The Impossible Garden

Satellite • Amiorangi

Alberton • 30 May - 26 July

Opens
12pm Sun 31 May
Hours
10:30am-4:30pm Wed to Sun
Where
100 Mount Albert Rd, Mount Albert
yes
Artists
Emma Bass
Theme

In the grand ballroom at historic Alberton, richly decorative floral still lifes by photographer Emma Bass examine the beauty of nature, blurring the boundaries between photography, painting and collage.

With photographed prints of 17th century Dutch and Flemish examples as a starting point - already ‘impossible bouquets’ constructed with elements from mismatched seasons and in distorted perspectives – are further embellished with both natural (real flowers, bees, butterflies) and man-made & mass-produced objects, amplifying their beguiling unreality. Gilded gold cut-outs inspired by Matisse further adorn the opulent surface of the images.

‘Exploring beauty though a manipulated lens’ the illusory perfection of the flower portraits fuse the heritage of the masters with a contemporary sensibility to recontetextualise the genre in the 21st century.

Emma Bass is represented by Artis Gallery, Auckland

Talking Culture - Artist Talk 
2pm Sun 7 June
Alberton, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga presents photographer Emma Bass in conversation with Aimee Rafini from Art Ache, as part of the satellite exhibition The Impossible Garden at Alberton. Read more...

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Alberton • 30 Haratua - 26 Hōngongoi

Ka Huaki
12pm Sun 31 May
Ngā Haora
10:30am-4:30pm Wed to Sun
Wāhi
100 Mount Albert Rd, Mount Albert
āe
Ngā Tohunga Toi
Emma Bass
Kaupapa

Kei roto i te whare tawhito o Alberton ngā whakaahua whakaroau o te kaiwhakaahua nei a Emma Bass. Ko tōna kaupapa e whakamātau ana i te ataahua o te taiao mā te whakakotahi i ngā tukunga nei, arā, ko te whakaahua, te peita me te toi piripiri.

31. Resized Alberton_Ode to Ambrosius Bosschaert & Matisse Emma Bass

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