Various Artists with Sofia & Maya

Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai is an exhibition by Raukura Turei (Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Taranaki Iwi, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki) currently on at Season Gallery. 

Using materials such as aumoana (blue clay), onepū (black iron sand) and kerewhenua (yellow ochre) harvested from sites to which Turei is tied by whakapapa and whānau history, the works in the show explore and embody connections to atua and tūpuna. 

Sofia had a kōrero with Raukura about her practice, the materials she sources, the connection her works have to her whakapapa, and the exhibition at Season Gallery.

Gretchen Albrecht is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s preeminent painters. Over the course of her seven-decade career she has continued to paint, focusing on the intersection of colour, movement and form.

Liquid States is a survey exhibition curated by James Gatt that examines works produced by Albrecht in the 1970s and ’80s. The exhibition is showing at Te Uru Gallery from November 3rd, and also marks Te Uru’s ten year anniversary.

Beth spoke to Gretchen about her work and connection to Titirangi in the 1970s.

This week on Various Artists...

Sofia had a kōrero with Robbie Handcock about Permissions, a group exhibition with Yana Dombrowsky-M'Baye, Dayle Palfreyman, and August Ward, currently on at Artspace Aotearoa.

Beth had a kōrero with renowned abstract painter Gretchen Albrecht about Liquid States, a show exhibiting works from the seventies and eighties, showing at Te Uru Gallery.

For Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton joined Joel in the studio to chat with Johanna Cosgrove and Brynley Stent about their shows at Basement Theatre, Hi Delusion and Soft Carnage.

And, as always, we've got your artsy adventures of the week sorted with your weekly Arts Guide!

Ngā mihi nui to the lovely Joel for holding down the fort this week x

Today on Various Artists!

Pl.at.fo.rm._ for Palestine is an online raffle fundraiser with local artists, designers, jewellers and tattoo artists in Tāmaki Makaurau, taking place on Saturday 26th October. Sofia chatted with he organisers of the initiative, Ningyi, Yuyi, and Sophia about the kaupapa.

Beth caught up with Deborah Coddington and editor Jemma Moreira about Bold Types, their new book cataloguing the indie bookstores of Aotearoa New Zealand. 

And for Stage Direction, Beth and Sofia had a kōrero with Katie Burson and Georgie Llewellyn about How To Art, a show that blends physical theatre and clowning to challenge the conventional notions of creativity and value in the art world.

Showing at Basement Theatre Studio from November 12-16th, tickets from basementtheatre.co.nz.

And, as always, your weekly Arts Guide detailing all the cool happenings around Tāmaki Makaurau.