Style: March 01, 2019

42 STYLE | art
ART NEWS
Words Gaynor Stanley
BRING TE PAPA WORKS
TO YOUR LIVING ROOM
First get hold of Samsung’s latest
release Frame TV, then visit the Art
Store and review its new Museum of
New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
collection. Among the 13 works
curated to disguise your uninspiring
black TV screen are a painting of
Kororareka Beach, Bay of Islands
by Thomas Gardiner (1840), a
watercolour of the extinct huia bird
species by Johannes Keulemans
(1900) and a Mount Cook landscape
by Charles Barraud (1884). Te
Papa’s contributions join more than
750 masterpieces from esteemed
museums and galleries from around
the globe. Jens Anders, Director of
Samsung New Zealand’s Consumer
Electronics division, said it was time for
arty Aotearoa to adorn the platform.
“Kiwis have truly embraced the Art
Store, with New Zealand being one of
the top five countries globally when it
comes to Frame TV owners activating
their subscription.”
Look again: Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus (Guérin-Méneville, 1830) from our
national art collection is on TV.
CAPTURING CHANGE & A MOMENT OF RESPITE IN CHRISTCHURCH
Cultivated is an exhibition of Selwyn-based Master of Fine Arts graduate Mitchell Bright’s photography
investigating how the outer edges of Christchurch are changing in the post-quake landscape.
“Cultivated came as a reaction to the intense change I was witnessing in my hometown,” he says. “It is a
photographic exploration of the re-identification of a place and the repurposing of land.”
As large areas of land were rezoned and fields became construction sites for the Southern Motorway,
Cultivated examines the landscape in its in-between state, when isolated residences were suddenly next
door to large new subdivisions. It examines both the complex realities of the new land use and the
human relationship to the landscape.
CoCA until March 17 – along with a new film work by Emma Wallbanks and landscapes by Viv Wotton
Ngai Tahu artist, Turumeke Harrington, has created a new installation-cum-playground occupying the
entire gallery space at The Physics Room. Titled Hey mama, come play with me, Turumeke hopes to give
audiences a small moment of respite from daily life with her large-scale interactive sculptures.
The Physics Room until March 31