'isolation, illumination and intimacy'

february - april

A group show including works by Kelcy Taratoa, Elizabeth Thomson, Laurence Aberhart, Chris Charteris, Tim Greenhough, Christine Boswijk, Toss Woollaston, Ralph Hotere and Peter Robinson. 

These words evoke incongruent emotions. Everyday life, in its cyclical and unremitting mundaneity is not always etched as clearly in our memories as recollections of things that are out of the ordinary. We are so caught up with events and activities in the public sphere that we often overlook the deep meaningful experiences the private sphere holds for our lives. That is why our society needs art and its artists! They remind us of the touchstones of our humanness and that, through our own efforts, we can transform that which would "bring us down" into that which will "lift us up." This exhibition includes the work of a carefully selected group of artists who through their art practice offer a peculiar insight to disrupt the taken-for-grantedness of our everyday world and mark ordinary objects and activities with the extraordinary eye, hand and insight of the artist.