Graham Bennett Exhibitions

Kawarau One

25 Mar - 25 Apr 2022

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Exhibition Works

Disrupt I [3, 1, 4, 2, 5]
Graham Bennett Disrupt I [3, 1, 4, 2, 5] (2021)
Disrupt 34
Graham Bennett Disrupt 34 (2021)
Disrupt 30
Graham Bennett Disrupt 30 (2021)
Parley VI
Phil Brooks Parley VI (2022)
Parley I
Phil Brooks Parley I (2022)
Parley II
Phil Brooks Parley II (2022)
Parley III
Phil Brooks Parley III (2022)
Parley IV
Phil Brooks Parley IV (2022)
Parley V
Phil Brooks Parley V (2022)
Parley VII
Phil Brooks Parley VII (2022)
Parley IX
Phil Brooks Parley IX (2022)
Parley VIII
Phil Brooks Parley VIII (2022)
Sticks
Damien Kurth Sticks (2022)
Titanium
Damien Kurth Titanium (2022)
Bloom
Damien Kurth Bloom (2022)
Hāro_Soar
Peata Larkin Hāro_Soar (2022)
Ora_Safe
Peata Larkin Ora_Safe (2022)
Kārohirohi_Shimmer
Peata Larkin Kārohirohi_Shimmer (2022)
Hēpara_Shepherd
Peata Larkin Hēpara_Shepherd (2022)
Tiaho_Shine
Peata Larkin Tiaho_Shine (2022)
Kia Mate I Te Ururoa
Baye Riddell Kia Mate I Te Ururoa (2019)
Toa (Red)
Baye Riddell Toa (Red) (2021)
Toa (White)
Baye Riddell Toa (White) (2021)
PākatiAS2
Kereama Taepa PākatiAS2 (2022)
PākatiHarore
Kereama Taepa PākatiHarore (2022)
PākatiPutiputi
Kereama Taepa PākatiPutiputi (2022)
PākatiPātai
Kereama Taepa PākatiPātai (2022)
KoruruAtari
Kereama Taepa KoruruAtari (2021)
PākatiSonicV2.0
Kereama Taepa PākatiSonicV2.0 (2021)
Tangata Whenua [22-8]
Neil Adcock Tangata Whenua [22-8] (2022)
Tangata Whenua [22-2]
Neil Adcock Tangata Whenua [22-2] (2022)
Tangata Whenua [22-5]
Neil Adcock Tangata Whenua [22-5] (2022)
Tiki 46
Neil Adcock Tiki 46 (2021)
Tiki 47
Neil Adcock Tiki 47 (2021)
Southward Tui
Hannah Kidd Southward Tui (2022)
Southward Hihi
Hannah Kidd Southward Hihi (2022)
Southward Kererū
Hannah Kidd Southward Kererū (2022)

Exhibition Text

With his compelling 3D printed masks, Kereama Taepa melds the pop-culture motifs of the present with the sculptural traditions of the past. Neil Adcock builds upon the abstracted languages of the tiki and human forms with the painterly revelations inside pounamu. Figurative in nature also, Baye Riddell links the soul of the land and sea. Graham Bennett reminds us all that the ubiquitous axe was one of the primary tools for colonising the Pacific.

Peata Larkin paints narrative allusions, developing woven grids and shadow presences out of the geometries of tukutuku patterns and taniko symbols. Damien Kurth establishes pictorial tableau of the seemingly ordinary, and presents them as objects of spiritual contemplation. Hannah Kidd in her characteristic manner pays homage to three of our distinctive native birds. Phil Brooks works in series, with linking texture, pattern and palette. In the Parley Series, Brooks places “a single coil of common diameter at the rim or shoulder of every piece.” (1)

 
1. Parley, Artist statement, 14/3/22.