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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
August 2018
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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1 | 2 | Gallery 33 - Thomas Hancock and Jane Schriffer.Fri, 3 August 2018 - Fri, 24 August 2018 @ 10am -5.30, Mon-Fri. 10am -5pm, Sat-Sun. | Hullabaloo Art Space - 'Floribunda'.Sun, 15 July 2018 - Sat, 4 August 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily. | |||
5 | 6 | 7 | Colour. Surface. Touch. An exhibition by Jessica Ritchie.Fri, 29 June 2018 - Wed, 8 August 2018 @ 11am-5pm daily. | 9 | Hullabaloo Art in ArrowtownFri, 10 August 2018 - Sun, 30 September 2018 @ 8.30am - 5pm daily | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | Queenstown Arts Centre - Flight of Fancy.Wed, 15 August 2018 - Mon, 3 September 2018 @ Tues - Sat, 10am-3pm Tall Tales & True; Stories told out loud.Wed, 15 August 2018 - Fri, 17 August 2018 @ 7pm - 8.30pm daily. Michael Hill International Violin Competition - Applications Open.Wed, 15 August 2018 - Thu, 15 November 2018 @ Applications Open Now. | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Rural Women NZ WoolOn Creative Fashion EventFri, 17 August 2018 - Sun, 19 August 2018 @ Daily. Ranfurly Musical and Dramatic Society - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.Sun, 19 August 2018 - Sat, 25 August 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival 2018 - DunedinSun, 19 August 2018 - Sat, 25 August 2018 @ Daily | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Gallery 33 - Thomas Hancock and Jane Schriffer.Fri, 3 August 2018 - Fri, 24 August 2018 @ 10am -5.30, Mon-Fri. 10am -5pm, Sat-Sun. Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, The Poetry Event - Alexandra.Fri, 24 August 2018 @ 5.30pm. | Ranfurly Musical and Dramatic Society - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.Sun, 19 August 2018 - Sat, 25 August 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival 2018 - DunedinSun, 19 August 2018 - Sat, 25 August 2018 @ Daily Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - The 2018 Winners Exhibition.Sat, 25 August 2018 - Sun, 14 October 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily. |
Hullabaloo Art Space - Hidden Kingdoms by Andi ReganSun, 26 August 2018 - Sat, 15 September 2018 @ 10am - 4pm daily | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |