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Artbay Gallery - Tony O Keefe
Location: Artbay Gallery, Marine Parade, Queenstown
Region: Queenstown
Dates: Wed, 6 December 2017 - Wed, 24 January 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily.
Tony O’Keefe is an Australian born Kiwi who has been residing in Queenstown for over 25 years.
As an artist-philosopher O'Keefe combines studies in biology, physics, industrial design and information science to express his artistic identity through sculpture. His work is in private collections in Australia and New Zealand and was recently recognised at the 2016 Queenstown Arts Centre Annual Art Awards, winning the Supreme Award, Best Artwork in Show.
O'Keefe's diverse sculptural works are each based on a single principle or idea. Employing his signature materials of old steel and found objects he fuses the founding concept into beautiful, dramatic and sometimes menacing forms. Through the powerful use of symbols and stark contrast, he challenges us to see everyday items, cultural artefacts and our own behaviour in new ways.
“I see art as a conversation and invite the viewer in. My work is deliberately disruptive, tactile, cryptic or controversial. It is important to me that people can interact with my artwork on as many levels as possible. By coming close and standing in the shoes of the artist you may experience the artwork as I have during its creation and discover something of the meaning instilled there."
"I am an explorer of the natural world and see conceptual art as a way to defy limits and broaden my experience. The three-dimensional realm of sculpture offers a greater range of tools and I will use kinetic and performance elements where necessary. Drawn to beauty and to extremes, I am equally at home working with dense organic complexity as I am with sparse geometric minimalism."
Location
Artbay Gallery, Marine Parade, Queenstown
April 2024
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1 | 2 | 3 | Arts Central - Meet the Author: Ruth ShawThu, 4 April 2024 @ Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start | 5 | Central Otago Regional Orchestra - "Autumn Romance" Alexandra and QueenstownSat, 6 April 2024 - Sun, 7 April 2024 @ April 6th at 7.30pm, April 7th at 2pm. | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "Bannockburn - A Place to Stand" by Jan and Tim Hawkins.Fri, 1 March 2024 - Thu, 11 April 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily | Entries Open Now - West Otago Art AwardWed, 28 February 2024 - Fri, 12 April 2024 @ Entries Open Now | 13 |
14 | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - School Holiday ProgramMon, 15 April 2024 - Sun, 28 April 2024 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Teviot Arts - "A Night in New Orleans" The River City Jazzmen.Fri, 19 April 2024 @ 6.30pm for 7.30pm start | Hullabaloo Art Space - "Memories from the Mantelpiece" by Tracey Morrow and Rebecca McKaySun, 31 March 2024 - Sat, 20 April 2024 @ 10am - 4pm Daily Central Otago Art Society - "An Acrylic Painting Adventure" with Jenny Chisholm - Contemporary LandscapesSat, 20 April 2024 - Sun, 21 April 2024 @ 9.30am - 3.30pm daily |
Central Otago Art Society - "An Acrylic Painting Adventure" with Jenny Chisholm - Contemporary LandscapesSat, 20 April 2024 - Sun, 21 April 2024 @ 9.30am - 3.30pm daily Central Cinema - "Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story"Sun, 21 April 2024 - Wed, 24 April 2024 @ 21st April @ 5pm. 24th April @ 2pm. Queenstown Arts Society - Life Drawing with Kasia HebdaSun, 21 April 2024 - Wed, 19 June 2024 | Applications are Now Open - Michael King Writers Centre Australian ResidencyWed, 27 March 2024 - Mon, 22 April 2024 @ Applications Open Now | 23 | Central Cinema - "Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story"Sun, 21 April 2024 - Wed, 24 April 2024 @ 21st April @ 5pm. 24th April @ 2pm. | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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