Continuing The Physics Room's ongoing interest in supporting
the practices of emerging and experimental artists, Fresh is a series
which profiles the work of thirteen of New Zealand's most exciting
current practitioners. All recent graduates from arts institutions,
both local and international, these artists draw on a vast terrain
of medium and criticality's, giving an overview of the diversity
and depth of contemporary practice today.
December 2000 saw the first three shows in the Fresh series, with
new work by Christchurch based artists Eddie Clemens, Dan Arps, and
Ella Reed. Graduates from the University of Canterbury's School of
Fine Arts, their work is informed by both the stark aestheticism of
an art historical minimalism, and the throwaway consumerism of contemporary
pop culture. Landscape and the environment appear as central tenets
in all three exhibitions, in installations which owe as much to Stephen
Tindall's The Warehouse as they do the land art movement of the 1970's
and 80's.
Dan Arps
A Winter Garden
December 13 - 23 2000
Eddie
Clemens
Moat
December 13 - 23 2000
Ella Reed
Untitled (Summer Show)
December 13 - 23 2000
The second part of our Fresh series contains three shows by artists whose work
all carries a sense of anticipation and mystery, where the peripheries
or suggested exteriors of the work tantalize and tease the viewer.
Epic (2)
Melissa Laing
February 20 - March 17, 2001
Travel Stories
VI: Otira/Germany - Schnittstelle/Interface
Time Capture Boxes: Otira
Ina Johann
February 20 - March 17, 2001
Cineary
Nathan Pohio
February 20 - March 17, 2001
The third in this four part
series sees two shows which run the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous,
encompassing suspended video projections, a timezone of ticking clocks,
take out noodles, and revenge!
TAKE
OUT (Sugar Takes Out Candy)
Julaine Stephenson
May 3 - May 20, 2001
From
Below
Sera Jensen and Brendan Lee
May 3 - May 20, 2001
The
final installment of Fresh at the Physics Room, sees three shows which
play with tradition and risk, prodding, tweaking, and exploring physical
and personal boundaries.
A GOOD TRADITION
WELL MAINTAINED
Marcus Moore
August 22 - September 8 2001
RISKY
BUSINESS
Dane Mitchell
August 22 - September 8 2001
RECREATION
Paula Collier
August 22 - September 8 2001
Reviews & Essays Fresh - A series profiling
Contemporary New Zealand Practitioners
Essay by Lee Devenish
in The Physics Room Annual
2001
ISBN 0-9582359-1-0
Classy to dull
The Press, 2001 Mar. 14, p. 34
Ussher, Robyn.
Installations by Melissa Laing, Ina Johann, Nathan Pohio.
Images looking up
The Press, 2001 May 16, p. 36
Ussher, Robyn.
From Below: an installation by Brendan Lee and Sera Jensen; Take
Out by Julaine Stevenson.
Strutting their stuff
The Press, 2001 Aug. 29, p. 34
Peers, Robyn.
Recreation by Paula Collier; Risky Business by Dane Mitchell; A
Good Tradition Well Maintained by Marcus Moore.
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