What are the themes behind the title "Last ride..." for the Auckland triennial?
The themes behind the "last ride..." for the Auckland triennial are referred to a topic of interest by Natasha Conland, The curator of the triennial which is exploring the ongoing relationship between adventure and risk taking in contemporary art today .
The curator was also trying to achieve with the triennial was to create a sense of pathway by connecting the history of contemporary art across the city. The idea of the walk was to point out that the 'walk/travel/ to art is an important theme of which is examining what adventure means and characteristically what we aspire to when we think og adventure and later risks to the topic. She also talks about how mercantilism provides routes into adventure and exploration into the world of contemporary art. The themes this year are also more focused on Middle East/ East Asian and New Zealand contemporary art and how it varies to the 'Western' Art.
What does a curator of a exhibition do?
What a curator does is decide what art works are put up to relate to the theme. They would have a theme or topic in mind and both the curator and artists(s) work together to determine how the artist's art would be featured, displayed and organised. The curator are also in charge of looking after the artworks.
Which Countries are represented this year?
There are many countries that are represented in this year's trienniet such as Lebanon, China, France, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Thailand, Sweden, Argentina, Iran, Scotland, New Zealand, UK, USA, India and Denmark
Name 4 artists who will be showing work in the show
Laresa Kosloff, Gerard Byrne, Johana Billing and Jorge Macchi are just a few of the artists that are going to show their works in the show.
Is Auckland the only country to have a trienniel? Are there other similar art shows?
There are similar trienniels around the world such as Uk's Asian Trienniel of Contemporary Art and the Queensland Asia Pacific triennial of Contemporary Art, but none that compare to what the Auckland Trienniel has to offer.
This work done by Gerard Byrne called the 'Loch Ness' is a collection of pictures showing the myth and reality of the legend of the Loch Ness monster from films and photo shoots.
How i find this work of art interesting is of its layout working from 5 pictures on the left hand side and slowly works to only the one picture in the end on the right hand side. It also kind of tells a story which starts from the first sightings of the Loch Ness Monster and the Loch itself and then the last picture which shows what seems to be a mysterious future sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. I also like the black and white theme which gives an old and mysterious feel amongst the works. How it relates to my own interest is that I like it when photos are taken in black and white and how the photos tell a story, something that I would like to do in my own works if I ever get the chance to and someting I try to do when im painting.
I also find the 'Loch Ness' collection of pictures by Gerard Byrne interesting as well. What I found most intereting about the work was the fact that Gerard has chosen to show his thoughts on the myth. This is shown where he takes a photograph that looks like it might just be the mythical monster, but the he juxtapositions it next to a macro photo of a leaf, or a bush for example. It seems to say, don't believe everthing you see. Also how how he has positioned the photographs is appleaing, as it is layed out alomost like a story book. He starts out with the questions, the photos that look mysterious and then he has eventually leads up to an explanation by zooming in on aspects of the image. He then has his overall explanation, the very last photo, which suggests nothing abnormal at all, just the Loch.
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