EDGE
CITY LOUISE
RIVE
&
CHUCK JOSEPH 8 Garnet Road, Westmere,
Auckland, New Zealand
The art to be seen and purchased at Edge City is produced by Chuck Joseph and Louise Rive.
Based in Westmere and Mangere Bridge, their work is both a reaction to and a celebration of life lived in Auckland, New Zealand.
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8 Garnet Road, Westmere, Auckland,
Thursday and Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm
m.0212088583 t. 64 9 3763692
email: art@edgecity.co.nz. connect here to: Edge City facebook link
State house kid on Christmas day by Louise Rive.
An autobiographical portrait of happiness. Oil on Board, 800mm x 800mm.
Exhibited in 2012 Adam Portrait Award Exhibition, NZ Portrait Gallery.
This portrait is autobiographical and the story speaks to national cultural history. Here is an ecstatically happy child dressed in homemade clothing
and holding a Pedigree doll which is dressed in clothing made by the child's clever mother. The child is holding a wooden basket made by her father
in the local high school woodwork room. The context is post WW2 New Zealand; the state house in the background represents a caring society.
This installation was exhibited as part of the Portage Ceramic Awards 2011 along with THE WOOD below.
THE WOOD CJoseph
Fisherman 510x760mm Crayfisherman 760x510mm Oil on canvas © Chuck Joseph
The Four Kings" by Chuck Joseph - Oil painting on canvas is used on the cover of the CD Douglas Lilburn Violin and Piano works
This Atoll CD includes "Salutes to Seven poets" composed by Lilburn in 1952
A Kiss. Oil paint on wood 300x350mm Kiss vase 255mm h. Kissing vases 190mm h. all © Louise Rive
The Void Oil on board
© Louise Rive 1200 x 600mm
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Portraits and People Paintings from Edge City
Commissions accepted
© Chuck Joseph © Louise Rive
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Chuck Joseph Louise Rive
The art to be seen and purchased at Edge City is produced by Chuck Joseph and Louise Rive.
Based in Westmere and Mangere Bridge, their work is both a reaction to and a celebration of life lived in Auckland, New Zealand.
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8 Garnet Road, Westmere, Auckland,
Thursday and Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm
m.0212088583 t. 64 9 3763692
email: art@edgecity.co.nz. connect here to: Edge City facebook link
State house kid on Christmas day by Louise Rive.
An autobiographical portrait of happiness. Oil on Board, 800mm x 800mm.
Exhibited in 2012 Adam Portrait Award Exhibition, NZ Portrait Gallery.
This portrait is autobiographical and the story speaks to national cultural history. Here is an ecstatically happy child dressed in homemade clothing
and holding a Pedigree doll which is dressed in clothing made by the child's clever mother. The child is holding a wooden basket made by her father
in the local high school woodwork room. The context is post WW2 New Zealand; the state house in the background represents a caring society.
Here I depict a set
of six
soldiers from New Zealand history as a traditional set of
Victorian toys with some foliage and a
camp fire. The
two Rangers
and Von Tempsky, their mercenary leader, are shown as a
Magpie, a Rook and a Myna
bird, all introduced birds. Their
adversaries are the Hau Hau.
These Maori guerilla fighters were fighting to
regain their land and are shown as a Tui, a Huia and a Kokako,
all indigenous birds.
Although toy soldiers are things of childhood, they have always represented to me society's acceptance of something that should be questioned or at least understood because lessons of history are so soon forgotten.
Gustavus Von Tempsky, the artistic mercenary, died at the hands of the Hau Hau and the Hau Hau's cause was soon lost.
Although toy soldiers are things of childhood, they have always represented to me society's acceptance of something that should be questioned or at least understood because lessons of history are so soon forgotten.
Gustavus Von Tempsky, the artistic mercenary, died at the hands of the Hau Hau and the Hau Hau's cause was soon lost.
My figures are
ghostly faded figures, souvenirs of a battle not
forgotten. C Joseph
2011
TOY
SOLDIERS Von
Tempsky and the
Hau Hau - by Chuck
Joseph
Portage Ceramic Award
2011 finalist.
This installation was exhibited as part of the Portage Ceramic Awards 2011 along with THE WOOD below.
THE WOOD CJoseph
Fisherman 510x760mm Crayfisherman 760x510mm Oil on canvas © Chuck Joseph
The Four Kings" by Chuck Joseph - Oil painting on canvas is used on the cover of the CD Douglas Lilburn Violin and Piano works
This Atoll CD includes "Salutes to Seven poets" composed by Lilburn in 1952
A Kiss. Oil paint on wood 300x350mm Kiss vase 255mm h. Kissing vases 190mm h. all © Louise Rive
The Void Oil on board
© Louise Rive 1200 x 600mm
Winter 2011.
Work
in progress.
© Louise Rive
Click here to link to more
Portraits and People Paintings from Edge City
Commissions accepted
© Chuck Joseph © Louise Rive
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view more art from view more art from
Chuck Joseph Louise Rive
All
images and poetry on this website
are copyright to Chuck Joseph and Louise Rive
Click on the kowhai
heart to read some
Edge City history
Click on the kowhai
heart to read some
Edge City history
Garnet Station - the coffee oasis at 85 Garnet Road in Westmere ( open 7 days 7am to 4pm) has a selection of our word stones available for sale.