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Alan Ibell: Ascendants
April 20 - May 16
Alan Ibell, Landscape with Three Ascendants II, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 84.5cm (framed). Courtesy: the artist and Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland.
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Alan Ibell’s new exhibition, the exterior world of landscape and built environment suggests a correlation with the interior worlds of the figures that inhabit it. The looming mountains of the
Landscape with Ascendants works invoke a sense of agoraphobia while the brick walls of the
Home paintings impose contrasting claustrophobia, sensations in which the viewer is invited to share as they occupy the space of the gallery itself. The
Landscape with Ascendants painting is hung on the gallery walls slightly higher than is conventional, forcing the viewer to share the figures’ diminished position, while the skewed perspective of the
The group plan is simple: for a specific period, members contribute an agreed amount each year to a fund for buying significant pieces of art. A buying committee, chosen from the members, makes the purchases. Coming to the end of its five-year run, Hume’s most recent group is one of the smallest she has been in, with 10 members. They each contribute $500 a year to the buying kitty.
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The Art Buying Group visits New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewser gallery. Left to right: Judith Lawson, Rosanne Keys, Sarah Hillman, Sue Hornblow, Sarah Kennedy, Julie Mason, Anne Marie O’Connor, Rosemary Hume, Jacqui Wrathall, Louise Ward.