Celebrated artist Owen Dippie (OD) and his wife Erin will move from Tauranga to Auckland soon and people get the opportunity to farewell them at a special evening organised by Night Owl Cinema at the Tauranga Art Gallery tomorrow.
The free event, which starts at 6pm with a presentation of OD's artwork and a print sale, will be the first of the Night Owl Cinema winter series. A showing of The Radiant Child, a documentary on renowned New York City artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, will follow at 7.30pm.
"We are really excited to be collaborating with the Tauranga Art Gallery to celebrate OD and his work and life in Tauranga, and we'd like to thank Priority One and Mount Brew Co for their support in getting this evening off the ground," says Night Owl Cinema organiser Kimberly Cleland.
"Night Owl Cinema is all about celebrating our community, people and places, and we see OD as a local creative community hero. We feel privileged to be able to celebrate him and Erin before their new adventures," she says.
OD is best known in Tauranga forthe Larger Than Life project, which aims to create up to 15 huge artworks forthe enjoyment of all residents of and visitors to Tauranga. Each large-scale mural is an ode to the arts, to culture and to the determination of the human spirit.
