With four new exhibitions on, it’s ok to take your time and linger at Aratoi this month. Stop, pause and have a really good long look.
Julia Teale: Koha- Presenting Plenitude 26 November – 19 February
Julia Teale’s Koha – Presenting Plenitude, presents the viewer with gifts, some found or donated objects, within an ‘architecture’ of painted builder’s scrap. These gifts are assembled to create an exhibition that asks us to appreciate the value in everything that surrounds us, even the most insignificant item, event, or experience.
Look Closely and Tell Me What You See: Photographs from the Collection 26 November- 19 February
Some photographs document the world around us, while others remind us of who we are, act as political statements or challenge what we are seeing.
Leah Vivienne Creaven: Land Girl 10 December- 12 February
Creaven uses modern techniques, textiles and woollen fibres, abstract form and a non-representative colour palettes to enrich the viewing experience. Her exhibition is a selection of works, focused on agriculture, positive and uplifting against the background of rural landscape of the Wairarapa, her adopted home.
Professional Weavers Network of NZ present Ngāhere – The Bush of Aotearoa 10 December – 12 February
Delving into the delightfully dense tangle of the New Zealand Bush, the Professional Weavers Network of NZ Inc bring a tactile exhibition that blends imagination, skill and creative flair exploring all aspects of our environment.
Masterton Museum: A Cabinet of Curiosities July 2022- July 2023
Personal stories, mystery and intrigue underlie the seemingly mundane objects that formed the base of the Masterton Museum in the 1880’s.
