#Govett- Brewster Art Gallery

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Week 4: Connecting with Creative Communities

03. Attending Museums

These pictures are from a trip to New Plymouth over the mid semester break with a friend, stopping at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre. I believe museums and art galleries are a valuable resource in connecting with designers or artists, informing you of their work.

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week 8 group tasks

Group work

Group Task 1

Meet up and share the resource you've found (this should give you 5-6 resources per group), and add to the mind-map you made last week. (about an hour)

Start to plan what your tool might be, in relation to this. What might be some particular tikanga/ethics/values you might need to consider in relation to your tool. And why are they important to your specific project? (about an hour)

Group Task 2

WATCH: Meet in your group to watch the following video together:

Lee, Kerry Ann. “Not about us without us: Asian Aotearoa Arts.” Presentation as part of Words As Weapons programme on occasion of Candice Lin’s Pigs & Poison exhibition at The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 26 September 2020.

(Total viewing time: 34mins. Watch from timecode 56:10 – 1:30:26)  

DISCUSS: What are some of the key ideas in Kerry Ann Lee's lecture? Keep notes as a group. (about 30 mins)

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Ann Shelton: doublethink. "doublethink ‘We have maintained a silence closely resembling stupidity’ Neil Roberts, 1982, installation view, offsite project for Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Midhurst, Taranaki, 2013. Photograph by Bryan James."

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FURTHER RESEARCH - 5 New Zealand Artists & Designers

DEBRA BUSTIN

Debra Kaye Bustin is a New Zealand artist. Her work is in the permanent collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Sarjeant Gallery and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Her projects incorporate elements including paint, print, sculpture and many more. Her art pieces are often immersive in terms ofd their large scale and setup.

HOLLY ROSS (FLURO)

Holly / Fluro is an artist and designer originally from Christchurch, who's art and design work is primarily type based and is influenced by graffiti, typography and sign writing. She also works with a variety of media and technology.

JESS JOHNSON

Jess Johnson is a New York-based New Zealand contemporary artist who works in drawing, installation, animation, and virtual reality. Her drawings depict alternative realms while her collaborations with Simon Ward and Andrew Clarke adapt the world of her drawings into video animations and virtual reality.

'THE PANTY BAGGERS'

The Pantybag Collective, also know as 'The Pantybaggers' (a group of four women) spread messages which are both political and personal through stylistic photo collage - which is produced into posters, zines and many more.

JUDE BROUGHAN

Jude Broughan is New Zealand-born artist, now based in Brooklyn, New York. In her art practice, Broughan creates photo-based assemblages, slicing and stitching together photographs, fabrics, painted and printed elements, in formal compositions that are both abstracted and allegorical. She has had solo exhibitions at venues such as Benrubi Gallery, New York (2020, 2017), Marisa Newman Projects, New York (2017), and many more.

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Artist 9: Debra Kaye Bustin

Debra Kaye Bustin (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Sarjeant Gallery and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Bustin was born in Wellington in 1957. Her art is characterised by bright colours and plastic materials, often covering the whole walls and floors of space. In 2010, Bustin worked with children living in Wellington City Council's Te Ara Hou housing estate to redesign the area's playground as part of a major redevelopment of the neighbourhood. She has also designed public outdoor sculptural art for the Paraparaumu Library.

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Edith Amituanai

Edith Amituanai was born in 1980 in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2005 she completed a Bachelor of Design (majoring in photography) at Unitec Institute of Technology, before completing a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 2009. In 2007, Amituanai was the first recipient of the Art Foundation’s Marti Friendlander Photographic Award. The following year she was nominated for the Walters Prize at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Amituanai undertook the Taipei Artist Village Residencyin 2014 and was the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Hastings City Art Gallery in 2017. She has exhibited extensively in galleries and museums across Aotearoa and internationally in Australia, Austria, Taiwan, Germany and France. Her artwork is held in national collections including Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Amituanai is represented by Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland.

Edith Amituanai: Double Takeis the first exhibition to survey artist Edith Amituanai’s practice in its entirety. Presenting over 60 photographs, it provides insights into the various bodies of work she has produced since 2003 which draw attention to the experiences of Pacific people as well as other diasporic communities both within New Zealand and further afield. Imaging people and domestic spaces in her immediate neighbourhood of Ranui in West Auckland and extending to Samoa, the USA and beyond, she provides a lens on what she describes as a ‘third-wave migration’ driven by diverse economic and social forces that propel the movement of Pacific Island communities from their homelands. Double Take invites us to reconsider these works for the critical insights they reveal of the artist’s use of and belief in the photographic medium. Suspended in place and time we see the inner and outer worlds of those pictured and, for a moment, envisage ourselves there.

Edith Amituanai is an artist I worked closely with in year 12 and 13. their passion for photographing her community made me drawn to photographing mine. she is such a nice person and has so many creative ideas when it come to telling stories through a lense. I honestly love the way she captures people around her especially this photo on top. i think its so cool because they arent posing they are in the moment and you can see the joy and expressions on their face.

this is an example of the images edith produced while at our school I made similar masks for my art sculpture board she worked with the year 10s and they were all photographed with their masks they had made.

this mask here was one I made while I was in the hospital in year 13 my art is a lot better now

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PHOTOGRAPHY RESEARCH PT.10

EDITH AMITUANAI

I studied Edith Amituanai last year when thinking about how she takes photos of peoples places and homes which fit in with our original photography assignment theme “where am I” but now I will be taking a closer look at how Edith takes portraits and how she photographs the people are her and does portraiture through homes and peoples spaces. Edith is an incredibly impressive photographer with her work being showcased all over New Zealand in Te Papa, The Auckland Art Gallery and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. She is an artist born in Auckland after her parents emigrated from Samoa. She graduated from Unitec and the Elam School of Fine Arts apart of UOA so she’s an artist who feels very close to ourselves studying at AUT in Auckland and it’s important to look to these artists who have roots here and have gone down a similar path to us, It’s inspiring and encouraging to see someone from Aotearoa get really far with their artistic practice. Edith’s photography focuses on family communities and people in Aotearoa, especially pasifika families and their domestic settings, amplifying the perhaps mundane unseen lives of the people who live here in this country. She takes pride in her Samoan and pasifika culture and showcases it through her art and photography.

The series of work I wanted to look further into is called ‘End of my Driveway’ where Edith takes candid photos of school kids walking home from school past her driveway. These photos are an example of how candid ‘street photography’ can be done right if you take the photos and then ask the people in them for permission to use. Also Edith knows her community well and perhaps knows some of these kids and it’s what makes it more ethically okay to do since Edith is taking this photos out of respect and out of a want to showcase the people in the area she lives in. I like these photos a lot since I love candid photos and I feel like it allows for you to really capture the people in a portrait authentically. I really like how Edith captures light in her photos especially when its a bright and clear sunny day, the bright blue sky makes an awesome backdrop for her images and it gives it a really nice summery feel or perhaps a clear warm winter feel since the images are still quite cool toned, which is the work of white balance at play to keep the images from looking too yellowy and warm. She must also use a high aperture since the people and backdrop of Edith’s neighbourhood is clear, crisp and in focus, except when it seems to be a more overcast day outside where a smaller aperture number is used and therefore there is a closer depth of field. But for the high aperture images this also means that to keep the light at a good level there was a quick shutter speed used but this is also important when taking candid photos where people are moving as you get no blur or speed lines. Overall Edith’s photos are technically very incredible and all elements of the camera work together to make the photo the best it can be. 

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https://bestawards.co.nz/graphic/large-brand-identity/osborne-shiwan-2/govett-brewster-art-gallery/ 

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The absolutely stunning external facade of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth.

And inside the artworks are similarly challenging and varied.

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New Zealand Road Trip - Part 4

New Zealand Road Trip – Part 4

We started this portion of our road trip with the intention of finally seeing the Franz Josef Glacier that we missed previously due to storms, land slides, fallen trees and closed roads. However, Cyclone Gita had other plans for us. So, as we headed off westbound across the south island we stopped in at Greymouth before scurrying north to avoid road closures.

We headed over to Greymouth on the…

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

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Peter Robinson

Snow Ball, Blind Time 

Peter Robinson was born in 1966 in Ashburton. He studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Auckland during 1985 - 1989 and he is currently working there as an associate professor. 

Peter tends to express his art using sculpture. A lot of his work is encountered as installations in art galleries. Such galleries include the McLeavy Gallery and the Govett-Brewster gallery. 

One of his works titled, “Snow Ball, Blind Time’’ (2008) was a gallery installation depicting an enormous piece of Antarctica that had broken off and drifted North towards New Zealand. Peter saw this in 2006 on a flight and was inspired. The iceberg was over a kilometer long and several hundred meters tall. It became a temporary tourist destination in which helicopters could land on it. His exhibition included six tonnes of piled, crumbled and chain linked polystyrene. His installation took up the entire gallery space and was the second time the McLeavy gallery had an installation since 1970 that took up the entire space.

His work was not only mesmerising, but also terrifying to think of the climate conditions that caused this iceberg to break away. The art piece was also ironic, as it was made up of a throw away household material yet depicted a natural structure.

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mount taranaki (5)

That happened last

In 42 Queen Street not far from Puke Ariki Landing, the Govett Brewster Art Gallery owns one of the best collections of modern art in the country.

Sooner or later we reach the crater snow field, which we can cross without any problems without crampons under today's conditions.blogger, photographer and author of the books "Fernweh" and "Wie uns Reisen glücklich macht".

The garden is open daily with free entrance.

We point out, what costs and how much you can expect.

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Judy Darragh

Judy Darragh lives and works in Auckland and played a significant role in the development of ARTSPACE, Auckland, the independent artist run space Teststrip, Auckland and Cuckoo. She was born in Christchurch, completed a Diploma in Visual Communication and Design at the Wellington Polytechnic and has taught at tertiary level for many years. She has exhibited widely and her works are held in various major collections including Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Christchurch; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland; and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. In 2004 the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa featured a major retrospective of her work curated by Natasha Conland and entitled 'Judy Darragh: So... you made it?'. Darragh is represented by Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch and Two Rooms, Auckland.

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Profile Research #2

Research 18 of the leading Communication Design studios that specialise in branding in Aotearoa New Zealand. - AUT Brief

As part of our group work, we are to research 4-5 different brand companies/freelancers for our BLAD content. 

Osborne Shiwan

Osborne Shiwan is a New Zealand-based branding and advertising agency, located in Auckland city. Formed in 2006, by Creative Directors Lloyd Osborne & Shabnam Shiwan, 'Osborne Shiwan' has years of experience in the design industry, working with well-known brands and have gained global recognition through their work, particularly in the commerce, arts and culture sector.

Website: https://www.osborneshiwan.com/

Clients

Art & Culture

Atamira Dance Company

Auckland Art Gallery

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre

New Zealand Opera

Objectspace

Beauty

Ryder

Design & Architecture

O2Today / Marcel Wanderes

Sills van Bohemen

Saatchi & Saatchi

Editorial

Nanette Cameron

Nic Staveley

Penguin Random House 

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre

Fashion

Karen Walker

Godavari Diamonds

Knuefermann

Deadly Ponies

Finance

Kooyong Group

Forsyth Barr

Everedge IP

ASB Bank

Food & Beverage

Allpress 

Our Land of Milk and Honey

Delverde

Hospitality

Nourish Group

Euro Bar and Restaurant

Nonprofit

Imagine Better

Tourism

Love Taupo

A Few Osborne Shiwan Projects - AWA, Karen Walker & Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre

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Research of design studio ---Osborne Shiwan (1)

Founded in 2006, Osborne Shiwan is an Auckland-based design agency specializing in strategic thinking and art direction. Creative Directors Lloyd Osborne and Shabnam Shiwan have worked with some of New Zealand's most influential brands and their work has been recognized internationally within the areas of commerce, arts and culture.

Case studies 1

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre — Brand Identity

Case studies 2

Ryder — Brand Identity

Clients

Art and culture

Atamira Dance Company Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre New Zealand Opera Auckland War Memorial Museum Depot Artspace Objectspace

Beauty

Ryder

Design and Architecture

O2Today / Marcel Wanders Sills van Bohemen Saatchi & Saatchi

Editorial

Nanette Cameron Nic Staveley Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre Penguin Random House

Fashion

Karen Walker Godavari Diamonds Knuefermann Deadly Ponies

Finance

Kooyong Group Forsyth Barr Everedge IP ASB Bank

Food and Beverage

Allpress Our Land of Milk and Honey Delverde

Hospitality

Nourish Group Euro Bar and Restaurant

Nonprofit

Imagine Better

Tourism

Love Taupō

Services

Brand Strategy Naming Brand Identity Art Direction Copywriting Campaigns Photography Motion and Video Graphic Design Product Design Packaging Publication Digital Illustration Typedesign Environmental Signage

Selected awards

2022

ADC

Bronze — Godavari Diamonds, Packaging Design

Best Awards

Gold — Godavari Diamonds, Product, Structural Packaging

Type Directors Club

Te Wheke, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

2021

Red Dot Design Awards 2021

Godavari Diamonds, Luxury Packaging

Good Design Awards Australia

Godavari Diamonds, Communication Design

AGDA

Distinction — Te Wheke, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Distinction — Te Wheke, Atamira Dance Company, Newspapers

Merit — Te Wheke, Atamira Dance Company, Photography

Merit — Race Daze, Euro, Posters

2020

Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards 2020

Honoree — Godavari Diamonds, Packaging

AGDA

Distinction — TDC65 Auckland, Campaigns

Merit — TDC65 Auckland, Posters

Merit — Godavari Diamonds, Logos & Trademarks

Merit — Godavari Diamonds, Brand, Small Business

Merit — Godavari Diamonds, Packaging

Best Awards

Bronze — TDC65 Auckland, Design Communication

2019

AGDA

Distinction — Deadly Ponies, Branding

Distinction — Deadly Ponies Brand Book, Brand Expression

Merit — Deadly Ponies, Corporate Identity, Logos & Trademarks

Merit — Onepū, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Merit — TDC Auckland, Typography for Design

Type Directors Club

Deadly Ponies Silks, Deadly Ponies Scarves

Pango, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Best Awards

Bronze — Deadly Ponies, Large Brand Identity

Bronze — Deadly Ponies Brand Book, Design Communication

2018

AGDA

Pinnacle — Deadly Ponies Silks, Deadly Ponies, Design Craft

Judges Choice — Deadly Ponies Silks, Deadly Ponies, Design Craft

Distinction — Deadly Ponies Silks, Deadly Ponies, Clothing & Apparel

Distinction — Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Distinction, Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Catalogues & Brochures

Distinction — Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Photography for Design

Distinction — Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Typography for Design

Type Directors Club

Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Best Awards

Gold — Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Design Communication

Gold — Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Design Craft

Gold — Deadly Ponies Silk, Deadly Ponies, Design Craft

Silver — Atamira, Atamira Dance Company, Editorial & Books

2017

AGDA

Distinction — Awa, Atamira Dance Company, Typography for Design

Distinction — Awa, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Distinction — Pango, Atamira Dance Company, Typography for Design'

Type Directors Club

Manaia, Atamira Dance Company, Brochures

Best Awards

Gold — Awa, Atamira Dance Company, Design Communication

Silver — Awa, Atamira Dance Company, Design Craft

2016

AGDA

Distinction — Manaia, Atamira Dance Company, Catalogues & Brochures

Distinction — Manaia, Atamira Dance Company, Posters

Best Awards

Gold — Manaia, Atamira Dance Company, Design Communication

Gold — Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Large Brand Identity

Bronze — Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Design Communication

2015

AGDA

Distinction — Karen Walker, Branding

Best Awards

Gold — Karen Walker, Large Brand Identity

Gold — Karen Walker, Packaging

Gold — Karen Walker, Colour Award Graphics

Silver — Deadly Ponies Man, Design Communication

Bronze — Karen Walker Display, Design Craft

Bronze — Deadly Ponies Rodeo, Design Craft

2014

AGDA

Distinction — Saloon, Nic Staveley, Book

Best Awards

Gold — Nanette Cameron, Objectspace, Editorial & Books

Silver — Saloon, Nic Staveley, Editorial & Books

2012

Type Directors Club

Eat, Make Something, Posters

Reference：https://www.osborneshiwan.com/brand