It was great to catch up

with some of our wonderful AVID artists in their amazing studios in Whanganui last week...

Emma Camden & David Murray

Frances Stachl & Fish

Frances & Fish in the studio again...

Judith and Claudia Borella

Claudia's studio

Lyndsay Patterson was in the process of firing up the kiln at Chronicle Glass for the season

Lyndsay and Judith

Emma and Judith

Mark Mitchell's

two, new, gorgeous stitch vessels have arrived in the gallery and are now ready to head off to their new home in Paris!

Come into the warmth...

and have a look at Pauline Bern's wonderful new work in Carapace. This exhibition of intricately and superbly constructed neck pieces explores the evolving nature of the botanical forms that have become a familiar element in Pauline's work. Are they flora or are they fauna?

Carapace #1, Pauline Bern

Paul Maseyk @ Dunedin Public Art gallery...

If you're down Dunedin way it's worth having a look at this wonderful survey exhibition covering a fifteen year period of Paul's work...

http://dunedin.art.museum/exhibitions/future/one_pot_wonder

Also a piece in the Otago Daily Times...

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/309042/artist-potty-over-ceramics-despite-early-ordeal

Frances Stachl...

Also opening on Tuesday evening was Frances Stachl's New Work...an elegant installation of ten exquisite neck pieces.

John Parker...

John's Singularities opened on Tuesday night. It's a visual feast of luscious new colours and forms!!

You can see his record of the finished installation at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Pj6mKA9u0

Christine Cathie

It was great to get a visit from Christine and her daughter Chloe last week. Christine was dropping off a beautiful new Ovoid and was here as Viv Atkinson was taking Salon Rouge out to the public.

Viv Atkinson, Christine Cathie and Chloe

Ben Lignel...

Great to see Ben and Philip Clarke (Director of Object Space) in at AVID last week!

Ben is currently the Editor of Art Jewellery Forum and a member of the European Think Tank: A European Initiative for Crafts.
  http://www.thinktank04.eu/page.php?2,41,161

His talk, Lift up, Patch up: on Exhibiting Contemporary Jewellery at The Dowse last Thursday evening was intelligent, thought provoking and thoroughly enjoyable.

Philip and Ben are now on a wonderful Tiki tour of New Zealand jewellers around the country before returning to Auckland for Obect Space's Talkfest.
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Objectspace/210656108958743?directed_target_id=0

 

Ben Lignel in front of Debbie Adamson's Black Work

Salon Rouge

is back from performances at The Dowse during the Wunderruma opening!

It is installed in the small window gallery at AVID and is 'resting' there until Wednesday July 9^th.

This performance piece is currently exhibiting new work from the Handshake2 participants and during this time will be making short tours into the Wellington community.

Come in and have a look and if there is anything you like it may be purchased online at the Handshake2 fundraising  shop:

http://handshake2.com/

Salon Rouge

Wunderruma celebration drinks @ AVID last Saturday...

Tatjana Panyoczki and Hilda Deckers

The smiling Sarah...et al

Ann Culy and Peter Cavanagh

Lisa and Alan Preston

Fran Allison and Lynn Kelly

...a few close up peeks at some of Giles Speeden's amazing book carving

Katherine Mansfield

 Magician

The Crossing of Antarctica

shoes and ships and sealing wax...

Our title is taken from the poem, The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll:

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

This is a delightfully eclectic show that does talk of many things...with artists Bronwynne Cornish, Giles Speeden and Mark Mitchell.

Debbie Adamson's show is up!

Black Work is a small show by Debbie Adamson that further explores the process of making and material. The works are rhythmic, textured botanical studies in cut and carved rubber. These exquisite, statement pieces are on exhibition @ AVID until the 24th June.

Salon Rouge @ AVID Gallery...

In the lead up to the opening of Wunderruma (an exhibition of contemporary New Zealand jewellery curated by Karl Fritsch and Warwick Freeman http://dowse.org.nz/exhibitions/detail/wunderruma-schmuck-aus-neuseeland ) at The Dowse Art Museum on June 20th we have installed Vivien Atkinson's Salon Rouge in our window gallery.

This performance piece will be 'resting' at AVID until June 21st when it will make a guest appearance at the The Dowse Art Museum. http://dowse.org.nz/events/wundern 
Salon Rouge will then be exhibiting new pieces from Atkinson's Whose Inheritance series and new work from the Handshake2 participants and during this time it will be making short tours into the Wellington community.

Keep watching for further development and surprises from the "old red coat" !!!!!

We have Wunderruma catalogues for sale!!!!

Wunderruma curator, Karl Fritsch, dropped them off this morning and they're great. A bargain @ $25...

Come and get one before the big opening of the exhibition at the Dowse Art Museum on the 21st June.

http://dowse.org.nz/exhibitions/detail/wunderruma-schmuck-aus-neuseeland

http://dowse.org.nz/events/wundern

Barry Clarke's opening...

was a fun evening and celebration of Barry's latest work in Time and Tide.

Barry taking the floor...

Our Easter bunnnies have arrived early...

Miserable weather outside today but warm and toasty in the gallery...drop in and share an Easter chocolate with us!

Bronwynne Cornish's Mr and Mrs Lapin

Last day of the John Roy exhibition...

Becky Bliss show until the 15th...

This striking neckpiece by jewellery artist Becky Bliss is part of her current exhibition of work at AVID.  Pentimento is showing until the 15th of April.

Becky Bliss Neckpiece, oxidised copper, stg. silver, paint

Looking around the Biennale in Sydney...

The theme this year is Imagine What you Desire. 

http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/19bos/artists/horn/

This cast glass installation of work by Roni Horn called "Nine Liquid Incidents" 2010-12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney had to be one of the most beautiful works of the Biennale.

A landscape of constructed puddles; small lakes of watery blues and greys. Each form drew you to it, playing with your mind…inviting you to touch the surface to find out just where it was and urging you to plunge your hands and arms into its silky, liquid depths.

AVID will have some smaller but equally beautiful art works from our glass artists coming up in our group glass show, "The Nature of Things" from the 5th-19th August! 

Roni Horn,  Nine Liquid Incidents 2010-12, solid cast glass
MCA Sydney, Australia

Roni Horn, Nine Liquid Incidents 2010-12, solid cast glass
MCA Sydney, Australia

Roni Horn,  Nine Liquid Incidents 2010-12 (detail), solid cast glass
MCA Sydney, Australia

Roni Horn, Nine Liquid Incidents 2010-12 (detail), solid cast glass
MCA Sydney, Australia