MARCH NEWSLETTER 2008
Warwick Henderson Gallery March Newsletter 2008 Welcome to our March 2008 Newsletter The long summer continues and Auckland has never looked so brown. We are finally having a summer we keep telling the children we used to get. Maybe it was only once! Anyway now everyone is tired of the beach, time to head back to the galleries to see what is new for 2008. We have a full book of exhibitions for the year including several new artists to the Gallery, such as Viky Garden and Annette Isbey. The exhibition schedule for 2008 includes Grant Corbishley "New Works", Justin Summerton “Oasis”, Eion Stevens (Auckland book launch of ‘Painted Poems’), Annette Isbey, Viky Garden, Liam Barr, Nigel Brown, Nick Wall, April Shin, and other shows to be confirmed. Grant Corbishley – “New Works” Opens Wednesday 5th March to Saturday 15th March Please note for a change, the opening will be 12pm Wednesday. Why not come to Parnell for lunch at one of Parnell’s great cafe’s before or after the viewing. Free lunch voucher for all purchasers on Wednesday - See there is no such thing as a free lunch! Grant’s show takes a new and interesting direction where Grant has completed a figurative series of works. One of the works in this series was a Wallace Art Awards finalist last year. It is several years since Grant has mounted a one-man show in Auckland.
N-1200-S.11-D.08 Acrylic on wood 500 x 230 cm 2008
Forward Events Justin Summerton “Oasis” 18th March to 5th April - Preview Tuesday 17th March 5.30 - 7.30pm Justin Summerton has achieved a powerful return with a stunning show of 10 new works which have taken almost one and half years to complete. Justin explains the background to this up coming exhibition. “An Oasis is a fertile spot in the desert. Like when you come up with an idea after a long creative block. An island is a piece of land surrounded by water. I guess both an oasis and an island are places you would want to get to. They embody a feeling of security, salvation, peace. Symbolically they could both represent individuality. In the Oasis painting the original concept was to have a brown desolate wasteland, much like Australia, with a lush oasis in the middle. It somehow became more green, the shapes in the puddles near the round pool contain some narrative. One of them is shaped like a cross, and another like a figure. I want to covey the quest for an oasis theme here”. Justin with Lemming Syndrome II
The Oasis Oil on Linen 2008 1220 x 1520mm
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MARCH NEWSLETTER 2007
Warwick Henderson Gallery Eion Steven - Auckland book Launch “Painted Poems” Show runs from 8th April to 19th April Many of you may have already seen this book in stores. Eion has painted a work to accompany a poem by a famous New Zeland poet. Most of the paintings in the book will be available for sale. New Artists to the Gallery As mentioned we have a number of new artists that we are representing. If you have been in to view the Summer catalogue you may have seen works from these artists. Our new artists include: Viky Garden, who will be exhibiting with us in August - “Portrait with Golly” was sold from the Summer Catalogue. Viky has just dropped in another work for our Autumn catalogue, “Competition Painting #1. Annette Isbey - Annette is currently completing works for her new show in May. We currently have 2 works in the Gallery and look forward to the major new exhibition of oils on canvas by this talented senior artist, entitled “Water”. The paintings refer to Northland waterfalls and seascapes. Other new artists include Philip Kilmore, Brian Strong, Joanna Upperton and Tracey Coakley
Annette Isbey
Brian Strong
Viky Garden
Philip Kilmore
2008 Exhibition Schedule We have many exciting New Shows scheduled for the Gallery this year. Grant Corbishley - Wed March 5th to Sat 15th March - “New Works” Justin Summerton - March 18th to Sat 5th April - “Oasis” - Preview Opening Tues 17th March Eion Stevens - 9th April to 19th April - “The Painted Poems” - Preview Opening Tues 8th April Autumn Catalogue - 22nd April to 3rd May - Group Show Annette Isbey - 7th May to 24th May - Preview Opening Tues 6th May Waikato Auction - viewing 4th - 7th June - Auction Hamilton - 23 June 08 Rozi Demant - July/August - USA Bergamot Centre, California, USA Viky Garden - 6th August to 23 August - Preview Opening Tues 5th August Liam Barr - 3rd September to 20th September - Preview Opening Tues 2nd September April Shin - 1st October to 11th October - Preview Opening Tues 30th September Nigel Brown - 15th October to 8th November - Preview Opening Tues 14th October Nick Wall - 12th November to 29th November - Preview Opening Tues 11th November Summer Catalogue - From 9th December Autumn Catalogue April 08 - Paintings Wanted We have several superb works that have already arrived for the exhibition including a Colin McCahon “Nelson Landscape”, a superb Trevor Moffitt from the Stanley Graham Series, a Rozi Demant, and a work from another young new artist Joanna Upperton. Waikato Auction - Paintings Wanted Following the success of the Waikato Art auction we were involved with in November last year, we have been asked to assist with obtaining paintings for another Auction scheduled for June this year. There will be an Auckland viewing in our Gallery. Please contact us if you have any paintings you would like to sell. Reserves must be realistic. Quote of the Month “Who Stole the cork from my lunch” W. C. Fields Warwick Henderson Gallery 32 Bath St, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Phone/Fax +649 309 7513
www.warwickhenderson.com info@warwickhenderson.com