Three new shows opening at ROAR! gallery

Three new shows opening at ROAR! gallery

Opening Thursday 13th September at 5.30pm – 29th September

Kaye McMurray – Sharyn Young – Heather Turner

Sharyn Young

‘There is Still Life in Suburbia - Treasures, traps and trophies’

Motor mowers, cupcakes and dogs are amongst the subjects of Sharyn Young's art. There is still life in suburbia and you will find it is quirky. There are treasures, traps and trophies to be found. Wickered nudes in trays, a man trap, and metal printers plates portraying the mood of the land are just some of the exhibits. Wit and social commentary sit side by side.

Recycled printers plates return woman's image to the land

By painting, layering and scratching, a woman’s image has been reworked into the Wellington landscape. The woman's image has disappeared yet the land portrays the authenticity of her changing moods.

Ironically from a background in advertising, graphic design, illustration and photography, Sharyn Young has recycled printer's plates with a remnant image to expose how women are used by the media. Young also cuts and weaves plates into sculptures.

"I'm fascinated how different angles of light hit the zinc plates. It gives the viewer access to different layers of information, so the images change, like the light on the hills in nature."

Wickered nudes

Paintings of women are portrayed to be seen, heard and valued. Acrylic painting and hung objects in recycled wicker trays.

Kaye McMurray Ngati Porou

‘Kaore ahau I te hiahia kia hoki mai ano toku pakeketetanga’

‘I don’t want my history to repeat’

Kaye McMurray is a newcomer to the Wellington scene, bringing her story telling works in pencil and paint from Christchurch. She has made art and music throughout her life, using it to survive experiences ranging from a family plagued with alcoholism, disability, IHC residential homes, boarding school and abuse. Her works document these experiences by laying them on the page simply and beautifully, with an acute eye for colour and a rare simplicity of line in her pencil works. She also displays a joy for life in her bright palette and depictions like ‘Jitterbug’, of dancing scenes. Her work is a rare treat in New Zealand; a great example of someone using their art to tell their story without metaphor but through honest pictures of places and people which have formed a life and an artist.

Heather Turner is a Wellington artist who has been painting for a number of years. Her art is a gentle and restful meditation on landscapes. A watercolour artist, in this show she explores the changing moods of the distinctive New Zealand landscape in light and dark. In tones ranging from lilacs to delicate greys and greens, she paints the hills and seas which we know so well.

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ROAR! gallery
55 Abel Smith St
1st Floor
Above Real Groovy
Wellington

Wed 11-5 Thur 11-6 Fri 11-5 Sat 11-5

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