beck Jee-sook in conjunction with Insa Art Space of the Arts Council Korea "


Activating Korea runs until 25 November 2007

Next month also sees a screening of environmental documentary films as part of the nationwide Aotearoa Environmental Film Festival. Screening takes place on Thursday 1 November at 2pm and 6pm. Entry $12 ($6 concession). Click here for more details.

Visit the Govett Brewster website here

cause / affect

From: Liquid Treat, Newsletter 20Oct07

cause / affect"Designers are always trying to find projects that help the greater good, but often when they take on a cause, they find themselves working in isolation and cramming in the pro bono work alongside their other clients. Cause/affect is a new design competition held by AIGA San Francisco that provides both a community and exposure for socially responsible work. Submissions will be accepted until Nov. 9, 2007. Selected entries will be showcased online and at an event to be held at AIGA SF's office Dec. 4. In addition, work will be entered in a People's Choice Award competition, where online voting will determine an additional winner, also to be announced at the awards ceremony."

Check it out here and enter here