Chris Hargreaves » Upcoming

Composing

Chris — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:27:14 +0000

Currently working on some composition for my show at Blue Oyster Gallery in Dunedin!

New studio/workshop

Chris — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:16:40 +0000

The new studio/workshop is finally taking shape. The original building was a milking shed constructed around the 1920′s and at about 50 square meters will be a vast improvement on my current space.

Internal Framework for Observable Reality

Chris — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:46:47 +0000

In the book Timaeus, Plato presents the idea that the Universe was created to resemble a geometric progression; triangles form Platonic solids and the basic building blocks of the universe.

“a description of what is changeless, fixed and clearly intelligible will be changeless and fixed, while a description of what changes and is likely, will also change and be just likely. As being is to becoming, so is truth to belief. Therefore, in a description of the physical world, one should not look for anything more than a likely story”.
- Extract from Plato’s Timaeus

Internal Framework for Observable Reality. 2011

Aluminium, Marine grade Plywood, Photographic Vinyl, Treated Pine.

Approximately 1800mm(H) x 1200mm(W) x 1200mm (D)

For enquiries regarding this work please contact me here.

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The Waikato Sculpture Trust presents:

‘Summer, sky above earth below’, an exhibition of NZ sculpture
Curated by Andrew Clifford

For further information please contact Sarah Anderson at 07 8240733 or artsadmin@sculpturepark.co.nz

The Sculpture Park
Waitakaruru Arboretum
207 Scotsman Valley Rd
Tauwhare, Waikato
15kms east of Hamilton

www.sculpturepark.co.nz

rolling clouds

Chris — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:57:54 +0000

Imagery for an upcoming work… Sky Above, Earth Below curated by Andrew Clifford. For more info please click here.

Heavier than Air Object #5

Chris — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:05:03 +0000

Heavier than Air Object #5

2011

North American White Oak (Quercus spp), Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum)

1200mm(L) x 1000mm(W) x 420mm (H)

$1500

This work is part of the indoor show at the biannual exhibition, Sculpture in the Gardens located at the Auckland Botanic Gardens.

To visit Sculpture in the Gardens please click here.

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For inquiries or further information regarding this work please contact me here.

John Hurrell Review

Chris — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:41:38 +0000

Hargreave’s mirror pup tent mesmerises with its silvery stainless steel flanks confusingly reflecting the trees and sky

John Hurrell is a New Zealand writer, artist, curator and editor of eyeCONTACT blog site. He recently reviewed Brick Bay Sculpture Park and my work Blind Refuge which will be on display until the end of the year. I am currently working on a new piece for Brick Bay.

The Halo Project

Chris — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:17:57 +0000

The dawn chorus is silenced by jet engines… metronomic steps are interrupted by an authoritarian loudspeaker… ebbing waves are broken by playful children…

Artist Chris Hargreaves creates a stunning collision of the sounds of the Manukau region with his sculptural new media exhibition at Uxbridge Centre of Arts as part of the Manukau Festival of Arts 2010.

Audio Track Listing:

1. A low hum in the void.
2. Blessings of cross-cultural harmonics
3. Pronunciation of environmental scales
4. Prelude to a Valdivian forrest
5. Concentric glory at 12 Hz

Essay by Matt Blomeley here.

Catalogues are available, please contact me.

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