An Objective Pereception Of A Whakatauaki

An Objective Pereception Of A Whakatauaki

Southside Arts Festival 2011 – Objective Art Awards

“Kia tupu, kia hua, kia puawai. To grow, to prosper, to sustain” – Princess Te Puea Herangi.

The above proverb seems very apt in relation the OBJECTive Art Awards 2011. Now in its fifth year, the event has been a celebration of object art; its design, its form and its aesthetics. The event itself has grown, it has prospered and with the exhibition as part of the ongoing Southside Arts Festival, it looks to be sustainable.

The proverb also acts as the theme for the event – like previous years, artists competing in this nationwide event are required to reflect the whakatauaki within their chosen media; be it ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalwork, craft or textiles.

The OBJECTive Art Awards and exhibition look to encourage artists to work with their chosen media and enter both practical and decorative works into the nationwide competition – with winners awarded $9500 worth of prize money funded by Auckland Council.

It’s not just about the money though – as part of the Southside Arts Festival, a number of works will be selected for exhibition by the judging panel and will be displayed at the Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku.

This year’s guest judge is Deborah Crowe and the exhibition will be curated by James Pinker, the centre’s Visual Arts Manager.

Deborah Crowe, originally from Dundee, Scotland, is currently Principal Lecturer at Manukau School of Visual Arts in Otara. She won the Moet et Chandon High Fashion Collection Award in 1998 and her work is held in many public and private collections including Te Papa Tongarewa and The James Wallace Art Collection.

Last year’s winner, Chris Mules of Auckland, received the premier award and a $5,000 cash prize for her work Compound Fracture, made of gold card. Forty five artists were selected to be included in the 2010 exhibition.

Entry forms are now available from the Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku (phone 09 262 5789 or email obejctiveartawards@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz) or your nearest library or arts centre in South Auckland. Artwork entries are due by Sunday 9 October 2011.

OBJECTIVE ART AWARDS 2011

AWARDS ANNOUNCED FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2011

EXHIBITION: SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER – FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2011

VENUE: MANGERE ARTS CENTRE – NGĀ TOHU O UENUKU, CORNER BADER DRIVE AND ORLY AVENUE, MANGERE TOWN CENTRE, AUCKLAND

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