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New Zealand Gallery by Denis Robinson
published November 2010
New Holland Publishers
Showcasing the talents of over sixty New Zeland artist who work in a wide range of mediums, Denis Robinson presents an exciting new collection of contemporary art. New Zealand Gallery features interviews with each artist and provides a selection of representive artworks. Exploring the artwork in New Zealand Gallery you will discover a vibrant portfoilo by new and established artists working in the country today. Denis Robinson, New Zealand Gallery
Metro, December 2010 review.
There's a scene in Jean Becker's movie 'Conversations with My Gardener' in which an earnest art aficionado delivers his judgment on a banal abstract landscape. "It's to see colour in bands of non-colour. To see more black in black. To see non-white."
What's so refreshing in Denis Robinson's delightful book on contemporary art in New Zealand is the absence of this pretentious claptrap. His gallery displays art with artifice, talent without trickery. No wittering on about the profundity of an award-winning pile of rubbish because "such an exhibit generates discussion". Whether working with mixed media, fibre art, wood sculpture, ceramics, glass and table or wall sculpture, or painting in oil, acrylic or water colour. the 60 artists featured in this superb book show exceptional finesse. So often in galleries I've gazed at the works of our bigwigs (McCahon, Hotere, Fomison) and thought, "Yes, brilliant in composition, but could I live with these on my walls? Nah! Too dark! Too gloomy! Too werid!" By Contrast, this portfolio contains many sunny works I would love to own. Paul Coney's Spring Profusion is gorgeous.
This exhibits display great diversity and style. Thi is one gallery in which you'll love to linger. Joy Mac Kenzie, Metro
New Holland Publishers
Showcasing the talents of over sixty New Zeland artist who work in a wide range of mediums, Denis Robinson presents an exciting new collection of contemporary art. New Zealand Gallery features interviews with each artist and provides a selection of representive artworks. Exploring the artwork in New Zealand Gallery you will discover a vibrant portfoilo by new and established artists working in the country today. Denis Robinson, New Zealand Gallery
Metro, December 2010 review.
There's a scene in Jean Becker's movie 'Conversations with My Gardener' in which an earnest art aficionado delivers his judgment on a banal abstract landscape. "It's to see colour in bands of non-colour. To see more black in black. To see non-white."
What's so refreshing in Denis Robinson's delightful book on contemporary art in New Zealand is the absence of this pretentious claptrap. His gallery displays art with artifice, talent without trickery. No wittering on about the profundity of an award-winning pile of rubbish because "such an exhibit generates discussion". Whether working with mixed media, fibre art, wood sculpture, ceramics, glass and table or wall sculpture, or painting in oil, acrylic or water colour. the 60 artists featured in this superb book show exceptional finesse. So often in galleries I've gazed at the works of our bigwigs (McCahon, Hotere, Fomison) and thought, "Yes, brilliant in composition, but could I live with these on my walls? Nah! Too dark! Too gloomy! Too werid!" By Contrast, this portfolio contains many sunny works I would love to own. Paul Coney's Spring Profusion is gorgeous.
This exhibits display great diversity and style. Thi is one gallery in which you'll love to linger. Joy Mac Kenzie, Metro
©copyright Paul Coney