At 12noon, Friday 10 July, come and hear Aiko Robinson talk about her exhibition of woodcuts, screens and watercolours and how they relate to shunga, erotic Japanese woodcuts, in contrast to Western representations of sexuality.
An exhibition of woodcuts, wooden screens and watercolours inspired by traditional Japanese ‘shunga’. Christchurch based, of Japanese / New Zealand heritage, Aiko Robinson is a recent graduate of Elam School of Fine Art, Auckland. This is her first one-person exhibition. WARNING: this exhibition contains sexually explicit imagery AIKO ROBINSON – HEAD OVER HEELS by Jane Bowman The basic… View more
Wednesday 10th June, 12noon Nigel Buxton will give a floor talk on his exhibition WILLOW which is currently on view at PG gallery192. This show features recent works which combine photomontage images of willows with paint and pastels, and drawings of willows done thirty years ago that have never before been exhibited. The artist will discuss… View more
Philippa Blair – CROSSINGS by Marian Maguire For lots of reasons it isn’t the done thing to write about art from a personal perspective and I understand why. A writer’s feelings/responses may have nothing whatsoever to do with the artist’s intentions – they can be way off track. Yet I’m tempted to follow a track…. View more
Tuesday 14 April, 12-1pm ‘How to look at a Simon Ogden photograph‘ with Philippa Blair ‘How to look at a Philippa Blair painting’ with Simon Ogden Please feel welcome to attend what will undoubtedly be a lively and informative session – free entry
by Marian Maguire On March 9th of this year we re-opened the gallery, relaunched as PG gallery192, post earthquake repairs, renovations and upheavals. It was fabulous to finally hammer into fresh white walls and install LAUNCH, our opening show. We have made a new start. One of the first works we hung was ‘Lyttelton Harbour… View more
We are delighted that on March 9 at 5.30pm we will open the inaugural exhibition of our repaired, revived and re-invented gallery, renamed: PG gallery192 The reconfigured space is absolutely beautiful and we are proud to present the exhibition: ‘LAUNCH’ Nicole Bourke, Darryn George, Bill Hammond Andy Leleisi’uao, Euan Macleod, John Reynolds OPENING: 5.30pm, Monday 9… View more
‘The Labour of Herakles’ by Marian Maguire opened at Leeds City Museum on 23th January and runs till 15th March 2015. Reviewed by Damian Whittle click here to read the blog
Canterbury University Press are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of The Bond of Time: An Epic Love Poem by John Puhiatau Pule in a new edition from Canterbury University Press. The Bond of Time, an 88 page epic poem composed as a lyrical address from a lover to his beloved, is also Pule’s love song to Polynesia,… View more
Canterbury University Press are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of The Bond of Time: An Epic Love Poem by John Puhiatau Pule in a new edition from Canterbury University Press. The Bond of Time, an 88 page epic poem composed as a lyrical address from a lover to his beloved, is also Pule’s love song to Polynesia,… View more