Style: November 03, 2017

40 STYLE | art news
ART
NEWS
Words Gaynor Stanley
HAERE RA
PAEMANU:
NOHOAKA TOI
It’s your last chance
to see the Ngāi Tahu
Artists in Residence
exhibition Nohoaka Toi
at CoCA until November
26. Curated by senior
Paemanu artists, Nohoaka
Toi takes visitors on a
journey of Ngāi Tahu
visual expression from
rock art to the present
day. It features some
of Aotearoa’s most
significant artists, including
Ross Hemera, Areta
Wilkinson, Simon Kaan,
Lonnie Hutchinson, Peter
Robinson, Neil Pardington,
Rachael Rakena, Fayne
Robinson, and many more.
Admission free.
Peter Robinson, ‘Drifters’, 2017. Wool felt.
Image: Daniela Aebli
Anna Korver ‘Red Dress’ in Corten steel
SOUTH ISLAND’S LARGEST
OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EVENT
Clue up on contemporary sculpture at the
biennial Sculpture on the Peninsula happening
at historic Loudon Farm in Teddington, Banks
Peninsula over the weekend of November 10-
12. This major fundraiser for the Cholmondeley
Children’s Centre in Governor’s Bay kicks
off with a grand opening gala and auction on
the Friday night and then opens for general
admission on Saturday and Sunday. The
event’s tenth outing has attracted more than
90 submissions, including works from 25 new
artists, in mediums ranging from cast bronze to
found objects. Spend the day roaming sculptures
by Dion Hitchens, Hannah Kidd, Paul Dibble,
Anna Korver, Alison Erickson, and plenty more,
enjoying jugs of Pimm’s and chargrilled lamb rolls
and a packed entertainment programme.
Tickets $15 from www.sculpturenz.co.nz
ARE YOU ON FOR RON?
Christchurch has the opportunity to
have its own work by internationally
celebrated sculptor Ron Mueck – if
we all chip in. The Christchurch Art
Gallery has launched a fundraising
campaign to raise $1 million to
commission a permanent acquisition
from the sculptor whose exhibition
drew record crowds for the gallery’s
last show before its five-year
closure.
Alison Erickson
bronze ‘The
Price of
Progress’