Arwen Flowers
Painting
LOCATION:
Helensville Art Centre (behind the Library) 49 Commercial Rd, Helensville |
New Zealand artist Arwen Flowers (MVA) examines body-held and felt learning through her painting practice. Her body's knowledge has been acquired through domestic maintenance activities. This internal wisdom emerges as gesturally painted abstractions experienced as events. Each piece contains traces of a unique visual language encoded with references to places, people, objects, memories and encounters. While applying and removing mediums with wiping and scrubbing motions, Flowers explores states of physical and material control. Each sensory mark results from close proximity encounters with prepared surfaces and is influenced by borrowed colour while working with and against abjection. Flowers connects to the viewer through haptic and colour influenced affective relationships questioning notions of care, ownership and agency.
I will be at the gallery during Arts in the Ville to talk about my work and answer questions. ‘Unpacking’ — 3-28 October at Helensville Art Centre. Opening: 5-7pm, 4th October. 2021 - Supreme Winner, Kumeu Arts Art Awards 2021 - Finalist, Emerging Artist Award, Upstairs Gallery 2019 - Supreme Winner, The Trusts Greater Auckland Art Awards 2019 - Inspirational NZ Category Winner, The Trusts Greater Auckland Art Awards |
