Remains of the Day

A popular exhibition, Remains of the Day,  by Deborah Forkert, has just closed at the Cottleston.
The first nine images were taken by ARTbop's photographer Lee Switzer as Deborah talks about the motivations, stories, content and techniques she used for her works.

 

Decision - a virtual visit

'Decision' by German-based artist Sheena Mayer was very well received.  She flies out from Auckland today and many in the local art community will miss her.  It has been so wonderful to see such a quietly confident artist working for the last two months in the studio during her artist in residency.  Her encapsulations and delicate black ink monotypes reflect her explorations into the concept of Wandering.
Here is a wee look at the exhibition as it was in the front room at the Cottleston.

 

Sheena Mayer with some of her monotypes from her solo show 'Decision'

Daily Voices - Viv Davy

'Daily Voices' has been very well attended over the last two weeks and it was great to see familiar faces as well as a large number of new visitors to the gallery.  It was especially nice to listen to conversations that grew out of visitors' reactions to Viv Davy's work, especially the Codex series, and the Lost Voices works.  Most visitors enjoyed the complexity and layering of ideas, which in turn brought up memories and new ideas for many. As manager I always so enjoy people's reactions and participation.
This exhibition has now closed but here is a wander through the gallery in case you weren't able to make it to see it.

'Art School' Exhibition opens next week.

Here at Cottleston we are so pleased to have received the work for the opening next week (6pm Friday 13th May) of  'Art School'. Oil paintings by Anne Stråtveit. We might have to open three rooms for all this proliferation!
Anne's bio is here.

Bees and Birds and Bugs too.

   Having embarked on a futile journey to paint the iridescence of beetles for the first six months of her post graduate degree, Tauranga artist Katherine Steeds developed a fascination for cockroaches, before finally settling on the honey bee Apis mellifera, and has been including bees in her art ever since.  She is currently painting a series of portraits of bees with people, which can be viewed in an exhibition at Cottleston Art Gallery Tauranga in the spring.
In the meantime you can see her paintings plus work by Dick Frizzell, Adrian Wesley Martin, Angela Moritz, Mandy Williams, Keith Woodley, Whareangiangi Pita, Peter McIntyre, Laurie Steer,  Jaime Jenkins, Nicol Sanders-O'Shea and others,  11- 4.30 at Cottleston every day except Mondays.

"Our Bees"

Some scenes from the December 'Our Bees' exhibition at Cottleston, showing the works of Yaniv Janson and Katherine Steeds.

Tour through the Gallery

Here is a quick look through the gallery one quiet morning during Katherine Steeds' exhibition •Kuaka• The Godwit.

The entrance is to the right up the front steps.
(Unfortunately no ramp access yet, but it is planned to be constructed this summer.)

A summer leafy view of the front of Cottleston

First we visit the entrance room.

Then through into the main room.

Relax on the couch in the morning sunshine

The Triptych "Saemangeum"

The inglenook and the wood-burner.

Through the double doors (above) is a small study room with prints to browse on the desk, and two paintings on the walls:

Study desk with prints for sale

Back into the lounge and through the single lead-light door and right to the blue room:

Going back again, the front door (emergency exit) completes the five matching lead-light doors that date back to the Art Nouveau movement.

 … and back through to the entrance room.

There are also two more rooms that were not used for this exhibition.