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Graheme Sydney - Etched in Time.
- Telephone (03) 474 3240
Location: Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Region: South Island
Dates: Sat, 14 October 2017 - Sun, 18 February 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily
Graheme Sydney - Etched in Thyme. Early works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Grahame Sydney is one of New Zealand’s pre-eminent artists. Born in Dunedin in 1948 and having lived most of his life in Otago, Sydney’s distinctive style and subject matter have become synonymous with the landscapes of Central Otago.
Largely self-taught, Sydney began learning the ‘etching craft’ in 1975 not long after he returned from studying Old Masters in Europe. The etching medium befitted Sydney, who developed a compact, linear and highly skilled etching technique. Valuing artistic traditions and formal qualities, Sydney uses lines, light, shadows and diagonals to create optical illusions.
‘I love the black and white tradition, and I really like the sort of rigorous discipline of it. The same applies to my etching: it suits my character somehow.’
Etched in time, a boutique exhibition drawn from the collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery reveals a sense of the art-making process in Sydney’s early development, specifically the interplay between his detailed studies, finished etchings and watercolours.
Location
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
February 2018
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4 | 5 | Rippon Festival RetrospectiveSun, 21 January 2018 - Tue, 6 February 2018 @ 11am - 5pm daily. | 7 | 8 | Central Otago Art Society - Easter Art Exhibition - call for entries.Fri, 9 February 2018 - Mon, 19 March 2018 | 10 |
Central Stories Museum and Arts Gallery - Rediscover Elizabeth Stevens.Sun, 11 February 2018 - Sun, 29 April 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily. Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - Re-discover Elizabeth Stevens, Floor Talk.Sun, 11 February 2018 @ 11am - 12.30 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Sofia Minson - The Navigators: Artbay Gallery.Thu, 15 February 2018 - Wed, 7 March 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily. | Artbay Gallery - No Ordinary Sun by Louise McRae.Wed, 24 January 2018 - Fri, 16 February 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily. Remarkable Theatre - Local Writes.Fri, 16 February 2018 @ Fri 16th, 6pm. Sat 17th & Sun 18th - 12 noon, 2pm, Rippon Hall - Pages, New Work by Rowan Holt.Fri, 16 February 2018 - Fri, 16 March 2018 @ 11am - 5pm daily. | 17 |
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Speargrass Inn - Summer Concerts.Fri, 1 December 2017 - Sun, 25 February 2018 @ Wed, Thur, Sat, Sun 8.30am - 4pm. Fri 8.30am - 8pm Central Cinema - Loving Vincent.Sun, 25 February 2018 - Wed, 7 March 2018 @ 25th Feb @5pm, 28th Feb@2pm, 7th [email protected]. | 26 | 27 | 28 |