{"id":1560,"date":"2014-03-13T02:26:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T01:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzculturalgenealogymapping.wordpress.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2014-03-13T02:26:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T01:26:21","slug":"i-see-red-i-see-red-benjamin-work-at-fresh-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/2014\/03\/13\/i-see-red-i-see-red-benjamin-work-at-fresh-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"I SEE RED, I SEE RED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>TONIGHT!!!<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Work&#8217;s first solo exhibition opens at fresh Gallery in Otara. Benjamin makes striking symbolic work in a variety of mediums from photography, to murals to paintings. Benjamin was the feature artist for <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/depotartspace\/docs\/the_vernacularist_issue_one\" target=\"_blank\">the inaugural issue of The Vernacularist journa<\/a>l produced by Depot Artspace. I&#8217;m a big fan and can&#8217;t wait to see a whole exhibition of new work! Read on to find out more.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1573\" src=\"http:\/\/nzculturalgenealogymapping.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/ben.jpg\" alt=\"ben\" width=\"681\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/599378856814279\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the Facebook event page:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I SEE RED, I SEE RED, I SEE RED, Benjamin Work&#8217;s first solo exhibition explores the latent power of the colour red and its association with violent acts, grouping and beliefs from the world view of the artist as a New Zealand born Tongan. &#8220;Kula&#8221; (red) and &#8220;uli&#8221; (black) have been present in Tongan thinking and practice for centuries and today find resonance with contemporary Pacific Youth and gangs.<\/p>\n<p>I SEE RED, I SEE RED, I SEE RED also references Pacific\/Moana cultural concepts and migration.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition date: 14 March &#8211; 26 April 2014<br \/>\nOPENING: 6pm, Thursday 13 March<\/p>\n<p>Public Programme:<br \/>\nArtist floor talk with Benjamin Work<br \/>\nWhen: 12 &#8211; 1pm, Saturday 29 March<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Work is a south Auckland-based visual artist of Tongan heritage. Work has a strong foundation in aerosol painting and graffiti and is a core member of the Auckland art collective, TMD.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Work&#8217;s practice has expanded to photography and performance. Work&#8217;s diverse output includes large scale public mural commissions, limited editions and postage stamps. Work is also a member of the Auckland-based Tongan art collective, No&#8217;o Fakataha.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Gallery:\u00a05\/46 Fairmall, Otara Town Central,\u00a0Auckland, New Zealand 2241<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[30,34,45,54,149,221,275,283,311,312,314,328,356,419,422,423,441],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}