EXHIBITION DATES :
13.10.2012 to 17.11.2012
Opening:10.30am Saturday 13 october 2012
SO GIVE ME THE NIGHT : THE ART OF RICHARD ORJIS and FUTURE BUILDING OR THE ART OF LIVING CREATIVELY, are Southside Arts Festival 2012 events. Both exhibitions feature the work of artists connected to South Auckland’s tertiary visual arts faculty at Manukau Institute of Technology.
Opening:10.30am Saturday 13 october 2012
SO GIVE ME THE NIGHT : THE ART OF RICHARD ORJIS and FUTURE BUILDING OR THE ART OF LIVING CREATIVELY, are Southside Arts Festival 2012 events. Both exhibitions feature the work of artists connected to South Auckland’s tertiary visual arts faculty at Manukau Institute of Technology.
FUTURE BUILDING OR THE ART OF LIVING
CREATIVELY, curated by MIT School of Visual Arts head of school Grant Thompson,
presents recent graduates from the School who are establishing themselves as
professionals in the world of visual arts. The exhibition will present their
work and stories; and will be accompanied by a panel discussion examining strategies
and approaches to earning a living in the creative sector.
Sarah Dufty | Jessamyn Gemming | Julie Layzell | Sokpart Pao | Francis Pesamino | Bella Smith | Jackson Tavai | Loa Toetu’u | Sho Wada | Sarah Walker-Holt | Katrina Willcox
Curated by Grant Thompson
SO
GIVE ME THE NIGHT : THE ART OF RICHARD ORJIS, surveys the works of Auckland
based artist Richard Orjis; a multimedia artist well known for his hot-housed
floral montages and his series of hand painted mud portraits. The work he
produces revolves around three main intersecting and fluid connections: of
nature, beauty and mortality. According to Orjis: “Nature can be seen as
beautiful, pure, and intrinsically good, but also as dangerous and destructive,
a spectacle of the devourers and the devoured.” A tense relationship of
attraction and repulsion feeds into his work, exploring notions of beauty laced
with an undercurrent of ugliness, or vice versa. Richard Orjis lives and works
in Auckland. He completed his Master of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts,
University of Auckland, in 2006 having previously earned a BVA in 2001 at
Auckland University of Technology. He currently lectures at MIT School of
Visual Arts. Orjis has exhibited extensively, including shows in New York,
Basel, Miami, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Auckland.
ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMES :
Saturday
13 October 11.30am: Artist Richard Orjis in conversation with Ron Brownson, Auckland
Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Senior Curator NZ & Pacific Art.
Saturday
27 October 10.30am: A panel discussion regarding establishing a visual arts
career. Speakers include artists, staff of the MIT School of Visual Arts and
industry specialists.
Finger
Knitting workshop with Sinead Jury. Monday 22 October, 1pm to 3 pm.
Koha.
Papakura Art Gallery
10
Averill Street
Papakura
Monday to Friday
9am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 2pm
gallery@papakuraarts.co.nz
