Arthouse_site

Arthouse_site incorporates architectural aspects of The Arthouse Architecture Building into the work by acknowledging the existing structure of the interior and exterior space. Visual aspects of the location are absorbed into the artwork through a combination of subtle and brightly coloured geometric adhesive vinyl forms to develop a dynamic site specific installation artwork. 

Motifs inherent in the work are designed by emphasizing visual aspects that exist within the site, both visible and internal, or under the skin. Details of the exterior facade of the building are incorporated into the composition, alongside abstracted forms that hint at architectural structural devices, such as interlocking joints, frames or jambs. The original use of the building as home to J.H. Cock & Co., General Merchants and Warehouseman add to the conversation with form and colour when composing the work through the application of nautical flag like shapes.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011     Arthouse_site - Site Specific Installation Commission, Arthouse Architecture, Nelson
2010     The Field - Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Elam School of Fine Arts,University of Auckland.
2009     OSB_site - Site Specific Installation, Old South British Building, Auckland City.
2008     CITY_scape - Site Specific Installation, City Art Rooms, Auckland City.
2006     Open Plan - Maheke Exhibition Galleries, Auckland.
             PLATFORM_site - Site Specific Installation, Platform Gallery, Hamilton.
             Webb's_site - Site Specific Installation, Webb’s Café, Newmarket, Auckland.
2005     Built Insite - Site Specific Installation, Stanbeth House Gallery, CustomsStreet, Auckland City.
             The Cabinet Stripped Bare by the Bourgeois, Maheke Exhibition Galleries, Auckland.
2004     Papercut – NorthArt Arts Centre, Northcote, Auckland.
             HI_RISE - Pop-In-Room, Artspace, Auckland City.
2003     QWAK03 - Site Specific Installation for Quay West Hotel, Albert St, Auckland.
2002     Pro Tempore - Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport, Auckland.
             Teak - The George Fraser Gallery, Auckland.
             Installation - Lowe Lintas Advertising Agency, Ponsonby, Auckland.

Photographer John-Paul Pochin