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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.
Location
Artbay Gallery
September 2018
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2 | Queenstown Arts Centre - Flight of Fancy.Wed, 15 August 2018 - Mon, 3 September 2018 @ Tues - Sat, 10am-3pm | 4 | 5 | 6 | Queenstown Arts Centre - Call of the Mountains.Fri, 7 September 2018 - Tue, 25 September 2018 @ Tues-Fri, 9am-3pm. Sat, 10am-4pm. Gallery 33 - Glass Show.Fri, 7 September 2018 - Sun, 23 September 2018 @ 10am to 5.30pm Mon to Fri and 10am to 5.00pm Sat & | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Central Cinema - NTL, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.Thu, 13 September 2018 - Sun, 16 September 2018 @ 13th Sept@2pm. 16th Sept@5pm. | 14 | Artbay - Peripheral Rhythm Artist: Ben Timmins.Thu, 2 August 2018 - Sat, 15 September 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily Hullabaloo Art Space - Hidden Kingdoms by Andi ReganSun, 26 August 2018 - Sat, 15 September 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily |
Central Cinema - NTL, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.Thu, 13 September 2018 - Sun, 16 September 2018 @ 13th Sept@2pm. 16th Sept@5pm. Hullabaloo Art Space - Lorraine Higgins, 'Fuse'.Sun, 16 September 2018 - Sun, 7 October 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily. | Central Stories - Here, There and Everywhere.Mon, 17 September 2018 - Sun, 4 November 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily. | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | The Chills - Snow Bound Tour with Finn Andrews (The Veils)Sat, 22 September 2018 @ 9pm - 12am. Alexandra Musical Society Inc - Nunsense.Sat, 22 September 2018 - Fri, 28 September 2018 @ Matinee - 23rd Sept@4pm. All other shows at 8pm. |
Gallery 33 - Glass Show.Fri, 7 September 2018 - Sun, 23 September 2018 @ 10am to 5.30pm Mon to Fri and 10am to 5.00pm Sat & Blossom Festival, Alexandra - Cars in the Park & Markets.Sun, 23 September 2018 @ 10am - 3pm Blossom Festival - Garden Tour, Gardeners Market and Demonstrations.Sun, 23 September 2018 @ 10am - 5pm | 24 | Queenstown Arts Centre - Call of the Mountains.Fri, 7 September 2018 - Tue, 25 September 2018 @ Tues-Fri, 9am-3pm. Sat, 10am-4pm. | 26 | 27 | 28 | Across the Bridge in Bannockburn - Photography, Creative Textile and Writing Workshops.Sat, 29 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ Daily Across the Bridge - Artists of Bannockburn Exhibition.Sat, 29 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 10.30am - 4pm daily. Central Cinema - Manhattan Short Film Festival 2018.Sat, 29 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 29th at 7.30pm and 30th at 5pm. |
Hullabaloo Art in ArrowtownFri, 10 August 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 8.30am - 5pm daily Faigans Cafe and Store - Live Music.Sat, 1 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ Every second Sunday, 3pm - 7pm. Dunedin Arts Festival - Moray Gallery - Rachel Hirabayashi.Sat, 1 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ Daily. Across the Bridge - Cromwell and Tarras Primary Schools Mural PaintingFri, 28 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 1.30-3.30 daily Across the Bridge in Bannockburn - Photography, Creative Textile and Writing Workshops.Sat, 29 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ Daily Across the Bridge - Artists of Bannockburn Exhibition.Sat, 29 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 10.30am - 4pm daily. Central Cinema - Manhattan Short Film Festival 2018.Sat, 29 September 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 29th at 7.30pm and 30th at 5pm. |