Creatavision & Musart Revisited

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13 - 19 JUNE 2011

Creatavision & Musart Revisited: Clinton Herdman & Brian Omundsen.

Creatavision is a partnership of Artist-Clinton Herdman, and Musician-Brian Omundsen. They have worked, performed and brought their artistic talents to the people of NZ for over 25 years.

In 2006/2007 they went on tour in NZ with a project that directly combined the talents of both, under the umbrella of Musart (Mus(ic and)art = Musart). The collaboration took the form of an album and artwork. Brian Omundsen wrote, performed and recorded in his home studio an album of originals, and artist Clinton Herdman worked alongside and created 10 large and stunning originals linked to each of the songs.

The album (a CD of 11 originals) expresses experiences, people met, thoughts & feelings as one would expect from any songwriter. The songs encompass blues, light jazz, ballads and more. They are performed on an array of instruments including drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, synths and of course saxophone, harmonicas and layered vocals (Brian's specialist instruments). The artwork is a visual symphony of the music and lyrics of the songs. Done in rich coloured pastels and using a strong combination of real and surreal, detail and form.

The exhibit will include 5 of the originals from the Musart - Reachout tour (1.3m x 1m framed colour pastels), prints, books and CDs (with CD players available to hear the music). Also to be featured in the exhibit is a selection of Clinton's other artworks past & present. Included are his most recent carvings in Oamaru Stone, plaster reproductions of some of his most popular pieces, oil originals and more

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20 - 26 JUNE 2011

DISCONNECT: ROSALIND ATKINSON.

rosalind atkinson.jpgOPENING: 5.30pm Monday 20 June.

OPEN: 10.00am - 6.00pm Tuesday - Sunday.

This is Rosalind's first solo show following on from her successful collaborative exhibition with Leilani Isara at Thistle Hall in 2009. She continues to work primarily in pencil, ink, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper whilst integrating etchings and lithographs into her range.

'Disconnect' explores the age-old contrast between a scientific, rational and mathematical versus a poetic and intuitive way of viewing the world around us, and the disconnection between the two. Fluid, organic contour line is juxtaposed with obsessive compulsive pencil detail to attempt to reconcile the two modes. Our disconnection from the natural world around us is investigated through anthropomorphism and juxtaposition of portraiture with animal and plant forms.

This exhibition aims to reconnect the process of making artworks with the ideas explored within them. Old frames are upcycled, paper is recycled or reused, throw away scraps are reinvented as exquisite miniatures. Pencils, paint, ink and other materials from the bottom of the drawer is brought into the light and reused. By doing so the exhibition attempts to consciously step outside a hypocritical, consumerist model and create artworks with transparency and integrity.

Works continue to explore the line between art and illustration, and the interaction and translation between images and words, reflecting Rosalind's background studying illustration at Massey, and current studies in English Literature.

Please see http://www.thistlehall.org.nz for more information

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