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Following on from her Five Cityscapes showcase, Turner-Barlow has further developed her expressionist methodologies with a unique composition entitled, New Zealand Street. This hypnotic triptych. in the latest exhibition, Street Stories, emphasises simultaneously, both similarities and differences in what we recognise as dwellings familiar to New Zealand. Different shades in vegetation as well design imperatives are punctuated by a single door that is slightly ajar, indicating and inviting furth...

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Sold from the City Gallery, exhibition,  II FEMINAE is Joslyn Hobbis' brilliant sculptured composition work, Heaven's to Betsy. A great start to this new exciting exhibition!...

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Sold from the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Street Stories on preview day, this fine post-impressionist watercolour composition from Gallery artist, Martin Necas immediately captures the zeitgeist of recent Hamilton East developments; a street story indeed....

New exhibition at the City Gallery

Running parallel with the Street Stories exhibition at the Grey Street gallery, we are proud to announce a second exhibition at the City Gallery, entitled II FEMINAE. Artists Mariska de Jager and Joslyn Hobbis are presenting an exciting suite of sculptures and contemporary paintings that explore the diversity of women's emotion in art. In their own words:"Have you ever wondered what would happen when the deep contemplativeness of hand-built ceramic sculpture meets the se...

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Sold from the City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, are Sylvia Sinel's, historic compositions from her Forbidden Fruit collection. A healthy diet of Bananas, Apples and Grapes for the discerning buyer of these fabulous pieces....

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Sold from Sylvia Sinel's City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, are these two cat sculptures that continue to attract attention and buyers; a cat yard bowl and a terracotta composition that both brighten and lighten the day....

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This beautiful illustration of Chinese calligraphy from gallery artist Yu Ting Li, entitled Inscription for My Simple Hut is an exquisite composition that highlights the delicacy and precision of calligraphic iconography.  Set out below is a translation of the inscription.Inscription for My Simple and Humble HutA mountain does not get its fame from its height, but from the Immortals living there; a lake gets its mystique not from its depth, but from the Dragon living there. This home may be...

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In this exhibition we are also showcasing Chinese calligraphy. This is the stylized artistic writing of Chinese characters, the written form of Chinese that unites the spoken languages. Such calligraphy is considered supreme among the visual arts in China, setting the standard by which Chinese painting is judged. Yu Ting Li demonstrates her mastery of this art with several representations of Chinese calligraphy, with three forms of the Heart Sutra that was developed in China some 600 years ...

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Sold from the City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, is Sylvia Sinel's, historic composition, Forbidden Fruit. And there's plenty more where that came from. Go ahead... tempt yourself... (see below)....

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Sylvia Sinel's Queen Katrina from the exhibition, A Devotion to Form, is taking her leave from the City Gallery; no doubt that in her new home, new narratives will be in the making....

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~  PANORAMA OF RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS  ~This fan represents a section of a famous painting; a masterpiece of China’s “blue green landscape”. The entire original painting (see below) is nearly 12 metres long. It was created by an 18-year-old prodigy during Northern Song dynasty whose name is Wang Ximeng. It is imbued with a tremendous momentum that can ‘conquer mountains and rivers’. This is typically seen as the national image that documents and represents the Song dynasty. Acc...

Celebrating our Volunteers

Out on the back deck, Lots of tempting food. Outdoor music, funish'd and burnish'd in the hot and hazy afternoon sun, frustratingly missing; Miss Joan Hunter Dunn......

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Sold from the Devotion to Form exhibition, Sylvia Sinel's very striking duel pieces, My Body is a Temple....

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While Sylvia Sinel held an informal conversation regarding her dedication and Devotion to Form, two sculptural pieces (seen below) were quietly acquired....

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Chinese calligraphy is a fundamental component of the new exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art. The Welcome Swallow Gallery is proud to present Yu Ting Li's calligraphy that anchors the cultural canons of Chinese history. Sold today is a spectacular rendition of The Heart Sutra, based on 600 year old Chinese sanskrits. The Sutra philosophy offers a personal journey towards wisdom and true compassion. The artistic form that is embedded in a semi-circle requires mathematical precision as well as...

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Orchid, sold from the recently launched exhibition, A Journey With Chinese Art, is the most delicate watercolour on silk composition that is indicative of the Jing Liu's outstanding artistry....

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Italian gallery artist Elena Brambilla, noted for her botanical artistry skills also demonstrates aquatic mastery with her large watercolour, King Fish, now sold and shortly to swim towards a new residence in Auckland....

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A couple rightly entranced by the presence of Lesley Lawson (Twiggy) and Audrey Hepburn, who between them, in very different ways, defined 60s shades of elegance and chic to the max, made the only choice open to them and that was to buy them both. So they did....

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Arriving from the Chinese mainland an hour before the opening of the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art,  this incredible scroll by Yong Ming Liu, immediately found favour with a buyer who recognised the pedigree of this classical Chinese composition....

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Sold on opening night from the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, is Jing Liu’s mystical watercolour composition, Viewing Mountains and Fog....

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Sold on opening night of the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, is the watercolour composition White-eye and Loquat by gallery artist Jing Liu...

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This simply stunning Chinese scroll, watercolour on Chinese rice paper, sold on opening night of the exhibition, A Journey With Chinese Art, by mainland artist Yong Ming Liu. Should you be in range this composition alone is worth a trip to the gallery....

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This lovely, delightful, watercolour by gallery artist Hong Cumming indicates that the real estate market is improving for both buyers and sellers with the gallery acting as an agent dedicated to ‘market clearing’....

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Another superb sculpture, Abstraction - Kingfisher has been sold from the Devotion to Form exhibition by Sylvia Sinel at the Welcome Swallow, City Gallery. The emerging pattern is selling. ...

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Sold on preview day, Kingfisher is a beautiful watercolour from the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, by gallery artist, Jing Liu....