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Otago Daily Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Quiz, auction to help buy series
Graeme Stradling's screenprint of Lake Wānaka will be one of the auction items. Photos: supplied Brain power will be needed to help raise some funds for the purchase of an art series. The Eastern Southland Gallery's has launched a fundraising appeal to purchase Jo Ogier's series, "He Wai Apakura — Te Ara Pounamu / The River's Lament — A Pathway of Treasures". The gallery is holding a quiz night on June 14, 7pm, at the Croydon Lodge Hotel, to help the fundraiser. Jacqueline Byars holds her 2024 woodcut of the Eastern Southland Gallery. The gallery said, in a statement, by combining the fun of a general knowledge quiz with the excitement of an auction of art, books and experiences, the night promised to be an entertaining one. Auction lots included a "Cooking the Catch" culinary class with Judy Taylor, a two-night stay at a central Dunedin Airbnb, a bundle of native plants, a printmaking workshop with artist Jacqueline Byars, and artworks by Dick Frizzell, Janet de Wagt, Fane Flaws, Jacqueline Byars and Graeme Stradling. There will also be raffles, a silent auction and spot prizes on the night. Janet de Wagt, Rhododendron, 2025, gouache on paper. All proceeds from the evening will go towards the purchase of Jo Ogier's series of 26 paintings which explore the many species of native flora and fauna that once defined Māruawai and the Mataura River Valley. Digitisation will allow for all 26 images to become backdrops for permanent displays of taonga within the district's new Māruawai Centre museum facility, allowing for future long-term community engagement. To book contact the Eastern Southland Gallery. —APL
Otago Daily Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Connection explored in collections
An impressive showing of more than 500 portraits are now on display at a Gore art gallery, alongside a transtasman artist's study of New Zealand's largest glacier. Australia-based artist Euan Macleod painted hundreds of images of friend and fellow artist Geoff Dixon while they were on video calls together, beginning in the Covid lockdowns, after Mr Dixon's partner died. Macleod said his friend was a mostly willing and, at times, difficult subject that he painted rapidly, finishing up each painting in about 30 minutes. The 521 acrylic images have taken over the largest curved wall of the Eastern Southland Gallery. The show had its official opening on Saturday and an artist talk on Sunday morning, moderated by Macleod's longtime friend and collaborator Gregory O'Brien. The exhibition also includes a collection of works entitled "Flux", which are studies of Macleod's climbs of the Haupapa/Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. The artist was born in Christchurch and went to the Ilam School of Fine Arts at Canterbury University before moving to Sydney. The mountain-climbing paintings feature ambiguous figures trekking through the frozen scenery. A brightly coloured climber's rope is featured throughout the works, which cuts through the chilly, blue abstracted landscapes and connects his subjects. The climbers were "umbilically linked" during these climbs — although you might not be able to see your partner, you could feel their presence through the tension of the rope. "There's something really good about that reliance on people," he said. At the discussion on Sunday, Macleod put emphasis on the collaborations with his old friends and fellow creatives. The large metal etchings, zigzagged together to become a sculpture in the middle of the gallery, echoing the form of mountains, were an example of that collaboration as it was made with his friend, Townsville-based printmaker Ron McBurnie. The sculpture has been gifted to the gallery. A larger, more fantastical painting of figures crossing a tightrope over the sky and what looks like the Tasman Sea is also featured. "The bridge between Australia and New Zealand," Macleod said. Although he subscribed to the "look and put" school of painting and therefore did not place a whole lot of meaning on his images, it was hard not to notice a theme of connectivity throughout the collection. His works are on show until July 13.
Otago Daily Times
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Clarke bringing glitzy diva energy south
Legendary entertainer Jackie Clarke is bringing her show to Gore. PHOTO: SUPPLIED New Zealand celebrity Jackie Clarke is bringing her glitzy cabaret to the land of the rolling "r". A former New Zealand Idol judge and musical theatre staple, Clarke will be paying homage to all the divas, from Shirley Bassey to Judy Garland, in Southland next month. Clarke, who received a MNZM for services to entertainment in 2018, promised southern audiences a show filled with powerhouse vocals, glamorous costumes and her trademark witty panache. A veteran performer, she has toured with her girl bands When the Cat's Been Spayed and Lady Killers. Otherwise, you may know Clarke from her extensive television career including judging Idol, guest hosting The Project and presenting documentaries. Another veteran kiwi, comedian and writer Michele A'Court said, of Clarke's upcoming show "Jackie Goes Prima Diva", that the entertainer was a "master of her craft". A'Court said she laughed, cried and "wept a bit" while watching Clarke perform. Born in Christchurch, Clarke has been called the "Pasifika Rita Hayworth" by a critic and will pay homage to the musical queens from Alison Durbin to Dolly Parton and from Kate Bush to Lady Gaga. Her confident musical stylings will be interpolated with pin drop moments and plenty of laughs. The singer will be accompanied on piano by music industry veteran Karl Benton, who has worked with Che Fu, Ardijah and Annie Crummer, to name a few. Benton also performs under his own neo-soul alter-ego Soul Prophet, which recently released a single Back to Dilla featuring iconic British soul singer Omar. He will be releasing his debut album under the moniker later this year. This special concert marks the end of the Eastern Southland Gallery's 40th Anniversary year-long programme of exhibitions and events. • "Jackie Goes Prima Diva" hits Gore on Monday, May 19, at the Little Theatre. Tickets are available from Eastern Southland Gallery.
