Author: Dan Chappell

Whakapapa: get down on your knees, glitter on canvas by Reuben Paterson

Diamond dust and ancestral stories

Whakapapa or genealogy has always been at the heart of Reuben Paterson’s practice, which dances with various influences—from the optical paintings of Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley to memories of the patterns on his grandmother’s dresses.

Sam Harrison's woodcut The Crucifixion

Conversations with the body

Sam Harrison’s recent works bring together his interest in representing the naked and vulnerable human figure, and the more visceral forms of animal carcasses.

Peter Roche, Saddleblaze

Setting the night on fire

Light artist Peter Roche generates his own energy in his recent performances. Dan Chappell visits the artist and eyes up his latest work.

Here be dragons

Roger Mortimer’s meticulous paintings are an otherwordly mix of luminescent colours, medieval manuscript imagery and gritty, contemporary texts.

Drive time painter

Talkback radio, comic-strip characters and paintings by Old Masters collide and ricochet off one another in Mark Braunias’ boisterous, mix ‘n’ match works.

Defining light and space

Dan Chappell talks to Ann Robinson about her vessels and sculptures, which capture the rhythmic patterns of nature and the extraordinary luminosity and transparency of glass.

Memorial man

After two years’ effort, sculptor Paul Dibble and his team see the dedication of their New Zealand War Memorial project in London.

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