Minimalism, abstraction and reproductions

Minimalism, abstraction and reproductions in exhibitions by ceramic and contemporary artists

Corban Estate Art Centre

Corban Estate Arts Centre's latest solo exhibitions by John Parker, Liyen Chong and Dane Taylor features new works in ceramics, painting and printed images is on display from 2 August to 8 September 2013.

Well known West Auckland ceramic artist, John Parker will present a new series in black, white and red, a colour palette that the artist believes encompasses New Zealand Aotearoa as an evolving nation. Parker’s works are typically recognisable as bottles or vases but he pushes beyond the traditional pottery vessel shape towards industrial minimalist forms.

Artist Liyen Chong has built up a multi-disciplinary art practice dealing with cultural generalisations and issues. In Chong’s latest exhibition, Resolution she continues these cultural investigations onto reproduced images sourced from the 1960s and 70s. This new series of work developed after travelling to South Korea on an AsiaNZ Foundation artist residency in 2012.

Auckland based artist Dane Taylor, also works on pre-existing images that he then overlays with complex painted kaleidoscopic abstractions. In Circle of Riffs, Taylor’s latest exhibition he continues to depict the interaction between abstraction and realism.

In a series of free public programmes with the artists; Liyen Chong will run a workshop about migration on 10 August and John Parker will present an artist talk on 17 August, while Dane Taylor will run a kids art workshop on Saturday 31 August.
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