A Collection of Still Lifes Nicola Hansby

Nicola Hansby's exhibition, A Collection of Still Life, is a series of paintings that plays with issues around recognition and the repetition of form. Hansby's paintings feature figurines and ornaments, carefully arranged so that they appear both abstract and familiar. The objects are depicted under forms of draping, which reduce detail and liberate them of their differences. There remains a trace of the person or thing that has been covered and simplified. This presence develops psychological elements, inviting the viewer to think about what lies beneath. These minimal/abstract works rely on the competition between foreground/background, positive/negative space and the rivalry between possible forms.

17 December 2011: Watercolour Workshop with Nicola Hansby

14 -15, 21 - 22 December 2011: Screen Printing Workshop with Sam Ovens

Presented alongside Kate Fitzharris Walk, Rose Macleod Memory and Fabric and Sonja van Kerkhoff Caravan from Istanbul, Dunedin. These exhibitions, which all explore the connections between art and memory.