On Now

Start Date
18 March -  
End Date
24 March 2024
Artist
James Graves
Main Image
Collage art by James Graves. Swoon-worthy young man in black and white is surrounded by rainbow collage and gold leaf.
Opening
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 10 am - 6pm
Description

BOYS is a celebration of queer male identity through intricate and lavish collage. Each "Boy" has a distinct character, from "Farm Boy" to "Dandy Boy", they portray glammed up, glittering versions of themselves. Camp, colourful, and often kitschy, BOYS takes the male gaze and turns it inwards to find the fabulous in the everyday.

James Graves is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellington. His practice in collage has developed since finishing a BFA in video and performance.

 

FACEBOOK EVENT

Instagram: @jamesgravesart

Up Next

Start Date
1 April -  
End Date
7 April 2024
Artist
Ehsan Hazaveh and Sahar Fanian
Main Image
Poster for Women, Life Freedom photography exhibition.
Opening Hours
Monday to Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm
Description

The Woman, Life, Freedom photo exhibition showcases staged actions with Iranian activists who have deeply immersed themselves in the tragic events in Iran. The photos strive to depict instances of what happened in Iran during the uprising, as seen through the eyes of the performers. Despite residing in a peaceful country, Iranians are confronted daily with alarming news from their homeland. Through this collection, Ehsan Hazaveh intends to convey the experiences of the Iranian diaspora in Aotearoa New Zealand.

 

CLOSING EVENT
Sunday 7th April, from 2 - 3pm

 

Instagram: @ehsanhazaveh

#WomanLifeFreedom #Mahsa_Amini #Iran

 

 

Start Date
8 April -  
End Date
14 April 2024
Artist
Catherine Bisley
Main Image
Photograph by Catherine Bisley. A lone blue shoe (rubber clog style) washed up on a sandy beach.
Opening Hours
Tuesday: 12am - 4pm
Wednesday - Thursday: 11am-6pm
Friday: 11am-7pm
Saturday: 10am-7pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm
Description

The remote Wairarapa beaches of my childhood offered thrilling signs of other worlds – a dead fish, a painted plank. Today, the plastic flotsam on my local Lyall Bay beach feels more like a warning.

When visiting the island of St. Kitts, named after Saint Christopher the patron saint of travellers, I was struck by all the washed-up shoes. They were half-buried in sandbanks, tangled up in rubbish and seaweed. Others lay like sunbathing tourists disgorged from cruise ships to bake on wide-open stretches of sand. Face up and face down they held together, fell apart. Some were still making landfall, washing in and out on the waves.

Each shoe portrait is paired with a companion story: not about the shoe’s once-wearer, but about someone (or something) who shares the spirit of the shoe.

We too are carried by currents, worn by the elements as we travel through this world.

 

CONTACT

Email enquiries to: sheepdogfilms@gmail.com