Adam Art Gallery Public Programme March - May 2011

Adam Art Gallery Public Programme March - May 2011

Jim Allen and David Cross
Two Artists: Two Educators
Adam Art Gallery
Thursday 7 April 2011, 5.30-7pm
All welcome. Free entry

Artists and educators Jim Allen and David Cross will tease out the connections between pedagogical processes and art making, and consider how the educational environment has influenced their artistic practices particularly in light of the networks of influence and 'points of contact' it necessitates and enables.

In conjunction with the Adam Art Gallery exhibition
Points of Contact: Jim Allen, Len Lye, Hélio Oiticica
19 March - 22 May 2011

Points of Contact is an exhibition that traces the historical and conceptual connections between New Zealand artist Jim Allen (b.1922), a significant figure in the development of post-object art in New Zealand, and two of his key contemporaries: expatriate experimental filmmaker and kinetic sculptor Len Lye (1901-1980) and Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980).

Organised and toured by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery with assistance from Creative New Zealand and Michael Lett and curated by Tyler Cann and Mercedes Vicente, Points of Contact draws together bodies of work which share certain material and conceptual qualities, most especially their engagement with light, movement, colour, and the body.

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