FETCH! A Dog Show
Dogs take centre stage at KINA Gallery this Friday 6 November for the opening of FETCH!, an exhibition all about the canis familaris – mans (and artists) best friend.
Featuring paintings and sculptural work by a pack of renowned local and national artists, FETCH! pays homage to our favourite companion - the dog. Appearing as a common visual motif throughout the history of art, this repeated emergence is an indication of the important role dogs have played as artists ally.
Rebecca Mooney, KINA’s Gallery Director, believes that “this is the time of year when people need an up-lifting bite of creative storytelling” - and this show does just that. She says that this exhibition is “all about celebrating the dog’s unique relationship to humans”.
Join us at our exhibition to celebrate the most doting, panting, slobbering, tail-wagging, bone-chewing, playful, nuzzling, hole-digging, affectionate, comforting, cat-chasing, lamp-post-sniffing, loyal, loving … friends.
FETCH! is on show in the KINA gallery from Friday 6th November until 2nd December 2009.
‘His name is not Wild Dog any more
But the First Friend
Because he will be our friend
for always and always and always’
Rudyard Kipling
Rose Walkinshaw
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rose@kina.co.nz
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KINA NZ Design + Art SpaceKINA is a boutique design store, art gallery and on-line shop proudly supporting New Zealand/Aotearoa designers, craftspeople and artists. This is the perfect place to shop if you are looking for a distinctive slice of New Zealand made art and design. Everything at KINA is New Zealand made; even the music played in the design store is home grown.
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KINA also has monthly exhibitions in the attached gallery space by predominately Taranaki artists.
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