This exhibition is a culmination of Jacki’s research in the last three years of completing a Bachelor of Creative Industries, majoring in Visual Arts.
An image of Jacki from her 2017 Toi Ohomai exhibition, photo Lee Switzer
The Exhibition is largely underpinned by Adornment.
BODY ADORNMENT can signify the status of a person, for example, ornamentation, protection, modesty, political regime, sacred Kingship and the divine, right through to self-expression This is called Semiotics, the language of fashion. The signifier becoming the signified through communication between humans into signs and their interpretations.
Lee Switzer: Lee is a regular contributor to ARTbop – photo essays, articles and poetry. Lee is multi-talented producing sought-after images of local artists and exhibitions. He has been an archival photographer around Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty for some years – the details of this body of work are below. You can find examples of Lee’s contributions in our ARTbop archivesMore photos by Lee Switzer at http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/tauranga_city_libraries_history/topics/show/2538-article-index-lee-switzer
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ARTbop is looking for people who could be part of an ARTbop regional advertising and promotional team. If you would like to know more about this proposal and the fee sharing scheme we propose please contact ARTbop Managing Editor, Rosemary Balu at rosemary@artbop.co.nz
Shout out…!
AND IN THE MEANTIME DON’T FORGET THE
AFFORDABLE ART & ARTISAN FAIR
THIS SUNDAY 28th JANUARY 2018
THE BLACK SHEEP, WHAKAMARAMA 11am to 3pm
This Sunday 28th January 11am to 3pm….it’s all on!
The ARTbop team has been able to support on the ground projects like the development of Rock Fest at Totara Street, the completion of the Hairy Maclary statues on the Tauranga Waterfront, the 2016 National Poetry Day and currently the Affordable Art & Artisan Fair in collaboration with the Black Sheep Bar & Grill at Whakamarama. All that has been done on a voluntary basis by ARTbop contributors, supporters and their associates. (And with the support of local business and print media for which we are genuinely grateful).
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