Bay Harbour: March 08, 2017

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Wednesday March 8 2017
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enter the City2Surf go to Pak’NSave, New World, The Athletes Foot, YMCA and online at www.city2surf.co.nz. Entries are $25.
McCaw takes on City2Surf fun run
• By Bridget Rutherford
GEMMA MCCAW has taken
on the Coast to Coast run,
endurance races and played
more than 200 internationals for
the Black Sticks.
And, of course, after her much
publicised recent wedding, she
and husband, rugby great Richie
McCaw, kick-started their Central
Otago honeymoon with a
20km run.
But on March 19, she will be
running for fun and charity in
The Star City2Surf with Mike
Pero Real Estate.
The former Black Sticks star
and about 25 Aviva staff will run
and walk the 6km and 14km
events to raise awareness and
money for the charity.
City2Surf has chosen Aviva
as its benefiting charity for this
year’s event. Aviva provides family
violence support.
Gemma said Aviva, formerly
known as Christchurch Women’s
Refuge, was deserving,and
the City2Surf was a great way to
help.
“To have those conversations
about where people can go for
help is important for any community.”
She would not be racing to win
in the 14km event because, for
her, it was more about enjoying
it. Although, she said a minor
knee injury sustained after taking
part in the Coast to Coast
run may “slow her down a little
bit.”
Gemma said it will be her first
time running in the iconic event
and she welcomed others to join
her.
“You won’t regret it. That sense
of achievement afterwards and
that community feel is the perfect
opportunity and a great way
to spend a Sunday.”
Aviva marketing and funding
manager Julie McCloy said the
City2Surf was part of a 12-week
wellness challenge staff were
doing to promote physical wellbeing.
“For us working in family and
sexual violence, we want to help
people achieve well-being.”
City2Surf event manager
Vanessa Fleming said they were
expecting more than 12,000
people to take part this year.
“It’s amazing for Aviva to have
someone like Gemma. She’s
just an ordinary Kiwi girl supporting
the charity and raising
awareness for Aviva, which helps
families live free of violence.”
She said the 43rd event was all
about giving it a go, whether it
be walking, jogging or running.
•To donate to the
cause, visit https://
givealittle.co.nz/event/
sorefeetforsaferfamilies
ACTIVE: Gemma McCaw
will take on The Star
City2Surf run with Aviva
staff, including Julie
McCloy (left), Suzanne
Ross, Tania Kitto and
Katie Dixon, who took
part in last week’s
City2Surf training run at
Hagley Park.
NINa COOk - OpeNINg
Nina Cook was born in Whakatane in 1967. She was educated in Wanganui and
then at Christchurch Polytechnic School of Art and Design where she received
a Bachelor of Design. In 2007 Nina established the studio from which she
currently works. Nina’s latest exhibition named ‘Opening’ takes place at Little
River Gallery from March 11th until April 5th.
Ian Clothier writes about Nina Cook’s new works from the exhibition
‘Opening’.
“…Sumptuously indulgent, some of the paintings have sensual cavities
accompanied by extravagant displays of form and colour that come close to
gorging the eyes. Words such as colour, spectrum and visual feast apply equally
to the paintings as they do to the tail of peacocks. Such
as the collection of thoughts about feathers, colour
and visual luxury that assemble on reflection of Nina
Cook’s Opening works.”
Nina writes about her own work.
“The narrative/impetus for this series of works is deeply personal. Broadly, it is
about a cycle of profound hurt to intense release. Opening: to force an opening
(to breach) through to Opening: to release and truly open up.
The process is integral and is one of concentrated, open-minded patience,
requiring me to stay alert to paint (viscosity, brush loading, etc) and
compositional characteristics in much the same way
as fully abstract works demand. These cannot
be rushed, nor the movements/marks allowed
to become repetitively mechanical. To do so
would be to undermine the intention of the work.
The works initially appear highly decorative and
orderly – feathers mean birds. But on closer inspection, these are not any birds
you’d recognise. Their physiology is different (wrong? altered?). The colours
and intensity are emotive, the mark-making intense. These irregularities draw
you in, encourage observation and contemplation. But ultimately you are
released to once again to simply enjoy the decorative qualities of these jewels.
That they are designed to be hung at any angle, allows the image to be
changed/refreshed at will. This allows the viewer input into the relationship
each work has with its surroundings. The round paintings are very effective in
groupings, allowing differences between the works to intensify each other.”
nina cook
OPENING
LITTLE RIVER GALLERY
www.littlerivergallery.com
11 MARCH - 5 APRIL 2017
Main Rd, Little River | 03 325 1944 | art@littlerivergallery.com