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Essentialise ART Exhibition POP UP There is a pop up art exhibition at 170 Ponsonby Road for the month of September. The artists are Daniel Tippett resident mural artist, his best work is a huge mural currently at the Grey Lynn RSA and Tracey Tawhiao, is - artist. Originally planned for April but Covid a contemporary Maori came and so like everyone we had to postpone. This new exhibition is called ESSENTIALISE. Is art an essential? What is essential? Many artists are suffering under the notion art is not an essential and are very fearful of the future but we want to affirm that while it isn’t practically useful it’s become more essential than ever before. The top three reasons are: 1. When you are in lockdown and can’t got out and about art can let you see beyond your four walls into abundance, into nature, into space, into abstraction where all things can been seen. 2. The creativity in life being transformed into an object is the magic of someone’s inner vision becoming expressed in the outer world. Art is a vision and during these times visions heal the soul. 3. Art is very personal and no two art pieces are the same, this unique identity makes art a powerful reminder of how diverse life is. It’s not just one thing. It is many different and personal expressions. Essentialise is an exhibition that asks us to accept what is essential and what is not. What matters and what does not. This helps us create a much stronger community and country. We all learnt what was truly essential in lockdown. Now waste is no longer an option, and money for money’s sake is less appealing. Goods with no intrinsic value are
no longer important. Papatuanuku is asking us what is essential to our life, because if it’s not essential maybe it’s just wasteful and adding more toxic waste to the environment. It’s also about having and using the good stuff now, don’t wait. Daniel Tippett Mural Artist from Ponsonby. His large mural at the Grey Lynn RSA is famous, along with other multiple murals all over New Zealand. His father was the well known Ponsonby potter, Warren Tippett. Daniel is also a very talented oil painter of NZ flora and fauna, as well as prints and detailed native bird paintings. Tracey Tawhiao is a painter, poet and has been a full time artist for 20 years. She paints on a variety of mediums but loves to use recycled materials as much as a canvas. Her works are in collections all over the world. She has had several successful exhibitions in Paris, and most recently, in the Beijing Biennale in China. This exhibition will hold a number of art salons each Friday over the month of September. These are late night events with guest Artists such as Tame Iti, Natasha Keating, George Nuku, Shona Tawhiao and others. The opening celebration is on Friday 28 August. The gallery hours are 10 - 6 pm Monday - Friday, 10-3 pm Saturday. PN 170 Ponsonby Road.
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