THE FOYER ART PROJECT 9 – 23 MARCH 2007
ART UPFRONT
Amelia Harris and Alla Sosnovskaia The Gus Fisher Gallery, carpark Eileen Leung Shortland Chambers Ana Horomia AXA Centre Megan Hansen Knarhoi The Shortland Centre,
Forsyth Barr Tower Brydee Rood The Shortland Centre, Forsyth Barr Tower Ji Ah Lee The Shortland Centre, WHK Gosling Chapman Tower Karena Way The Dorchester Building
THE FOYER ART PROJECT 9 – 23 MARCH 2007
ART UPFRONT
Leading the intrepid viewer through the foyers of
Shortland Street’s glamorous high-rise buildings, Elam
Art UpFront is an art trail with a difference. Unlike
sculpture parks where visitors move through a
cultivated landscape to gaze at a succession of art
works placed in natural surrounds, this exhibition,
curated by Andrew Clifford, Curatorial Assistant at the
Centre for New Zealand Art Research and Discovery,
makes art part of everyday life. But the idea of a special
trip being undertaken is still part of the concept,
signalled by Amelia Harris and Alla Sosnovskaia’s art
caravan parked outside the Gus Fisher Gallery. This is
the temporary hub for the creative journey, where the
interested traveller can pick up this map of the route.
Six graduating students from Elam School of
Fine Arts are exhibiting in nearby foyers: Ana Horomia
in the AXA Centre, Megan Hansen-Knarhoi and
Brydee Rood in The Shortland Centre’s Forsyth Barr
Tower, Ji Ah Lee in The Shortland Centre’s WHK
Gosling Chapman Tower and Eileen Leung in Shortland
Chambers. Innovative works, these installations
showcase some of the most interesting artists to have
emerged from the art school which is New Zealand’s
oldest, largest and best – Elam School of Fine Arts.
On behalf of the National Institute of Creative
Arts and Industries, I would like to thank the
companies involved, most particularly The Shortland
Centre and The Dorchester Building who have made a
fi nancial commitment to the project which has funded
the artists’ materials. They are to be applauded for
their support for innovation and c