Jo's in this two exhibitions, the first one (This Is Not A Rock Shop) opening 6pm Thursday at DAF106,
then Women Of The Whang at ReStore, 137 Riddiford St, Newtown, Wellington - 12 pm.
MARTES, EL UNO DE DICIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Hello All,
Just to keep you up to speed with some group exhibitions that feature my work. Opening this coming Wednesday is:
Secondary Practice at Mark Hutchins Gallery, 216a Upper Willis St, Wellington, 2 - 24 December, 2009
Also on currently are:
Seen This Century, Judith Anderson Gallery, 425 Kereru Rd RD1 Hastings Hawkes Bay, 7 November - December 2009
The ET Experience, Rayner Brothers Gallery, 52 Guyton St, Whanganui, 14 November - 23 December, 2009
The Captain. Tauranga Art Gallery, Cnr Wharf and Willow Sts, Tauranga, 21 October - 2009
Below are photos of each work exhibited. You can view larger versions of each artwork on my website (link to the right) or by clicking on the links to each gallery website on my homepage.
Hasta pronto,
Matthew Couper
Hello All,
Just to keep you up to speed with some group exhibitions that feature my work. Opening this coming Wednesday is:
Secondary Practice at Mark Hutchins Gallery, 216a Upper Willis St, Wellington, 2 - 24 December, 2009
Also on currently are:
Seen This Century, Judith Anderson Gallery, 425 Kereru Rd RD1 Hastings Hawkes Bay, 7 November - December 2009
The ET Experience, Rayner Brothers Gallery, 52 Guyton St, Whanganui, 14 November - 23 December, 2009
The Captain. Tauranga Art Gallery, Cnr Wharf and Willow Sts, Tauranga, 21 October - 2009
Below are photos of each work exhibited. You can view larger versions of each artwork on my website (link to the right) or by clicking on the links to each gallery website on my homepage.
Hasta pronto,
Matthew Couper
DOMINGO, EL VIENTINUEVE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Painted-over graffiti blobs on Furness Lane, the past site of Janne Land Gallery, where I used to show my artwork.
Painted-over graffiti blobs on Furness Lane, the past site of Janne Land Gallery, where I used to show my artwork.
VIERNES, EL VIENTISIETE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Meta-Sweetman at about 3 in the morning.
Meta-Sweetman at about 3 in the morning.
JUEVES, EL VIENISEIS DE NOIVEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Lightning Bolt at San Francisco Bathhouse, during and the aftermath
Lightning Bolt at San Francisco Bathhouse, during and the aftermath
MARTES, EL VIENTICUATRO DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Beer Baby
2009
ceramic
courtesy of Rayner Bros, Wanganui.
Beer Baby
2009
ceramic
courtesy of Rayner Bros, Wanganui.
VIERNES, EL VIENTE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
For the past two days, I've been filmed by 'The Gravy' for TV6. The new season starts in a couple of weeks, but the episode I'm in is the last one of the series (number 12, I think) also featuring Ben Cauchi and Carmen Simmons.
Here's an ex-voto I did of the crew - the presenter, Ross; director and cameraman, Phil; sound and boom, Joel and assistant, Tosh. Ross Liew wrote the text for this one...great to collaborate.
For the past two days, I've been filmed by 'The Gravy' for TV6. The new season starts in a couple of weeks, but the episode I'm in is the last one of the series (number 12, I think) also featuring Ben Cauchi and Carmen Simmons.
Here's an ex-voto I did of the crew - the presenter, Ross; director and cameraman, Phil; sound and boom, Joel and assistant, Tosh. Ross Liew wrote the text for this one...great to collaborate.
JUEVES, EL DIECENUEVE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Another ceramic piece for next year's show at the Rayner Brothers Gallery.
A scrimshaw salt and pepper shaker set with crucifix handle (which I'm hoping won't break off)
I'm thinking about decorating the stand and crucifix in blue again, with the scrimshaw as life like as I can get them.
I've still to smooth off the teeth so they're not so lumpy.
Another ceramic piece for next year's show at the Rayner Brothers Gallery.
A scrimshaw salt and pepper shaker set with crucifix handle (which I'm hoping won't break off)
I'm thinking about decorating the stand and crucifix in blue again, with the scrimshaw as life like as I can get them.
I've still to smooth off the teeth so they're not so lumpy.
MARTES, EL DIECISIETE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Here's the set of ET's off the Rayner Bros site. You can click on the link and check them out individually.
Here's the set of ET's off the Rayner Bros site. You can click on the link and check them out individually.
LUNES, EL DIECISEIS DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
CLAY WINS!
I'm finding I'm making more and more sculptures out of clay recently, which is helping my painting by forming the 3-d object which helps understand the form in full, which in turn helps develop working space when I paint the object in a painting. All Gris(t) to the Mill(ais).
CLAY WINS!
I'm finding I'm making more and more sculptures out of clay recently, which is helping my painting by forming the 3-d object which helps understand the form in full, which in turn helps develop working space when I paint the object in a painting. All Gris(t) to the Mill(ais).
EL CRUZ DE DOMINGO, EL QUINCE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
I haven't posted a crucifix for a while (been in Auckland, have other things come up to post about) so here's a return to a bit more consistence on Sundays.
This is hand-coloured silver gelatin photographic print I swapped with a student a year and a bit ago. I think her name was Jascinda, taking fashion design , but she took a photography workshop to get some extra credits. I thought it a beautiful example of traditional hand-colouring. She could have easily got a job as a White's Aviation tinting artist. I swapped this for a small HMV Dog painting that she selected.
I've started becoming more interested in 2-d images of crucifixes, especially photographs, as they often have more information around the outside of the cross, the context, which adds to the where, when and why; the intentions of the photographer and the subjects surroundings.
I haven't posted a crucifix for a while (been in Auckland, have other things come up to post about) so here's a return to a bit more consistence on Sundays.
This is hand-coloured silver gelatin photographic print I swapped with a student a year and a bit ago. I think her name was Jascinda, taking fashion design , but she took a photography workshop to get some extra credits. I thought it a beautiful example of traditional hand-colouring. She could have easily got a job as a White's Aviation tinting artist. I swapped this for a small HMV Dog painting that she selected.
I've started becoming more interested in 2-d images of crucifixes, especially photographs, as they often have more information around the outside of the cross, the context, which adds to the where, when and why; the intentions of the photographer and the subjects surroundings.
MIERCOLES, EL ONCE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
An invitation to a new exhibition at the Rayner Bros Gallery in Whanganui. Thirty-eight E.T.'s, decorated by thirty-eight artists from around New Zealand...should be interresterling. I'll be posting an photo of my version in the next couple of days. I've tentatively called it 'Spielbergian Pergatory'.
Come along if you can, the exhibition opening is this Saturday at 6pm at 52 Guyton Street, Whanganui.
An invitation to a new exhibition at the Rayner Bros Gallery in Whanganui. Thirty-eight E.T.'s, decorated by thirty-eight artists from around New Zealand...should be interresterling. I'll be posting an photo of my version in the next couple of days. I've tentatively called it 'Spielbergian Pergatory'.
Come along if you can, the exhibition opening is this Saturday at 6pm at 52 Guyton Street, Whanganui.
MARTES, EL DIEZ DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
After a week of openings at the Art School here in Whanganui, I drove over to Hawkes Bay to Judith Anderson's country gallery in Hawkes Bay for the opening of Seen This Century, an exhibition of artists from Warwick Brown's recent book.
Here's a snap of Warwick Brown delivering the opening speech. Ben Pearce's Great Grandfather's Clock is to the right.
After a week of openings at the Art School here in Whanganui, I drove over to Hawkes Bay to Judith Anderson's country gallery in Hawkes Bay for the opening of Seen This Century, an exhibition of artists from Warwick Brown's recent book.
Here's a snap of Warwick Brown delivering the opening speech. Ben Pearce's Great Grandfather's Clock is to the right.
MIERCOLES, EL CUATRO DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Here's the reason I was looking for that specific hood image on the de Cosimo altarpiece (right) - I've put up this image on the left once before, a detail from a large della Robbia altarpiece
Here's the reason I was looking for that specific hood image on the de Cosimo altarpiece (right) - I've put up this image on the left once before, a detail from a large della Robbia altarpiece
DOMINGO, EL UNO DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
With Jo's show finished and packed down, two weeks in Auckland and a hole in our wallets, time to head back to Whanganui.
With Jo's show finished and packed down, two weeks in Auckland and a hole in our wallets, time to head back to Whanganui.
SABATO, EL TRIENTE Y UNO DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
(above) Fanny Kinder's (John's wife) sampler at the Kinder House between Newmarket and Parnell Rise.
(below) a detail from a new Piero de Cosimo book at the Auckland Public Library - a reproduction of a painting from the Yale Collection I've been looking a while for.
(above) Fanny Kinder's (John's wife) sampler at the Kinder House between Newmarket and Parnell Rise.
(below) a detail from a new Piero de Cosimo book at the Auckland Public Library - a reproduction of a painting from the Yale Collection I've been looking a while for.
MIERCOLES, EL VIENTIOCHO DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
David photographing in the exhibition, I Go Where The Party Takes Me, 305 Queen Street Auckland. 11am-5pm daily, until the 31st of October. He'll be back in Hong Kong by now.
David photographing in the exhibition, I Go Where The Party Takes Me, 305 Queen Street Auckland. 11am-5pm daily, until the 31st of October. He'll be back in Hong Kong by now.
JUEVES, EL VIENTIDOS DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Tonight's the book launch of The Real Art Roadshow hardback edition at Art+Object. Here's a reference to it on Beatties Blog.
Tonight's the book launch of The Real Art Roadshow hardback edition at Art+Object. Here's a reference to it on Beatties Blog.
MIERCOLES, EL VIENTIUNO DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Last night was the opening of I Go Where The Party Takes Me. A good turn-out and lots of fun, along with serious conversation. There's some photos of the opening on Jo's blog here.
Last night was the opening of I Go Where The Party Takes Me. A good turn-out and lots of fun, along with serious conversation. There's some photos of the opening on Jo's blog here.
MARTES, EL VIENTE DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Here's a photo (middle one) that a friend recently sent me. They're part of a photo shoot by Dan Budnik in Guston's Woodstock studio in 1964. What I like about this photograph in the middle is the square of light and the bottom left of the pic, with Guston's head creating a shadow, echoing his paintings from that period. The linseed-ridden, gun-metal head-shaped blobs seemed to carry on throughout his painting career. Below the photos are two untitled paintings, one from the 1964 period and a figurative head from the last group of ink and acrylic paintings he completed before he died in 1980.
Right, I'm off for a couple of weeks, will upload a post or two when I have internet access.
Here's a photo (middle one) that a friend recently sent me. They're part of a photo shoot by Dan Budnik in Guston's Woodstock studio in 1964. What I like about this photograph in the middle is the square of light and the bottom left of the pic, with Guston's head creating a shadow, echoing his paintings from that period. The linseed-ridden, gun-metal head-shaped blobs seemed to carry on throughout his painting career. Below the photos are two untitled paintings, one from the 1964 period and a figurative head from the last group of ink and acrylic paintings he completed before he died in 1980.
Right, I'm off for a couple of weeks, will upload a post or two when I have internet access.
SABATO, EL DIECESIETE DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NEUVE
I've been thinking about reinvigorating my Whiteworld series of drawings and have been looking into the new designs and styles of currencies, notes and bills. The most popular one at the moment is the possibility of the Amero, a joining of the Canadian, Mexican and American currencies. There's some great conspiracies out there so I'm thinking it would be interesting to address it now artistically as a marker to see what happens in the future. Check out the image below with the photoshopped deer from the net.
I also keep going back to the drawing below, Changing World (pencil on paper, 2004) which was a precursor to the Whiteworld portraits. It's based on the American one dollar bill, but apart from that I think its something to do with the composition that seems to be popping up in a set of new paintings on tin that I'm working on at the moment.
I also keep going back to the drawing below, Changing World (pencil on paper, 2004) which was a precursor to the Whiteworld portraits. It's based on the American one dollar bill, but apart from that I think its something to do with the composition that seems to be popping up in a set of new paintings on tin that I'm working on at the moment.
MARTES, EL TRECE DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
I've just received an invitation to 'The Captain' at Tauranga Art Gallery, so I'm guessing my artwork Thou Art Nothing, 1999 (below) is in the exhibition. I'm heading up to Auckland for 10 days late October, so I'll get to se the show. The invitation features two images: one, Marian Maguire's 'A Portrait of Captain James Cook with a Classical Urn from the Collection of the Admirality' (2005) and Gavin Hurley's 'My Sad Captain' 2006.
I love it how the Tauranga Art Gallery managed to snap up the New Zealand 'Art Gallery' URL before any other gallery.
I've just received an invitation to 'The Captain' at Tauranga Art Gallery, so I'm guessing my artwork Thou Art Nothing, 1999 (below) is in the exhibition. I'm heading up to Auckland for 10 days late October, so I'll get to se the show. The invitation features two images: one, Marian Maguire's 'A Portrait of Captain James Cook with a Classical Urn from the Collection of the Admirality' (2005) and Gavin Hurley's 'My Sad Captain' 2006.
I love it how the Tauranga Art Gallery managed to snap up the New Zealand 'Art Gallery' URL before any other gallery.
LUNES, EL DOCE DE OCTUBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
I've found some real gems while looking through a lot of 50's fashion photography, including this fantastic photograph of the french dancer and actress Leslie Caron in sphinx-like pose, claws included. The photo was taken by often overlooked fashion photographer, Clifford Coffin. The image on the right is another Coffin image from a poster that I picked up from the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh in 2003. An intriguing image that I had on my wall in Wellington for 2 years. I'd love to know where the poster is now, after six house shifts since I took it off my wall.
I've found some real gems while looking through a lot of 50's fashion photography, including this fantastic photograph of the french dancer and actress Leslie Caron in sphinx-like pose, claws included. The photo was taken by often overlooked fashion photographer, Clifford Coffin. The image on the right is another Coffin image from a poster that I picked up from the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh in 2003. An intriguing image that I had on my wall in Wellington for 2 years. I'd love to know where the poster is now, after six house shifts since I took it off my wall.
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