WELCOME!
Welcome to the online opening night of The Auckland Art Show!
This is the exclusive pre-view of the show - where you get to have the first option to view and buy art!
We have thousands of artworks for sale and over a hundred artists. You can browse the show AS YOU LIKE, by artist, by price or all the show at once. Any questions about an artwork? You can ring the artist direct and they will be there to talk with you. Just like at any of our shows.
When an artwork is sold it will have the message "SOLD", so be quick! Your purchases will be packed and delivered free to you, by courier, after the show.
Look out for the voting for the Lawson's Dry Hills People's Choice Award. View the Top Ten works and select who you want to win! Simone Anderson is here, choosing her favourite artist in the Celebrity Pick Award. You will be able to see who Simone picks in the Live Show Section.
We have a competition you can enter! Send Eleanor@theartshow.co.nz an image of you dressed up for art! We will post your pictures on our Instagram feed. Spot prizes of double passes to our next live Auckland Art Show 2021 will be the prizes for the best dressed!
Our philosophy is that art is for everyone! We hope you find your treasure tonight.
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PEOPLE's CHOICE AWARDS
The top ten works have been selected by our judge, David Woodings. Each artist has one artwork to represent them in the Lawson's Dry Hills People's Choice Award 2020.
View the selection by clicking the button below, make your pick and go into the draw to win free tickets to the Auckland Art Show 2021.
OUR TOP 10 JUDGE
The top ten works have been selected by our judge, David Woodings. David is a Christchurch based artist with strong connections to the photo-realist painting style of American East Coast artists. David’s first works influenced by this style were produced in 1978 during his years studying at the Elam School of Fine Art. His first photo-realist inspired works were shown at the Peter Webb Gallery in Auckland in Four Photo-realists in 1978. These works focused on glassy building interiors and exteriors, while also documenting and commenting on the growth of the fast food industry in New Zealand.
His first one-person show ‘Visions’ was at the Denis Cohn Gallery in 1981 and David continued to paint and exhibit through the 80s and 90s with a number of solo and group exhibitions.
After a period working in the heritage sector David returned to full-time painting in 2005. Arcade machine images became the main characters in a narrative about social place. The paintings now being in a large confrontational scale - inviting active rapport between the spectator, the painted surface and picture plane, the image.
Living in Christchurch at the time of the earthquakes, David dedicated 3 suites of work to the ‘quakes before engaging in a new series of works with a connection to the hand stitched greetings cards of WW1 called ‘Silks’ dedicated to the 100th commemoration of WW1. His most recent works were exhibited in Christchurch and at the Wallace Gallery, as ‘Merrily go around’ a connect to carousel imagery, but with a strong underlying political narrative.
ABOUT THE SHOW
The Auckland Art Show 2020 is here for you to view as an exciting online event. Amazing art and artists have come online just for you! We open for an exclusive opening night pre-view on Sept 17th at 7:30pm and then we are open for our usual Show Days, Friday September 18 - Sunday September 21st. We are open for three days only!
Please enjoy browsing the art!
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