ANCA (Australian National Capital Artists) has done it again ! Hot on the heels of the first big brooch exhibition PIN Wonderwall 2011, and rePIN in 2012, comes PINup.These brooch exhibitions really bring out the crowds and by the end of the evening we were all seeing red dots and not just because of the lovely shiraz from Yellowtail […]
May
20
DRESS UP AND JAM
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We love a dress up, especially an ethical one. Lupa has opened a new store on Smith Street. It is a shop that only flogs fashionable stuff made by designers within 10 km’s of the retail outlet. Aiming to revive a localised rag trade, Lupa confronts the off shore sweat shop reality that has overcome most of the high […]
May
19
GAYLORD LOVELACE QUITS BAND
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Guy Benfield is a legend and we miss him. Back in the day, Guy would finish his Friday night dish pig shift at Yelza and attack the knock off drinks with gusto. He’d then wrestle Max into a headlock at the bar to make sure Max was paying attention to everything being said. Guy left […]
May
15
ROMAN’S TRIUMPH
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The last of the 2012 Studio Residents solo exhibitions kicked of last night at CCAS Manuka. Roman Stachurski produced not one but two shows Second Nature and Second Future. With and eye on the environment and a bleak future for mother earth, Roman’s works can be a bit on the side of scary. A sci-fi influence […]
May
12
SATURDAY NIGHT : STARKWHITE & ARTSPACE
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It was once the Pink Pussycat and now its Starkwhite a smart and commodious gallery on Auckland’s K Road. Saturday night 5.30 sharp, not quite on the town but rather at the opening of Bazinga! which was curated by Robert leonard to coincide with the opening days of the Triennial. The title borrowed from Dr Sheldon Cooper of […]
May
11
GET FRESH
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At first it seemed unlikely that anyone would make the 9 AM opening at the Fresh Gallery in Otara. But to the enormous satisfaction of all they did ! It should be noted at this point that there was a very good turn out from over the ditch (Australia) in fact sometimes its hard to […]
May
10
OPENING NIGHT : AUCKLAND TRIENNIAL 5
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Without a word of a lie … there were some spectacular personalities at the opening of the Auckland Triennial. So entranced by these people were Nat&Dave, that they had a few difficulties with the photography. This is rare as regular readers will be aware. The standard of conversation was exclusively superlative, a times so effusive, […]
