Nigel Brown - Art News Autumn 2010An article about Nigel Brown's recent visit to Germany, features in the Autumn 2010 Art News magazine. |
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Viky Garden - Herald Review December 5th, 2009Viky Garden's latest exhibition "Passengers" has been reviewed by Terry McNamara. He states, "These thoughtful works could be melodramatic but although the images are far from sentimental they have a highly individual charm". Come and view the exhibiton which runs until 5 December 2009. |
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Tyrone Layne - New Zealand Herald Review Nov 09Tyrone Layne's first solo exhibition has been reviewed in the New Zealand Herald - 7th November 09. TJ McNamara says"The same slow process of careful painting is apparent in the first exhibition by Tyrone Layne...." He also states "the paintings are a good start to a career...." For more information on this review please contact the Gallery. |
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Robyn Kahukiwa - Herald Review October 09Robyn Kahukiwa's latest Exhibition "Power to Define" was featured in the Art Review section of the New Zealand Herald - 10th October 09. TJ McNamara says "Her work is about Maori and the interaction of Maori and Pakeha". " The paintings that feature only Maori are strong and simple. They make use of stylisation drived from carving and of the forceful, striking design of the Maori flag". For more information about this reveiw please contact the Gallery. |
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Tauranga Art Gallery presents - The Brown YearsIn 2007 Nigel Brown gifted a substantial number of his works to the newly built Tauranga Art Gallery, which are included in The Brown Years exhibition. The Brown Years is Nigel Brown's story; it is also specifically a Tauranga story. Spanning several decades the exhibition maps Brown's development as an artist through his Tauranga imagery. From 16th May 2009 |
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words from the Cross Opus 51In honour of the 200th annivery of Haydn's death, the New Zealand String Quartet perform his intensely spiritual Easter servcie composition "The Seven Last Words from the Cross Opus 51". The piece will be illuminated with poetry from Dinah Hawken, images by Nigel Brown and directed by Sara Brodie. When: Auckland 14th April, 8pm Where: Concert Chamber Auckland Town Hall For more information on this event visit www.chambermusic.co.nz or phone 0800 concert (266 2378) |
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Mind Games - An Exhibition of Surrealism in AotearoaTwo artists represented by the Warwick Henderson Gallery have works included in the Hastings City Art Gallery Exhibition titled "Mind Games - An Exhibition of Surrealism in Aotearoa. The Exhibition runs from 6th February - 5th April 2009. You can visit the Hasting City Art Gallery at 201 Eastbourne Street East, Hasings. |
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October 2008 - Nigel Brown features in the Art Page - New Zealand HeraldNigel Brown featured in an article by Adam Gifford in The New Zealand Herald on Saturday 11th October 2008. Images of Nigel Brown's triptych "Hide and Seek" and "Enlightenment" also feature. This is an interview with the Artist discussing his latest show entitled "Lamp". |
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October 11th - April Shin Review New Zealand HeraldApril Shin's latest exhibition "At Dusk" was reviewed by T J McNamara in the Weekend Herald 11th October 2008. T J McNamara states.."This may be Browns Bay but the colour and hazy nature of the images, as well as the swirling brushwork, create a dream-like presence that expresses a warm sense of nesting and home". |
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Artists Talk - Nigel Brown features with Denys Trussell and Alison EastDATE: Saturday 11th October 2-4pm at the Art Lounge, cnr Lorne and Wellesley Streets. NIGEL BROWN features with poet and musician Denys Trussell and choreographer Alison East at the "Spring" Series, part of the public programme at Auckland Art Gallery. Nigel, Denys and Alison will talk about their landmark collaboration in the 1980's, with a subsequent further collaboration in 2004, "Dance of the Origin". |
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20/9/08 Liam Barr features in NZ Herald Art ReviewTJ McNamara states "Liam Barr is thinking grand in a show, "Grand-Land", in which he seeks to combine reality and myth, history and the present. He has evolved a stylised Cubist Maori figure to represent Tane and taniwha". |
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August 2008 - Viky Garden features in the New Zealand Arts Review Saturday 16th August 08T J McNamara states of Viky Garden’s exhibition "New World Virtues"... "Her show at the Warwick Henderson Gallery is intensely personal. It is also toughly unsentimental as it makes memorable images from the way a naïve young woman comes to terms with the world." |
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May 2008 Annette Isbey "New Zealand Herald Review"Annette Isbey's latest exhibition "Water" features in the New Zealand Herald's Art Review on Thursday 15th May 2008. T.J. McNamara states "The most impressive canvas is Taheke where, from a high horizon, the water falls tumultuously as a force of nature". Annette's exhibition is on until the 24th May 2008. |
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Eion Stevens "NZ Herald" ReviewEion Stevens latest exhibition "Painted Poems" was reveiwed in the NZ Herald on 17.4.08. T.J. McNamara states"The paintings in this show are unpretentious, unrhetorical and richly humanist". |
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December - Barry Lett - Awarded McConnell Property Supreme AwardBarry Lett has been awarded the McConnell Property Supreme Award for "Big Rock Dog" which is featured in the "Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens" being held at the Auckland Botanic Gardens from 4 November 2007 - 31 January 2008. |
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December - Alan Sommerville - Sculptor, Australia/New ZealandAlan Sommerville is a sculptor based in Australia who has built a reputation for major Bronze work. He was commissioned to complete the Australian Anzac Memorial Soldier for the Bridge of Remembrance on Sydney Harbour, and has just been commissioned to now bookend the bridge with a New Zealand Anzac Soldier on the other side. Our Summer Catalogue introduces Alan's work and includes a superb bronze "The Light Horseman" depicting a mounted First World War Anzac. Alan's work is on view at the Gallery, and included in the Summer Catalogue which is on show until 9th February 2008. |
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December - Eion Stevens - "Painted Poems"Eion Stevens book "Painted Poems - One artist Twenty Poems" will be launced at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on the 7th December with an accompanying exhibition. This is a lovely publication by Longacre Press which will make a fantastic Christmas Gift. Copies are available from the Warwick Henderson Gallery. Most of the paintings can also be purchased. |
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December - April Shin Features in New Zealand Herald Arts ReviewApril Shin Features in the New Zealand Hearld's art review on Thursday 13th December. T J McNamara says, "Each individual tile is a little painting in its own right but, collectively, they create an autumnal atmosphere shot through with occasional shafts of light. The colour is at its best in the many shadowy shades of green, russet and brown". April's show is open until 22 December 2007. |
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October 2007 - Fatu Feu\\\'u - NZ Herald ReviewFatu Feu'u's show 'Tausani' was featured in T.J. McNamara's review in the Herald. T.J. McNamara says.."Colour , energy and life suffuse the work of Fatu Feu'u....This is one of his best exhibitions and shows the fruit of long experience." |
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September 07 - Nigel Brown - NZ Herald - Arts PageT.J.McNamara reviews Nigel Brown's 'Will to Meaning' exhibition. His final comments "This is a large exhibition, the result of dedicated work and honest thought. It dwarfs most shows" |
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September 07 - Nigel Brown - Features in Art News and Art New Zealand MagazinesNigel's new show 'Will to Meaning has been covered in the spring issue of Art News Magazine including an illustration of 'Salt and Clay' one of the feature works in the exhibition. Art New Zealand is also featuring Nigel Brown with an essay written by Denys Trussell on the 'Will to Meaning' exhibition. |
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September 07 - Philippa Blair - Exhibits at Torrance Art Museum - Los AngelesPhilippa Blair is exhibiting at the Torrance Art Museum in Los Angeles. The title of the show is "Themes and Variations: New Abstraction in Los Angeles. The show is an exhibition of abstract paintings and sculptures by 12 contemporary artists. The show runs from 8 September 2007 to 3 November 2007. |
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August 07 -Nigel Brown Features in North & South MagazineNigel Brown features in the August edition of North & South in the 'Four Corners' section - The article is titled 'Deep South - Nigel Brown's cosy nook'. |
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Liam Barr - Arts Editor's Pick - August 9 2007Liam Barr was the Arts Editor's pick in the Time Out publication in the New Zealand Herald on August 9th 2007. Te Onepu Pakaha (The Sandcastle) was illustrated - see attached. |
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Eion Stevens - NZ Herald June 2007T.J. McNamara commented that "the work is highly individual in its simplicity, wit and intervention". Works mentioned in the review included 'Mountain Ark', 'Fanfare' (illustrated), and 'Homebody'. |
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