Posts by: Karin Maraney
Celebrate spring this year with the inspiring new exhibitions at Agora Gallery. Enjoy the intriguing and exhilarating works of one show, feel your senses tingle as you view the art in another and admire the wonderful art of New Zealand and Australia in a third. The exhibits open on May 18, 2012 and run until June 7, 2012. The opening reception will take place on Thursday May 24, 2012 and as always entrance is free and art lovers are warmly encouraged to attend.
In Out From Down Under & Beyond: Fine Art From Australia and New Zealand, you will be whisked away to worlds inspired by the cultural and natural heritage of the talented artists who combine their personal experiences with a shared understanding to produce works of art that [...]
It’s spring outside, and for some of us that doesn’t mean much more than leaving coats in the closet and maybe starting to think about ice cream and summer fruits. But the changing of the seasons is a big, important and dramatic event in the natural world – and it can bring new interest and meaning to your work and perhaps even your life if you start paying attention to it.
For some artists, this is obvious; landscape artists are naturally sensitive to the seasons and the conditions of the world because they have a direct impact on the scenes they paint and the images that are available to them. Even there, though, there may be something to learn. Often artists simply go out in search of a place that speaks to them, [...]
For artists, art is both an expression and a source of inspiration, exploration and communication. For art lovers (and the two are of course not mutually exclusive) art is a rich well of beauty, ingenuity and creativity. Yet it also has another role to play – that of introducing viewers to a particular issue, saying something about it and attempting to persuade them of a way of thinking or conclusion.
The main thing here is that the work is intended not only to educate and inform but also to convince. It is, in effect, a way of publicly standing against a trend or a problem, and showing others your point of view so strongly that you hope that they cannot help but be convinced. It is a form of protest.
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This spring, let the exhibitions at Agora Gallery lift you up and carry you away to a full enjoyment of the lengthening days. Fabulous fine art photography by skilled artists and dazzling contemporary art are all here to charm you and take your breath away.
The exhibitions open on April 24, 2012 and run until May 15, 2012. The opening reception will take place on April 26, 2012 and as always we encourage art lovers to attend and meet some of the creators of these delightful works of art.
Altered States of Reality: an Exhibition of Analog and Digital Photography is a continually popular show at Agora. Scheduled biannually, it never fails to draw pleased comments and interest from its audience, and this show promises to be as wonderful [...]
At Agora Gallery, we’re getting excited about the show which will soon be opening in part of our exhibition space. Made in New Zealand features the compelling, creative and utterly satisfying work of talented artists from New Zealand, and we’re sure that it will bring a new and richer perspective on that country to all the visitors to the show.
The exhibition has been organized by the Flagstaff Gallery of New Zealand, which also represents the artists whose works will be on display. The Flagstaff Gallery was established in 1993 as the very first dealer gallery on Auckland’s North Shore. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength, becoming one of the influential major players in the Auckland art scene and promoting the work of many wonderful artists.
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