"stirring - consider the spoon as a starting point..."
2006-08-03 until 2006-08-21
Uxbridge Gallery
Auckland, , NZ New Zealand (Aotearoa)

This invitation-only exhibition and exciting mixed-media show is being curated by Sarah Clacher, Exhibition and Programme Manager at Uxbridge. Stirring will bring together the work of established artists from photography, painting, jewellery, cast glass, ceramics and sculpture. Featuring Tina Bellemy, Clay Bodvin, Pat Bonnette, Richard Boyd Dunlop, Praumuan Burusphat, Don Campbell, Evelyn Dunstan, Kathie Hewitt, Sean Kerrigan, Hal Martin, Carolyn McCondash, Keiran Donnelly, Xun Mu, Penny Stotter, Jeff Thompson, Rae Thompson and Gae Webster. Stirring aims to celebrate the diversity of artistic responses by asking these artists to explore • the cultural and historical uses and meanings of the spoon, and • the influence of living in New Zealand, as part of their creative inspiration.

Looking at Clay Bodvin's two pieces (a long-time Waitakere City resident and artist), his submission references a style/genre known as Serial Painting - which exploits the repetition of shapes, grids and patterns of colour.

The 'serial' compositional device of repeating shapes, and an apparent objet-trouvé philosophy, are well used as Bodvin manipulates many different types spoons to create dramatic and lively images. And, in the process, commenting on the spoon’s connection to various social structures and their activities.

Your excitement will lie in experiencing the various and many interpretations of this most common household item, which is familiar to us all. Spoons...we use them almost everyday. But be prepared to see them in a new light.

An evening preview of Stirring was held on August 2, while the exhibition will opened on August 3 and runs through to August 21.

Clay Bodvin has been a Premiere Portfolio Member at absolutearts.com since 2004. View more of Bodvin's work at http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/m/mediummixer/

IMAGE
Clay Bodvin
Title: Still Life Landscape II Indoor Bowls
Year Created: 2006
Medium: Other Painting
Width: 500 mm
Height: 500 mm

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