Art

Among the Machines

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

The use of technology has become a natural part of our lives. However, the idea of technology manipulating nature itself and becoming a controlling, dominating force tends to sit a little uncomfortably. Among the Machines is one of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s (DPAG) major exhibitions for 2013 Read more...

Art From a Laboratory

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

I don’t find a plastic crucifix immersed in a glass of urine offensive. However, the artist responsible for the Piss Christ received death threats for this sacrilegious work, indicating that some feel otherwise. Different individuals find different things “shocking,” but in spite of this it often Read more...

A Broader Perspective

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

At the beginning of last year I was lucky enough to be taken to the United States by my parents, which involved traipsing around the Midwest and California for five weeks. Being avidly art-oriented, my mother has an incredible knack of finding galleries: take a very recent trip to the depths of the Read more...

The Material World: Sculpture at Dunedin School of Art 2002-2013

Posted 3:03pm Sunday 26th May 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

This week I’ve made a rather awkward mistake. Failing to think about the fact that exhibitions have a finishing point, I arrived at the Dunedin School of Art gallery on the morning of 17 May planning to write a phenomenal review of their contemporary sculpture exhibition. Then I realised it ends on Read more...

Patrick Hartigan - The People Will Be Healed

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

Standing at one end of the art gallery, we were completely entranced by a large guy in a grey fur coat, with basketball sneakers along the bottom. His mannerisms and laugh, even from a distance, were like those of a stereotypical Jewish banker. Coming close enough to listen to him, he also had some Read more...

Saskia Leek’s Desk Collection

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 12th May 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

Saskia Leek’s solo exhibition Desk Collection at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery is a true testament to her evolution as an artist. Seeming to almost celebrate Leek’s personal journey as an artist, the exhibition didn’t just present this to the viewer, but swept them along for the ride through an Read more...

Facebook cover photos

Posted 4:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013 by Charlotte Doyle

Coverslike.com provides internet users with endless freedom to “customise your Facebook timeline cover” (just in case no photos of you and your friends seem pretty enough). For serious pug lovers you can have one which states “the day God made Pugs He just sat down and Smiled” next to a pug puppy Read more...

Candlesticks strike a heated debate

Posted 3:14pm Sunday 28th April 2013 by Zane Pocock

I’ll tell you where to put your candlesticks, young artistsZane PocockIn the most stunning lack of individual style the art world has ever seen, we are currently witnessing a huge proliferation of contemporary New Zealand artists turning their craft towards $1,000 candlesticks. The thought Read more...

Michael Harrison - Invasion Biology

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Zane Pocock

I always enjoy a visit to Michael Harrison shows. His symbolic imagery and soft watercolours are consistent, understated, intimate, and playful. Overall they're comfortable, yet it is this comfort that can very easily transform into boredom if care isn't taken. It is pleasing to see Harrison Read more...

Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the Billiard Room of Horton House

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Taryn Dryfhout

When you enter the new exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the enormous pool table that monopolises a large floor area in the centre of the room grabs your attention. The exhibition is “Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the Billiard Room of Horton House”, and it is this billiard Read more...