A look at what's happening in the world of art.
Oamaru spot for artists
The work of a couple of Dunedin artists is on show at Oamaru's Forrester Gallery, in the exhibitions "8 Years - 8 Works" by Marcus Wainwright and "Still Lives" by Sue Marshall.
Wainwright's exhibition shows the progress of the artist as he pursues the art of figurative carving and sculpture. Among the ancient tales remembered in his monumental works is the biblical story of Judith.
Sue Marshall's "Still Lives" celebrates the lives of two small and insignificant birds that died within hours of each other. The realist images capture the birds' feathers, beaks and claws, and even the dust mites that live on their bodies.
Fine art on show
The Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, upstairs on the corner of Ardmore and Helwick streets, is giving new life to a familiar art space.
The gallery overlooking the lake has an exhibition of work on paper and canvas by Geoff Williams, Craig Primrose, Ben Ho and Peter Hackett.
Trevor Askin's bronze sculptures and Murano glass are also on show.
Another dimension
Auckland-based artist and sometime social commentator Andy Leleisi'uao brings his imaginary cryptid creatures to the Blue Oyster Project Art Space. The artist usually works with paintings but for this exhibition, opening on Tuesday, he will be rendering some of the exhibition's cryptids as sculptures.
An accompanying exhibition, Colleen Altagracia's "The Fullness of Empty Pockets", also occupies 3-D space. In her case, works are created by filling the empty pockets of the title with casting foam. Some of those pockets were being worn at the time.
A DVD accompanies the exhibition.
