Anti-Consumerist Object Art Made Out Of French Knitting

On Now
12 - 17 APRIL 2011

Consume This: Anti-Consumerist Object Art Made Out Of French Knitting.

OPENING: 6.00 - 8.00pm Monday 11 April - BYO (fresh local produce to munch on supplied).
OPEN: 10.00am - 5.30pm Tuesday - Sunday.

With this exhibition I aim to introduce the general public to the damaging effects of fashion production. I offer an alternative through the pieces I have made and highlight the fact that change will come through consumer demand.

I make durable, functional and fashionable garments (and other objects suitable to the material) out of french knitting. French knitting is generally used for rug making due to its durable qualities and is recognised as a favoured activity from many childhoods, giving an instant sense of nostalgia and creating a long-lasting garment that the wearer will never want to throw away and never need to replace. Each piece is broken down to its simplest necessities and I allow the unpredictability of the material to determine the outcome, leaving aesthetics up to chance. All of the knitting is completed by various friends and family and uses only scrap wool which is donated to me by nanas nation-wide. On most of the garments I leave the knitting spool attached which the wearer can use to either continue adding on to the garment or can chop off and start creating a new piece of their own. The knitting spools and buttons are all turned by my uncle out of untreated, scrap wood.

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18 - 24 APRIL 2011
art is like soup - there will be some begetables you don't like, but just some doup down ya: manan fredriksson & alan galloway.

OPENING: 5.00 - 8.00pm Monday 18 April.
OPEN: 10.30am - 6.00pm Tuesday - Sunday.

MANAN FREDRIKSSON
Painter/Photographer/Graphic Designer/Photoshopper

Manan has always been involved in something creative, studying photography, working in the film industry and doing endless part-time art courses.

In 2004 she attended the Learning Connexion where she discovered a technique that combined her love of photography, Photoshop and paint! There is a strong photographic influence in her work, and she spends hours manipulating images in Photoshop until she creates something that will work well on canvas. Her pieces for this exhibition are loud, bold and fun.

ALAN GALLOWAY
Musician/Singer/Songwriter/Painter

Born and bred on a farm in Pauatahanui Alan has been throwing paint around in one form or another for a number of years. Whether its interior decoration, painting houses or pushing pigment around a canvas he has never been far away from a paintbrush.

Although performing and writing music is probably his first love, the last few years has seen him spending more time exploring painting and experimenting with a variety of styles.

Now living by the sea, with the backdrop of Mana Island, it was obvious that this almost man-made shape of the island in all its moods was going to crop up in Alan’s work. In these recent paintings that theme appears now and again along with other landscapey ideas.

There’s nothing too deep and meaningful here, just having fun with colour.

Please see http://www.thistlehall.org.nz for more information

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