Claudia Aalderink, Gilly Sheffield, Kylie Rusk
Opening Night Friday 18 October from 5pm
Showing from 18th - 30th October
“Elements” is a joint exhibition that shows the work of Claudia Aalderink, Gilly Sheffield and Kylie Rusk and looks to celebrate the elements that surround us, of our much loved land, including in part, materials rescued & reused to become beautiful artworks, that sit in harmony together.
This exhibition came about from us often pairing the works of these three artists together when hanging the gallery. They complement each other beautifully and we adore the tones and patina of the rescued corrugated iron, charred recycled beehives and luminous style of painting on board in the same spaces.
For ‘Elements’ much loved recycled beehive artist Claudia has continued to explore the textural qualities of charred discarded beehive wood, creating a new identity from the weathered boxes. Her works are created by meticulously fragmenting old beehives in a non-symbolic approach. Within a reduced visual vocabulary of circles, squares, rectangles, and lines, she explores the subtlety of colour, scale, and composition.
In her first ever joint exhibition, Gilly’s work aims to celebrate the iron by turning it into something of beauty, evolving from a utilitarian piece of iron - with the stories of Aotearoa woven around it. The weaving is Gilly's way of representing the interconnecting hereditary lines that make up who we are. It’s a show case of the skills that have been passed down from generation to generation in the myriad of cultures that are part of being from Aotearoa.
Kylie's collection encompasses both her luminous paintings and her highly skilled lithographic prints with a focus on the much loved Waitemata Harbour between North Head and Rakino Island. Works include North Head, Waiheke, Motuihe, Rakino Island and Brown’s Island. Kylie considers that her artworks are not realism, instead her representation of the landscape, the feeling and memory she has towards the landscape. With a clever use of colour & subtle variations of light & texture the pieces in this collection represent different times of the day.
Check back from 6pm on opening night, Friday 18th October for the full collection to be online.
If you'd like to know more about this exhibition please contact us here.
