July/August 2006

stirring - consider the spoon as a starting point...

at Uxbridge Gallery, Howick, Auckland - August 3 through August 21

This invitation-only exhibition and exciting mixed-media show is being curated by Sarah Clacher, Exhibition and Programme Manager at Uxbridge. Stirring will bring together the work of established artists from photography, painting, jewellery, cast glass, ceramics and sculpture.July/August 2006

stirring - consider the spoon as a starting point...

at Uxbridge Gallery, Howick, Auckland - August 3 through August 21

This invitation-only exhibition and exciting mixed-media show is being curated by Sarah Clacher, Exhibition and Programme Manager at Uxbridge. Stirring will bring together the work of established artists from photography, painting, jewellery, cast glass, ceramics and sculpture.Featuring Tina Bellemy, Clay Bodvin, Pat Bonnette, Richard Boyd Dunlop, Praumuan Burusphat, Don Campbell, Evelyn Dunstan, Kathie Hewitt, Sean Kerrigan, Hal Martin, Carolyn McCondash, Keiran Donnelly, Xun Mu, Penny Stotter, Jeff Thompson, Rae Thompson and Gae Webster.

Stirring aims to celebrate the diversity of artistic responses by asking these artists to explore
-the cultural and historical uses and meanings of the spoon, and
-the influence of living in New Zealand, as part of their creative inspiration.

Looking at Clay Bodvin's two pieces (a long-time Waitakere City resident and artist), his submission references a style/genre known as Serial Painting - which exploits the repetition of shapes, grids and patterns of colour.

The 'serial' compositional device of repeating shapes, and an apparent objet-trouve philosophy, are well used as Bodvin manipulates many different types spoons to create dramatic and lively images. And, in the process, commenting on the spoon's connection to various social structures and their activities. (See the work featured on Uxbridge website - "Still Life Landscape II, Indoor Bowls", 2006; photomedia painting; inkjet on 90cm sq canvas.)

Your excitement will lie in experiencing the various and many interpretations of this most common household item, which is familiar to us all. Spoons...we use them almost everyday. But be prepared to see them in a new light.

An evening preview of Stirring will be held on August 2, at 6pm, while the exhibition will open on August 3 and run through to August 21.

For further information about this exhibition refer to Sarah Clacher at programmes@uxbridge.org.nz. And, for general enquiries about the Gallery's activities, visit the website or contact

Uxbridge Gallery
35 Uxbridge Road, Howick, Auckland; PO Box 38 591
web: www.uxbridge.org.nz
email: info@uxbridge.org.nz

Ph: 09 535 6467, Fax: 09 535 9810