Artists at Soul Gallery this Saturday - last time
The artists have enjoyed informal contact with visiting public over the exhibtion. Many have taken the opportunity to chat with Di and Jennie and discover more about their respective approach and process to their art-making.
Di and Jennie have enjoyed the opportunity to talk about their art out of the studio. They both love to share about what they do and what drives them.
Soul Gallery
300 Barton St, Hamilton
11am - 2pm Saturday 26 March
The Painter and the Glassmaker Exhibition launches in Hamilton, New Zealand
The combination of Di Tocker's cast glass pieces alongside Jennie de Groot's painterly, abstracted landscapes make a complementary pairing.
The Exhibition had approximately 150 people attend on the opening night. The show will continue at Soul Gallery until the 31st March where Jennie and Di invite you to meet them instore at Soul Gallery 11am - 2pm on Saturdays throughout the exhibition.
Soul Gallery
300 Barton Street
Hamilton
Tel. 07 834 2120
Email. sales@soulgallery.co.nz
Video of Installation and Opening Night
New Glass at Hamilton Exhibtion
New glass artwork from Di Tocker will be at upcoming exhibtion
The Painter and the Glassmaker
Soul Gallery, 300 Barton St, HamiltonOpening - 5-7pm Thursday 3rd March
Exhibition - 3rd to 31st March
Exhibition - The Painter and the Glassmaker
Following the success of the 2015 exhibition at David Lloyd Gallery, Jennie de Groot and I will join forces again this March to present The Painter and the Glassmaker at Soul Gallery, Hamilton.
The combination of my cast glass pieces alongside Jennie’s painterly, abstracted landscapes make a complementary pairing.
In my collection of ‘moments’, figures set upon suitcases may be travelling to new places, waiting patiently for a companion or perhaps have been left behind. The figures are universal, in that they are not bound by specific identities - their form is simplified to a representation of humanity to more directly convey broader ideas about relationships, memory and connection.
Jennie shares this idea of not giving too much away, describing her new paintings as “walking a line between suggestion and representation - there is more ambiguity than before.” Enjoying the tension between realism and expression, Jennie’s recent works are an exciting evolution in her practice.
We will post regular updates leading up to the exhibition on our facebook page.
SOLO Glass Exhibiton at Gallery De Novo, Dunedin
SOLO Cast Glass by Di Tocker opened at Gallery De Novo on October 30th.
Exhibitions of paintings are the usual at Gallery De Novo.....not glass.
Due to a large newspaper article in the Otago Daily Times, featuring Di Tocker and explaining her glass practice, the show has generated a lot of interest.
Gallery De Novo is open 7 days.
SOLO runs until the 13th of November.
Gallery De Novo
101 Stuart St
Dunedin.
Watch a 1 min video of the exhibition set up.
Artist-In-Residency Progress for Glassmaker
Update from Di Tocker
I am two weeks into my stay in in Dunedin where I am based at Otago Polytechnic - Dunedin School of Art. My days follow no pattern, which is a big change from my studio practice, where I am very disciplined following a tight schedule of work.Here, I aim to follow my nose. What happens one day will be a follow on from what happened the day before, who I met, what I read and what I saw. It is totally refreshing and new ideas for glass are filling my sketchbooks.
Following a path to glass
I have discovered the Hocken Library where I spent an afternoon reading through articles on Ralph Hotere, a man whose work I admire greatly. This led me to visit a hidden sculpture garden at Port Chalmers whcih consists of 4 works returned to this site near his old studio(now demolished due to port extensions). This then lead me on to drive out to Aramoana. Hotere made a large series of works in protest of a proposed aluminium smelter at Aramoana in the 80's. I returned to the studio to draw and sculpt my first ever boat.Glass for Taite - Trade Me Auction of Cast Glass - raising funds for a very sick boy
Taite Lentfer is a 9 year old boy.
He should be in my daughters class at school. He should be in the soccer team I am coaching.
I can see his house from my studio. He should be there, but he is not.About 3 months ago he was admitted to Starship Hospital and they found out he has ADEM - an auto immune disease. He got sick real fast with his immune system attacking the cells in his brain and reducing muscle function to nothing. Taite and family (Dad Kori, Mum Lanie and sister Holly) are living away from home at Takapuna's Wilson Centre where Taite is receiving lots of therapy. He has come a long way, he now has some muscle movement and can even smile, but he has such a long way to go, with lots of ongoing care required from family and specialists.
I wanted to do something for the Lentfer family...a situation like this could affect any of us. Money won't make Taite better but it sure can help to relieve some burdens on the Lentfer family.
There are 2 ways you can help Taite....
Bid on this auction - winner will get this unique cast glass artwork of the BLUE FAMILY....and allow the Lentfer family to have their own special glass piece, the GREEN FAMILY.
or....Share this story - as someone you know may like to bid. Simply forward the email.
Trade Me auction #904520680. Closes Saturday 27 June, 9.52pm.
You can see more images on Dicastglass facebook page.
Smaller donations can also be made to Taites 'Give A Little' fund.
Thank you for reading
Di Tocker
Successful duo - Glass and Paint
Many who were there commented on synergy between the cast glass works of Di Tocker and fine art paintings by Jennie De Groot. Complimenting each other but not competing with one another, the exhibition of works was an absolute pleasure to the eye. The colour pallet or the paintings and glass was very similar allowing for a natural fit yet the works are extremely different. Small 3-dimensional objects and people sat beside and under large 2 dimensional landscapes.
Di Tocker and Jennie De Groot are both very professional about their practice, it reflected in the installation of the works. The pair employed Emily Rumney of The Framing House to curate and install show. Emily knows both Di's glass and Jennie's paintings well and also know the gallery space.
The successful show has been easily measured by the 20 out of 36 sales in just 3 days.