Since 2001, AUT has exhibited a
collection of artworks on loan from the James Wallace Arts Trust.
They can be seen on walls around both Campuses, the largest
collection being in the Business School building. The artworks are
mainly paintings, though the collection also includes a sculptural
piece which is actually made of paint - more on that coming up. The Trust Collection was recently the
focus of UBVJ@AUT, which involved interviews for Juice TV around the
artworks. Undergraduate students Nick Boyd from the School of
Communication and Clare Keegan and Nick Berry from the School of Art
and Design took to their task with enthusiasm.
The idea of the project was to
encourage an open conversation about art, to let our own imaginations
in. In the words of Gregory O'Brien, "You don't have to have
some overly informed, intellectual response to art."
First up was the Business School,
beginning in the café, where seated beside ‘Jean Gennet's
Deathbed' by Peter Wichman, I introduced myself as Assistant
Curator.
Scene 2 was a small office on level 4
containing an enormous painting of two meat chops. Can chops look at
you? These ones certainly can! Joanna Braithwaite's artwork ‘New
Zealand Still Life (Chops)' has a considerable presence, which
staff found quite uncomfortable when eating lunch.
Scene 3 and we're opposite the
Library entrance, where ‘Tingler' stands invitingly in the
corner. Here the two Nicks let their imagination run wild, picturing
Rohan Weallean's rotund paintwork rolling downhill and dangling
from the ceiling.
The takes for the day were wound up
with a clear message - come and see the collection for yourselves!
There are many ways to look at a painting so trust your own
impressions and have a good time.
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