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Artbay - Peripheral Rhythm Artist: Ben Timmins.
Location: Artbay Gallery
Region: Queenstown
Dates: Thu, 2 August 2018 - Sat, 15 September 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily
Artbay Gallery Exclusive Exhibitions. Eichardts Building, Level 1, Marine Parade, Queenstown.
Peripheral Rhythm Artist: Ben Timmins.
Ben paints with oils on wooden panels, harmonising subject matter with wood grain, composing landscape and fauna studies. The painting process and materials used are deliberately employed to engage the viewer on many experiential levels.
There is an underlying resonance throughout these paintings, nature as a subject matter is painted upon nature itself, the wood grain is integrated into the compositions with both paint and subject. There is warmth and familiarity inherent within the use of wood, again the subject matter ‘nature’ has a similar effect upon us, yet these paintings are both familiar and otherworldly at the same time.
A contemplative insistence constantly challenges the viewer to re-evaluate reality. The photo- realist painting juxtaposed with the palpable wood grain substrates presents an unsettling conundrum, the viewer is encountered with a dichotomy of ‘reality’, the realist imagery is convincing, firmly grasping our visual cortex, yet the wood panel pulls us back to the physical solid world.
Ben works out of his studio in Golden Bay, New Zealand.
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Artbay Gallery
May 2024
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5 | 6 | 7 | Register Now - Drawing Classes for Children with Marion Vialade-WorchMon, 29 April 2024 - Wed, 8 May 2024 @ Register Now | 9 | The Central Otago Regional Choir - "Bach, Bacharach and The Beatles" in Alexandra, Arrowtown and Wanaka.Fri, 10 May 2024 - Sun, 12 May 2024 | 11 |
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "Painting, Pottery and Pixels"Wed, 17 April 2024 - Sun, 12 May 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily The Central Otago Regional Choir - "Bach, Bacharach and The Beatles" in Alexandra, Arrowtown and Wanaka.Fri, 10 May 2024 - Sun, 12 May 2024 Hullabaloo Art Space - "Hidden Agendas" by Jen Olson.Sun, 12 May 2024 - Sat, 1 June 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily Hullabaloo Art Space - "Grey Skies/ Dark Fields" by Ro BradshawSun, 12 May 2024 - Sat, 1 June 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - Eden Hore Photographic and Garment ExhibitionSun, 12 May 2024 - Sat, 1 June 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily | 13 | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "What is Misogyny?" by Megan Huffadine.Tue, 14 May 2024 - Sun, 16 June 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily | 15 | 16 | Ophir Peace Memorial Hall - Tess Liautaud - Gold Digger TourFri, 17 May 2024 @ Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start | 18 |
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