The dishes are piling up. It’s getting cold. The door must stay ajar for the cat. There’s snot on the shower wall, and the washing machine has a new leak. The dishes just keep piling up...Don’t Forget the Dishes in Your Bedroom explores the juxtaposition between comfort and discomfort in day-to-day home life. It’s both a gentle reminder to take care, and an acknowledgement that one’s current lifestyle may not be ideal and can be overwhelming.The exhibition brings the viewer into Nicholson’s experience of flatting in Pōneke and focuses on the challenges of living with strangers out of necessity, staying in poor quality housing, and maintaining self-care through challenging times.The exhibit features an eclectic mix of ceramic works made between Pōneke...
OCCDDD is interested in creatively exploring the inner workings and complexities of mental health. Specifically surrounding their personal embodied experience as well as social misconceptions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCCDDD is a 5 and a half year project in which the artist documents and reflects on their life with OCD though dreamy, surreal line drawings, text and paintings on a daily basis. This process of making the intangible tangible is a helpful tool not only for the artist to gain a better understanding of their own mental health, but a helpful way for audiences to gain a deeper understanding of OCD. For the first public exhibition of this body of work, framed paintings and diaristic drawings are presented. Working with...
Please join us for the last exhibition opening for the year at H&C! 5-7pm 3rd December with drinks from Scapegrace Gin and Fortune Favours. (Private opening so please send us a message or DM us on insta to go on the list!) Blindfolded and Paradise Bound by Harry Edwards Blindfolded and Paradise Bound The works that make this show represent escapism. “Put a blindfold on me and take me to paradise, fuck just tell me I’m in paradise and I’ll believe you”. In conflicting and polarising times like these, lies a desire to linger in the things that bring you joy, be it small or great. Hiding from the madness and the chaos out there, pulling the metaphysical sheets over...
Hunters and Collectors presents the third, solo exhibition from George Turner! After two sold out shows in 2019 and 2020, George has been hard at work this past year on Scenic Reserve and other private projects. This latest exhibition shows his growth and continuous, technical developments. Scenic Reserve - 1/5 stills from animation$4995 George Turners new exhibition Scenic Reserve (2021) is a digitally charged analysis of Aotearoa and it's diminishing forested landscapes. The work unpacks the intersection between past, present and future in order to invigorate an idea of collective responsibility over individual guilt. Scenic reserve simultaneously discusses colonial destruction and climate change to show how the present is intertwined with past and future. Using a combination of animation, AI,...
RULES OF THE GAME is an ongoing series, exploring the relationships between language and the access to understanding. Taking the familiar forms of the Latin alphabet, the works distort and translate letters into unfamiliar and vague shapes - presenting moments of abstract beauty and misleading visuals that pull us away from their true meaning, questioning how language can be used intentionally to mislead, beguile, and decieve, while remaining familiar and innocent. GUY MORAIS is a visual artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, having studied philosophy and political science at Victoria University and currently completing a BFA at Massey University. Crenellations Oil on Canvas 500 x 500mm $1,100 SOLD Coming Together Oil on Canvas 500 x 500mm $1,100 We’re not so different,...
