‘Fresh09’ Caps Off Another Exciting Year for Fresh Gallery Otara

To cap off another exciting year for Pacific Arts in South Auckland, Fresh Gallery Otara presents “Fresh 09” a survey of art exhibited at the gallery during this year. The exhibition will feature painting from Margaret Aull and Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi; photography from Vinesh Kumaran and Raymond Sagapolutele; textiles from Genevieve Pini; aerosol art from Dean and Shaun Purcell; and sculpture from Siliga David Setoga and Visesio Siasau. The exhibition includes small axe 09, a collaborative video work developed for the ARTSPACE New Artists Show including artist submissions by Tanu Gago, Leilani Kake, Visesio Siasau, Serene Tay and Angela Tiatia, produced by Janet Lilo in partnership with Ema Tavola. The exhibition also includes the excellent commissioned Dawson Road Mural Project video that informed the work of three local artists (Samiu Napa’a, Sangeeta Singh and Luisa Tora) with 11 volunteers (Kofe Aupeipeigamalie, Muavaefaatasi Brown, Simon Samuelu, Luma Aneti, Murphy Enekosi, Paul Lavea, Aaron Henry-Taripo, Ezra Ape, Joe Futi, Matagia Esera and Wylie Fong) over one night and two days for the Manukau Festival of Arts 09. “Fresh 09” opens on Thursday 26 November and runs until 19 December 2009.