Sam Foley: Otira

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Thu 30 Sep ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm	Saving
Fri 1 Oct ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm	Saving
Sat 2 Oct ’10, 12:00pm–4:00pm	Saving
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Sat 9 Oct ’10, 12:00pm–4:00pm	Saving
Sun 10 Oct ’10, 12:00pm–4:00pm	Saving
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Where: COCA, 66 Gloucester Street, Christchurch City Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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Admission: Free

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Sam Foley artist profile

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In early 2010 Foley made a research trip to Otira:

"My current body of work pays homage to Petrus van der Velden. A waterfall in Otira Gorge, held in the permanent collection of the DPAG, has always been a work that has held a fascination with me from a young age and is a painting I will always return to. By combining a multimedia approach, painting and projecting moving image, I am hoping to create a contemporary retelling of a seminal artwork. The strong composition that places the viewer almost within the river is one that I have often emulated in my own practice but with different subjects. I find I am also drawn to painting forest/native landscapes and to the random patterns in nature and the freedom with which one can take when depicting rhythm within the chaos".