Various Artists with Beth & Sofia

Saudade is a solo exhibition showing Naarm/Tāmaki Makaurau based artist, Loren Marks, at Sanderson Gallery.

Sanderson writes that [Loren’s] ‘artworks present ethereal and dreamlike scenes whereby figures emerge from the alchemic realms of paint’.

The works in this exhibition experiment with Helen Frankenthaler’s ‘soak-stain’ technique. Often abstracted, each absorbs the viewer into its individual world of vivid imagery and colour.

Beth had a kōrero with Loren about Saudade and her creative process

Beth had a kōrero with Murray Savidan about his new book, STOP: Look Both Ways, and his extensive photography career.

Sofia had a kōrero with writer, director, and producer of The Haka Party Incident, Katie Wolfe.

And for Stage Direction this week, Xin Ji joins Beth in the studio to discuss Body Story - a physical dance theatre piece - as well as his debut solo show. 

Whakarongo mai friends <3 

STOP: Look Both Ways (Ugly Hill Press) is a new book by Murray Savidan. The book showcases some of the best of Murray’s photography from the 1960s to now.

Beth had a kōrero with Murray about the book and his extensive photography career. Additionally they chat about Murray’s time in The Bluestars, the first New Zealand band to sign to Decca in the ’60s. 

​In Murray’s own words, ‘You gesture with your camera, okay? You take a photograph, maybe another. You smile – thank you and move on. It’s taken 15 seconds, maybe less. But those brief encounters can be very rewarding. You remember them the rest of your life.’

STOP: Look Both Ways is out now at independent bookstores near you.

Vivienne Westwood and Jewellery is a new exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Designed and curated by the house of Vivienne Westwood and produced by Nomad Exhibitions, the exhibition at Te Papa covers the extensive history of jewellery design and creation by the Vivienne Westwood house.

Sofia spoke to Senior Curator of New Zealand Culture and History at Te Papa, Claire Regnault, about Westwood’s career and the exhibition. 

She also spoke with Hunters and Collectors owner and founder, Chrissy O, about her experience collecting and selling Westwood vintage in Aotearoa, in light of the exhibition at Te Papa. 

Having opened in 1987, Hunters and Collectors is a designer vintage store based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington which specialises in selling brands of the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Rick Owens, Issey Miyake, Maison Margiela, Acne Studios and more. Chrissy is very likely the biggest collector and seller of Vivienne Westwood in Aotearoa.