Mary Newton Gallery
Blog URL http://marynewtongallery.blogspot.com/
Located Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand
Tags art, contemporary art, New Zealand art, contemporary NZ art, New Zealand artists, Wellington artists, painting, crotchet, cermamics
The Mary Newton Gallery blog features interviews with the gallery's artists, projects of interest, and commentary on particular works.
Latest Blog Posts
- Random Dictates and the art of the backyard on Nov 17, 2009 in Random Dictates Andy Irving
Andy Irving's recent show at the gallery Random Dictates subtly rearranged the gallery space. One of the works acted as a space divider cutting the space in half.It hinted at something we couldn't quite put our finger on. When he came in last week he...
- Sam Mitchell's Secrets on Oct 10, 2009 in Sam Mitchell Rulers
We asked Sam Mitchell this week about her work in Rulers. She talked about her favourite painting subjects and other topics...MNG: In your new series of work in Rulers you have a mixture of contemporary and historic subject matter. How do you choose...
- Rulers on Sep 22, 2009 in Gavin Hurley Sam Mitchell Rulers
Sam Mitchell and Gavin Hurley are currently showing at the gallery in their exhibition Rulers. Sam and Gavin were at art school together and have continued their association with some collaborative works (pictured: Nobody 2009 top, JFK Junior 2009 bo...
- History Painting on Sep 15, 2009 in Victor Berezovsky abstraction history painting
Victor Berezovsky's paintings bear the marks of undercutting, carving, underpainting, and chiselling. The artist as archeologist digs into their surfaces to uncover their hidden layers, and create organic histories.The surface of the paintings record...
- Victor Berezovsky's "Splinter" on Aug 31, 2009 in Victor Berezovsky Splinter
Mary Newton Gallery recently talked to Victor Berezovsky about his latest work in Splinter. The exhibition comprises nine paintings on marine hoop pine that are painted, carved into, chiselled, cut, and drilled.MNG: Your work used to be quite figurat...
- The scale of the problem on Aug 12, 2009 in Gina Matchitt French food boil-up
Gina Matchitt's large scale fast food-shaped works in Sweet'n'Sour hint at issues. She is currently living in America where super-size is the norm for everything including the people. And of course it is impossible to walk the streets of New Zealand...
- Dying for a feed on Jul 31, 2009 in Gina Matchitt fast-food boil-up
Gina Matchitt's latest exhibition at the gallery Sweet'n'Sour includes some of her trademark techniques - componentry arranged in traditional Maori patterns - but also branches off in new directions.Works like Fries Template and Cheese Royale take th...
