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“Within the blink of eye we all make decisions about how we feel what we see.  We intellectualise and justify our decisions when challenged and yet our final decision is often defined in those first few moments – a ‘gut instinct’.  The paintings I have been working during 2008-2009 are my challenge to you.  What you first see may be different to what is eventually revealed.  The colour in the paintings there to beguile; the content, at times, to challenge; the pictorial detail to reveal more or confuse further.  Does your first interpretation still stand once you have taken some time to look closer?”

 

 

 

 

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Current exhibition

· Blink, 14 Aug — 13 Nov 2009, The Saatchi & Saatchi Gallery (5 Stories High), Wellington.

Recent exhibitions

· Showcase, 28 Apr — 10 May 2009, Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland.

· The New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award Finalist Show, 20 Feb 09—1 March 09, Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hamilton
[“Pleasure Garden” exhibited]

· Mind Games: Surrealism in Aotearoa, Feb 6 — April 5, 2009, Hastings Art Gallery [“Stark Raving Mad” exhibited]

News

24.4.09               2 works showing with Sanderson Contemporary Art at Auckland Art Fair (May 1-3) and at the gallery. 

29.11.08             “Pleasure Garden" selected as a finalist in 2009 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award (Feb 2009)

13.11.08             "Stark Raving Mad" selected for inclusion in "Mind Games: Surrealism in Aotearoa" exhibition at Hastings City Art Gallery.

2.10.08 "Head Hunter and Hat Maker" finalist in 2008 Waiheke Art Award

8.8.08 "Stark Raving Mad" a finalist in 2008 Wallace Art Award

Information

Artist CV

E: su@susannekerr.com

SUSANNE KERR — Artist