The latest exhibition at the Percy Thomson Gallery features some well-known Taranaki artists.
New Plymouth artist Jan Huijbers has rounded up a number of well-known Taranaki artists, as well as a couple of imports with strong Taranaki connections, under one umbrella to curate Taranaki Artocracy.
Taranaki Artocracy will appeal to a large number of art enthusiasts as it provides a window into what makes the local art world click, like a jigsaw with a number of odd-shaped and individualistic shapes which magically comes together to form a Taranaki-flavoured artistic landscape.
This exhibition, with 49 artists selected by Huijbers, reflects the 'soul' work of these committed local artists, representing years of application; each journey as individualistic as the artist who created the work.
Huijbers says his own work seeks to make the viewer aware of the need to take care of our environment, especially our vast blue Pacific beauty. Migrating to Aotearoa in 1983 from The Netherlands, Jan has adopted the Pacific influence and develops his own insights of its methodologies.