13 September – 2 October 2022
Marté Szirmay – Earthlight, at Artis Gallery
13 September – 2 October 2022
Summer Selection 2021 at Artis Gallery
20 December 2021 – 7 February 2022
Marté has a number of new works in this exciting group show at Artis at 280 Parnell Road.
New 2020 works released – Artis Gallery
A series of seven new works – a continuation of Marté’s 2019 Loops and Knots series. Now available through Artis Gallery.
Enquiries to Artis Gallery
FIDEM Tokyo 2020
The venue for the XXXVI FIDEM congress in 2020 was decided during the FIDEM interim meeting in Ottawa (2017) and presented during the General Assembly in Ottawa in June 2018. The city of Tokyo (Japan) will host the modern art medal congress from 20–24 October 2020.
The congress and exhibition will be held at the Hotel Gajoen Tokyo which is known as the Museum Hotel of Japan Beauty. It has enchanting galleries filled with Japanese pre-war art and tranquil gardens with a river flowing through them.
The exhibition will be held in the Hyakudan Kaidan (meaning the one hundred steps stairs), which is situated in the old part of the Gajoen, often called as a “department store of ornamentation”, or a Palace of the Dragon King of Showa Era.
Artis Gallery Summer Show
17 December 2019 – 10 February 2020
ARTIS Gallery presents a selection of new paintings & sculptures by our represented artists.
NEW MANZ WORKS
A selection of medals by the Medal Artists of New Zealand (MANZ) members will be on display in ARTIS Gallery for our Summer Show. The MANZ members will be exhibiting their works at an international sculpture exhibition (FIDEM) in Japan in 2020.
Artis Gallery
280 Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 303 1090 | artis@artisgallery.co.nz
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New gallery in Dunedin
Marté will show at Fe29 Gallery in Dunedin.
Fragile Planet opens next month and will run until 14 January.
A bit about Fe29 Gallery
Fe29 Gallery is in Saint Clair and is run by Cecilia and Megan Mickelsen. The aims and objectives of this gallery are to foster a love and enjoyment of art in those visiting our premises, while displaying art in a relaxed and comfortable environment. The gallery provides exciting exhibitions to the residents of, and visitors to, Dunedin, Supporting talented artists, both proven and developing. Artworks range from antique etchings (from 1600 – 1900) to jewellery, contemporary paintings, drawings, photography, original prints, mixed-media, sculpture and furniture.
Click here to visit the Fe29 Gallery website.
More about the Sculpture in the Gardens show
For a great overview of this year’s exhibition…
McConnell Family Supreme Award 2019
Great news!
Marté’s entry, Contained and Protected, won the Sculpture in the Gardens 2019 McConnell Family Supreme Award on Saturday 16 November.
Congratulations also to Chris Moore for winning the Friends Acquisition Award for his work ‘Entwined’.
The judges praised her work Contained and Protected for demonstrating superior skills of craftsmanship as its expressed her concerns for the fragility of nature and humanity’s abuse of it. They said:
“This beautiful disk, fastened to its base by a bronze cord, acts as a talisman of guardianship in the garden bed of critically endangered native plants. It is a superb and accomplished linking of form to site, evoking both the preciousness of our botanical heritage and the idea of keeping safe forever.”
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‘Contained & Protected’ installed at the Botanic Gardens
Contained & Protected, Marté’s 2019 entry to the 7th biennial Sculpture in the Gardens, has been installed. The exhibition opens on 16 November and runs until 1 March 2020.
About Contained & Protected
My works are often conceptualised in terms of focusing devices for 'healing', meditation and contemplation. I aim to create a language of signs and symbols that transcend regional, cultural and social limitations.
I am a long-time advocate for the protection and health of our planet Earth and promote unconditional love and respect for all her sentient beings. While we are debating the rapid disintegration of our planet, not all accept that we as a human race are in any way responsible for the plunder, exploitation and pollution of her.
Contained & Protected is in the manner of a roadside shrine/marker/place to pause and reflect and give thanks for the beauty and peace of the gardens (and a quick opportunity for a selfie).
Ancient cultures have always acknowledged auspicious places as being blessed by their gods; prompting some sort of gesture of thankfulness as a shrine or marker where spiritual reflection and thanks for these gifts could take place. Pausing at these roadside shrines immediately connects the traveller/pilgrim with the enduring life of the region.
My sculpture is a symbol for our Oblate Spheroid Planet Earth – our planet is an oblate spheroid that bulges at the equator and is somewhat squashed at the poles. Sir Isaac Newton proposed that the Earth flattens at the poles because of rotational centrifugal forces.
The sculpture is bound by a ‘rope’ line, its two ends tied into a reef knot to ‘secure’ it. The line and knot both surround and unite the sculpture; a condition that promotes a protective, positive condition. The reef knot is a simple binding knot; it is at least 4000 year old, used to tie bandages among other things. As a binding knot it was known by the ancient Greeks as the Hercules knot (Heracleotikon hamma). Pliny relates the belief that wounds heal more quickly when bound with a Hercules knot (still used in medical care today). Knots were used as talisman by ancient peoples for protective purposes. They often had sacred meaning within their religious ritual and myths e.g. Gordian knot; Isis knot; Minoan sacral knot.
As the overall size of the sculpture and base is bench height, it is an intimate work and its placement by a path with an open vista so it functions like a pilgrims/travellers/visitors resting place; for we are all travellers.
Sculpture in the Gardens
Marté is one of the 20 sculptors selected to enter a work in the 2019 Sculpture in the Gardens, held at the Auckland Botanic Gardens.
2019-2020 selected artists:
Aaron Frater, Chris Moore, Chris Van Doren, Debbie Fish, Emil McAvoy, Gaye Jurisich, Gina Ferguson, James Kirkwood, James Wright, Jane Downes, Jeff Thomson, John Ferguson, Kristin O’Sullivan Peren, Marté Szirmay, Oliver Stretton-Pow, Oriah Rapley, Sasha Reid, Sean Crawford, Steve Woodward, Tanya Ashken.
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