Four new exhibitions opening at the Pah Homestead

In + Out: Louise Purvis, Large Form, 2015, galvanised steel

Media Release: 13 April 2015 – for immediate release

There’s something for everyone - four new exhibitions opening at the Pah Homestead Monday 20 April 2015, 6-8pm – public event, free to attend

Major names in NZ sculpture

Seductive moving image works

Photography exploring post-colonial history

Slinky calfskins suggestive of prehistoric billboards for art movements

The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre will open four diverse and exciting new exhibitions on Monday 20 April 2015, at a public exhibition opening event.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1380896225566943/

In + Out: Outdoor Sculpture 2001 Society Incorporated 21 April - 28 June

In + Out is an exhibition of indoor and outdoor sculptures created by the ten artists who constitute the Outdoor Sculpture 2001 Society Incorporated.

Collectively Chiara Corbelletto, Bronwynne Cornish, John Edgar, Charlotte Fisher, Fred Graham, Christine Hellyar, Richard Mathieson, Neil Miller, Louise Purvis and Greer Twiss use a wide range of materials and techniques employing unique concepts. The exhibition will include works which have been made specifically for the Pah Homestead spaces along with examples of the artists' work in the Wallace Arts Trust Collection. Read more.

Artist Talk Series In + Out - All talks are free to attend and will begin at 11:30am Saturday 25 April: John Edgar and Richard Mathieson Saturday 2 May: Charlotte Fisher and Neil Miller Saturday 16 May: Fred Graham Saturday 30 May: Greer Twiss Saturday 6 June: Christine Hellyar and Bronwynne Cornish

A catalogue will accompany the exhibition and will include an essay by Elizabeth Rankin as well as individual texts written by the artists.

Iain Cheesman: Visionary Moments 21 April - 7 June

Visionary Moments is a new series of works by installation artist Iain Cheesman. 'The slinky calfskins are like prehistoric billboards for art movements, they drape on the wall but could easily be worn as artist’s capes that identify the group that the artist would wish to belong to. Each art movement (or original) has been broken up into a ‘quasi phonetic string’ of smaller words. This string offers differing meanings to the original; it becomes a small sentence or possible narrative.' - Iain Cheesman, March 2015 Read more.

Jess Johnson: Mnemonic Pulse 21 April 7 June April - 28 June

Mnemonic Pulse references an instrument described in Frank Herbert's 'Dune' novel, designed to imprint images upon the mind of the wearer. Unhinged from time and place, Jess Johnson’s immersive animation propels us through a first-person viewpoint into an eerie, arcane and seductive parallel universe.

Johnson’s drawing and installation practice is inspired by the speculative intersections between language, science fiction, culture and technology. Read more.

Davina Monds: Cross Roads 21 April - 24 May

Cross Roads is a personal response to Aotearoa New Zealand’s unfolding post-colonial history by photographer Davina Monds.

The series was created in 2014 to coincide with the bicentennial celebration of Christian beginnings in Aotearoa, marked by Samuel Marsden’s first sharing of the gospel to Maori on Christmas Day, 1814. It was a cornerstone sermon in this country’s history that has subsequently evolved into the various Christian communities existing in New Zealand today. Read more.

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