 | Final chance to see FLORA KOLOA KAPKAP HIAPO returning to OKAI for the inaugural Auckland Art Week
04 – 19 NOVEMBER | | | This exhibition brings works shown at Okai@Reef Gallery and Hamilton of celebrated female Pacific artists Dagmar Dyck, Ellie Fa'amauri and Sylvia Marsters that embrace the aesthetic of 'pretty' Island imagery, but that are layered with a subtext of symbolism and storytelling. Culture and kitsch are celebrated side by side in canvases that joyfully employ a colourful 'in your face' brightness, rather than any sort of fecund mother- earth type references. Both Ellie and Sylvia will have made further new work that will be up on Thursday 4th. Hot from Wellington's City Gallery are canvases and works from Cerisse Palalagi's solo show Motunei meaning 'this land or island'. Don't miss the opportunity to see this spirited exhibition. Image: Sylvia Marsters
Ipukarea 2010
Oil on canvas
1220 x 715 mm | |  | | | | | CULTURE AND KITSCH POETRY WITH COURTNEY Tuesday 9 November
Rising Samoan poetry star Courtney Meredith responds to FLORA KOLOA KAPKAP HIAPO works with wicked Polynesian princess style and insightful intelligence. FKKH artists
Cerisse Palalagi, Dagmar Dyck,
Ellie Fa'amauri and Sylvia Marsters will be present. This is a great opportunity to meet not only these artists but to meet other supporters of okai artists. It's any early Christmas celebration for us all. We warmly invite you to join us. Image:Ellie Fa'amauri
Down to Earth 2010 Acrylic on Canvas
1520 x 1020 mm Read More | | | WAM! Pacific artists win The force behind the Pacific artists at WAM! in Vancouver last month – Chris Delany with Steve Gwaliasi's winning pounamu jewellery piece Manu Dafe. The frigate birds facing each other symbolise unity and harmony. Solomon custom is that ancestors spirits were returned in the form of animals and birds. Worn in a design such as this breastplate, it is said to bestow mana and prestige on the wearer. Steve's entire collection of unique works – contemporary rendering of traditional designs in pounamu and other hard stones of the South Island was purchased by the Museum of Anthropology's Retail arm as were Ela Toomaga's Taulima cuffs. David Teata's winning embossed rich gold and black woodblock Waka Toa I was also purchased. For this generation of Pacific artists whose work is just entering the world stage, this is a rewarding outcome. Okai shared the glory of Iwi Art gallery in Wellington represented by Manager Tia Kirk whose artists took 4 placings in the Awards at the inaugural WAM! which will be an annual event hosted by the Museum of Anthropology, part of the University of British Columbia in Canada. The event focuses on high quality traditional and contemporary indigenous art from around the globe. Leading artists from the North West Coast, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Uzbekestan, Mexico, Peru, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand were represented, and the organisers were very happy with success of the three-day event, with thousands of art lovers attending from around the world. Read More | | | | | The Passing World, The Passage of Life:
The Art of John Hovell @ Tairawhiti Museum Gisborne to 5 December Okai is proud to offer several of John Hovell's Rapanui works for viewing on our website or at the gallery. A charming link was discovered when young Solomon's artists visiting in 2007 told us that 'a Maori art teacher' had been a big influence on them at secondary school. We worked out that art teacher was John Hovell. They were very impressed that they could see their art in the same gallery that had 3 of his pieces! Image:John Hovell
Easter Island Moai Reclining
Oil on canvas
680 x 550mm Read More | | | | | | | Another link is through Fatu Feu'u who did a residency in the Solomons islands in 1991 with John Hovell. His Tairawhiti exhibition surveys a 40 year career.It showcases his success as part of the contemporary Maori art movement, alongside artists such as Paratene Matchitt and Sandy Adsett. In the last 30 years he has been working in customary contexts, designing and producing kowhaiwhai and murals for marae projects in Auckland, the Coromandel and the East Coast. Image: Fatu Feu'u
Maravovo 10/20
Lithograph
560 x 305mm Read More | | | Is there a role for art in trade/business? Three cheers for John Allen CEO of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade who spoke at the launch of The New Zealand Pacific Business Council's (NZPBC) 2011 Pacific Trade Conference and Expo, in Auckland recently. The Expo and Conference on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th March 2011. follows the annual Pasefika Festival. In touching on many of the themes such as Alternative energy, PNG and Fiji, Solving Environmental Challenges of Clean Water, Sanitation and Refuse and the Pacific's Ocean Resources, he affirmed the role of culture in economic development. This includes the arts. John is also on the Board of the Pacific Cooperation Foundation who have sponsored okai exhibitions in the last few years. The latest issue of their Pacific Connection magazine covers Pacific Pavilion success at the World Expo in Shanghai. Products including craft and fine arts are showcased in the 9 metre booths that represent sails of a canoe. | | | Fiji based artists Craig Marlow, Lambert Ho as well as Solomon Islander Fred Oge are just some of the artists whom okai represents who have been part of this outstanding opportunity. Image: Fred Oge
Living Creatures
Acrylic on canvas
600 x 503mm | | | | Directors Bridget Marsh 027 5743 438 Marilyn Kohlhase 027 285 4350
Langham Hotel Mall 65 Karangahape Road (Grafton Bridge end)
Auckland New Zealand
Ph: +649 379 9051 PO Box 67 153 Mt Eden Auckland 1349
Email: people@okaioceanikart.com
Website: www.okaioceanikart.com | | | | | |
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