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Anoushka Akel

ANOUSHKA AKEL

Back Front Brain Hamish McKay 16 September–6 October 2016 Wellington
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About the Artist

New Zealand artist Anoushka Akel commonly works with oil paint and pastel, using techniques such as layering, smudging, dry brushing and rubbing with cloth and sandpaper to reduce paint to traces. As a result, her paintings are replete with visible marks and varying subdued tonalities that document the artist’s interactions with the canvas. One work from her ‘Three Handed Paintings’ series (2012), for example, comprises a minimal brown surface that has been painted and sanded back to appear grainy. Unlike the curiously transparent quality of the canvas surface, the brushstrokes in the foreground are short and form clusters of colour, suggesting a spontaneous application of paint.

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The Hamish McKay Gallery opened in 1993 and represents leading artists from New Zealand and Australia.

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16 Jessie Street
Wellington
New Zealand
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Friday - Saturday: 11am - 5pm, or by appointment
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Wellington 16 Jessie Street
Hamish McKay contemporary art gallery in Wellington New Zealand
Hamish McKay
16 Jessie Street, Wellington, New Zealand
+64 4 384 7140
http://www.hamishmckay.co.nz

Opening hours
Friday - Saturday: 11am - 5pm, or by appointment
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