Past Exhibition

Bells and Whistles.

Tūrei 6 -
Paraire 23
Tīhema

Tuesday 6 -
Friday 23
December

2005

Bells and Whistles

Bells and Whistles is a group show featuring Michele Beevors, Darcy Gladwin, Cameron Grant, Gala Kirke, Michael Morley and Peter Stapleton.

Michele Beevors, Darcy Gladwin, Cameron Grant, Gala Kirke, Michael Morley and Peter Stapleton

Exploring ideas such as: the artist as a commodity, the action of the artist as Flaneur, desire and lack of social documentary. Project spaces doing themed Christmas shows have an inevitability about them, if not a cashing into the ramped up money go round with some fundraising activity, the buy-buy-buy atmosphere acts as catalyst in less direct ways but is always lurking like a submerged log in a summer dive pool. This year the Blue Oyster is using the hyperbole of the season itself as a starting point, selecting works that deal with the commodity fetishism and unfulfilled desire in various forms around a range of urban experiences.