Judy Darragh, Elliot Collins and Robert George

Overview

A hub and haven for all manner of creations and creatives, the Corban Estate Arts Centre is currently showing three diverse installations which demonstrate varied approaches of contemporary art making and celebrate bright stars of New Zealand Art - Judy Darragh, Elliot Collins and Robert George.

In Judy Darragh’s newest installation Walk This Way, everyday objects are transformed into riotously colourful abstract assemblages. Darragh is well known for her use of op-shop finds and two dollar store collections to create expansive installations which highlight the wasteful tradition of consumer society.

Elliot Collins is know for his 'wordy' paintings—colourful textured grounds emblazoned with statements such as 'This painting has decided to live vicariously through others from now on." His latest work extends his love of words, and New Zealand, into the realm of Homer's Odyssey. In Odysseus, Collins visually relocates the story to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf through text, sculpture and photography.

In Absence Is All That Is Left Behind, artist and film maker Robert George captures the interior landscape of the human mind through large scale moving images and sound. He creates a space in which the waking mind gives way to the unconscious mind, where dreams, memories and symbolism take over.