Artis Gallery will be exhibiting work by Ray Ching and Andy Leleisi’uao. They will be showing a major new work by Ray Ching prior to his exhibition opening at ARTIS Gallery later this year. This exhibition will coincide with the launch of his latest limited edition book – ‘Fabled Lands’.
Now living in the UK, during 2010 Ching ventured into the genre of graphic novels, with the first publication titled ‘Aesop’s Kiwi Fables’ in which the tales were told by native birds, who took the place of the original actors.
Raymond Ching is renowned as New Zealand’s leading contemporary bird and figure painter. Merging realism with fictional compositions, Ching’s oil paintings are incredibly detailed, with an almost photographic quality.
Wallace Art Award Winner Leleisi’uao’s is one of the most significant contemporary Pacific artists. Known for his distinctive visual language that shows alternate universes populated by strange creatures. Immigrant communities and their experiences are central to Leleisi’uao’s works. An “artist of diaspora”, his work is reflective of his experience as a New Zealand born Samoan. He draws inspiration from ancient and modern history, news headlines and personal experiences.
His work is included in the permanent collections of Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Pataka Museum & Art Gallery Lower Hutt, the Chartwell Collection and the Wallace Arts Trust .
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