by Nik Hanton | May 20, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
The showing of Eva Rothschild’s, Kosmos, at the Wellington City Gallery couldn’t have happened at a better time for me. I’ve already been looking at her work intently over the last few months so the opportunity to see it in person is excellent. While...
by Nik Hanton | Apr 29, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
Wherever I look things seem to appear in threes… even when I’m not aware of it… i am i . you are you . .
by Nik Hanton | Apr 5, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
The works I’ve been given to respond to are made by a trinity of artists I’ve long admired. It’s a daunting prospect, but an invigorating one. It’d be daunting enough to respond to each artists’ work in isolation, but to respond to them...
by Nik Hanton | Apr 1, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I’ve been working on the idea of creating a series of modern “totems”. This raises the question of cultural appropriation for me. While I won’t be using motifs from any culture apart from my own, even the term “totem” sits...
by Nik Hanton | Mar 12, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
When a collection of works is in response to a gallery space the volume and shape of the space can (potentially) over-ride/rule the works, if we let it. What if we “strangled the space” and bent it to our will rather than being beholden to it? The space...
by Nik Hanton | Mar 7, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
My personality is one that thrives on order. While not a precise person by nature I do like things to be “tidy”. There’s something about a zig-zag that fits perfectly with my desire for order and my inability to subscribe to strict precision. Terhi...
by Nik Hanton | Mar 6, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I love words and I love discovering words that describe concepts concisely and precisely. When I saw the word “Unicum” on the sheet next to the Jantje Fleischhut work I’ll be responding to from the CODA Museum collection I was excited. UNICUM:...
by Nik Hanton | Feb 25, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I’ve been carefully reviewing the works that I have been given to respond to; making notes, playing with materials and researching the artists work. I’ve received three artists’ works: one from Evert Nijland, Tehri Tolvanen, and Jantje Fleishut. These...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Becky Bliss, Brendon Monson, Caroline Thomas, Handshake5, Kelly McDonald, Nadene Carr, Neke Moa, Nik Hanton, Sandra Schmid, Sarah Read, Sarah Walker-Holt, Vanessa Arthur, Vivien Atkinson
The newly-formed HANDSHAKE 5 group came together for JEWELcamp at Te Auaha (Wellington) with the briefing of the two unique exhibition projects that occurs later this year. Roseanne Bartley workshopped in her masterclass creative ways of approaching the making...
