
Cultural Diplomacy 15/09/10 - 10/10/10 Don't worry, be happy 18/08/10 - 12/09/10 Anarchy in Avondale 21/07/10 - 14/08/10 Beneath the Blue 23/06/10 - 18/07/10 Duck! 25/05/10 - 19/06/10 The House of Lentigo 28/04/10 - 22/05/10 Stupid Studid Stupid Stupid Stupid Daddy 31/03/10 - 24/04/10 Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious 03/03/10 - 27/03/10 Dark Matter Blue Noise 03/02/10 - 27/02/10 Earthseed 01/12/09 - 24/12/09 Lower Life Forms 11/11/09 - 28/11/09 Random Dictates 13/10/09 - 07/11/09 Rulers 16/09/09 - 10/10/09 Splinter 19/08/09 - 12/09/09 Sweet'n'Sour 21/07/09 - 15/08/09 Waka Huia 24/06/09 - 18/07/09 Can you see what I see 28/05/09 - 20/06/09 Mud Monster 28/04/09 - 24/05/09 Health & Religion 01/04/09 - 25/04/09 Smoke 03/03/09 - 28/03/09 I Must Behave 03/02/09 - 28/02/09 May Contain Nuts 03/12/08 - 24/12/08 Here and There 04/11/08 - 29/11/08 Home Base 08/10/08 - 01/11/08 Pimp My Planet 10/09/08 - 04/10/08 General Assembly 12/08/08 - 06/09/08 Plastic Flowers 23/07/08 - 09/08/08 Happy Camper 25/06/08 - 19/07/08 white crocus 28/05/08 - 21/06/08 Private Park 30/04/08 - 24/05/08 I've let you down and I've let myself down 02/04/08 - 26/04/08 Fleischblume 04/03/08 - 29/03/08 Beardy 08/02/08 - 01/03/08 Call Centre 05/12/07 - 23/12/07 [gold] 14/11/07 - 01/12/07 Chateau Cardboard 24/10/07 - 10/11/07 Mirror Mirror 02/10/07 - 21/10/07 Hear my train a' comin' 11/09/07 - 29/09/07 Vanishing Point 15/08/07 - 08/09/07 I SAW YOU... 18/07/07 - 11/08/07 Cameo Appearance 20/06/07 - 14/07/07 Oil 23/05/07 - 16/06/07 No Where Isles 26/04/07 - 19/05/07 bobble 28/03/07 - 21/04/07 Inhabiting the Circle 28/02/07 - 24/03/07 E kare, you're so colonised! 30/01/07 - 25/02/07 Batteries Not Included 12/12/06 - 24/12/06 When's it all going to stop? 15/11/06 - 09/12/06 No House Style 17/10/06 - 12/11/06 Paradise Lust 20/09/06 - 14/10/06 Turangawaewae 30/08/06 - 16/09/06 Floral Surveillance & Recital 09/08/06 - 26/08/06 Velvet Nightmares 18/07/06 - 05/08/06 Hinterland 27/06/06 - 15/07/06 Nautical but Nice 07/06/06 - 24/06/06 The World Keeps Turning 17/05/06 - 03/06/06 Another Pretty Ugly* Collection 27/04/06 - 13/05/06 Splice 04/04/06 - 22/04/06 Signs of Texas & The Western Way 14/03/06 - 01/04/06 Bunny Chasers 22/02/06 - 11/03/06 Drawings 31/01/06 - 19/02/06 Megan Hansen-Knarhoi in Vivian Street 29/12/05 - 30/01/06 Animal Crackers 06/12/05 - 23/12/05 Recent Work and Dynasty 12/11/05 - 03/12/05 Bringing all the things that run 26/10/05 - 11/11/05 Dig 04/10/05 - 22/10/05 Homely Bones 13/09/05 - 02/10/05 Full Spectrum Dominance 23/08/05 - 10/09/05 Southerly Change 02/08/05 - 21/08/05 Rear View Mirror 12/07/05 - 30/07/05 Marked 21/06/05 - 09/07/05 Animal Farm 28/05/05 - 18/06/05 Awatea 07/05/05 - 27/05/05 Double Negative 19/04/05 - 06/05/05 Material World 29/03/05 - 16/04/05 Imperial Leather 08/03/05 - 27/03/05 Pond Life 15/02/05 - 05/03/05 The Abstract Walking Club 26/01/05 - 12/02/05 Speedway 24/12/04 - 25/01/05 Serving Suggestion 01/12/04 - 22/12/04 Dry Clean Only 06/11/04 - 29/11/04 Cultural Diplomacy 15/09/10 - 10/10/10 Don't worry, be happy 18/08/10 - 12/09/10 Anarchy in Avondale 21/07/10 - 14/08/10 Beneath the Blue 23/06/10 - 18/07/10 Duck! 25/05/10 - 19/06/10 The House of Lentigo 28/04/10 - 22/05/10 Stupid Studid Stupid Stupid Stupid Daddy 31/03/10 - 24/04/10 Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious 03/03/10 - 27/03/10 Dark Matter Blue Noise 03/02/10 - 27/02/10 Earthseed 01/12/09 - 24/12/09 Lower Life Forms 11/11/09 - 28/11/09 Random Dictates 13/10/09 - 07/11/09 Rulers 16/09/09 - 10/10/09 Splinter 19/08/09 - 12/09/09 Sweet'n'Sour 21/07/09 - 15/08/09 Waka Huia 24/06/09 - 18/07/09 Can you see what I see 28/05/09 - 20/06/09 Mud Monster 28/04/09 - 24/05/09 Health & Religion 01/04/09 - 25/04/09 Smoke 03/03/09 - 28/03/09 I Must Behave 03/02/09 - 28/02/09 May Contain Nuts 03/12/08 - 24/12/08 Here and There 04/11/08 - 29/11/08 Home Base 08/10/08 - 01/11/08 Pimp My Planet 10/09/08 - 04/10/08 General Assembly 12/08/08 - 06/09/08 Plastic Flowers 23/07/08 - 09/08/08 Happy Camper 25/06/08 - 19/07/08 white crocus 28/05/08 - 21/06/08 Private Park 30/04/08 - 24/05/08 I've let you down and I've let myself down 02/04/08 - 26/04/08 Fleischblume 04/03/08 - 29/03/08 Beardy 08/02/08 - 01/03/08 Call Centre 05/12/07 - 23/12/07 [gold] 14/11/07 - 01/12/07 Chateau Cardboard 24/10/07 - 10/11/07 Mirror Mirror 02/10/07 - 21/10/07 Hear my train a' comin' 11/09/07 - 29/09/07 Vanishing Point 15/08/07 - 08/09/07 I SAW YOU... 18/07/07 - 11/08/07 Cameo Appearance 20/06/07 - 14/07/07 Oil 23/05/07 - 16/06/07 No Where Isles 26/04/07 - 19/05/07 bobble 28/03/07 - 21/04/07 Inhabiting the Circle 28/02/07 - 24/03/07 E kare, you're so colonised! 30/01/07 - 25/02/07 Batteries Not Included 12/12/06 - 24/12/06 When's it all going to stop? 15/11/06 - 09/12/06 No House Style 17/10/06 - 12/11/06 Paradise Lust 20/09/06 - 14/10/06 Turangawaewae 30/08/06 - 16/09/06 Floral Surveillance & Recital 09/08/06 - 26/08/06 Velvet Nightmares 18/07/06 - 05/08/06 Hinterland 27/06/06 - 15/07/06 Nautical but Nice 07/06/06 - 24/06/06 The World Keeps Turning 17/05/06 - 03/06/06 Another Pretty Ugly* Collection 27/04/06 - 13/05/06 Splice 04/04/06 - 22/04/06 Signs of Texas & The Western Way 14/03/06 - 01/04/06 Bunny Chasers 22/02/06 - 11/03/06 Drawings 31/01/06 - 19/02/06 Megan Hansen-Knarhoi in Vivian Street 29/12/05 - 30/01/06 Animal Crackers 06/12/05 - 23/12/05 Recent Work and Dynasty 12/11/05 - 03/12/05 Bringing all the things that run 26/10/05 - 11/11/05 Dig 04/10/05 - 22/10/05 Homely Bones 13/09/05 - 02/10/05 Full Spectrum Dominance 23/08/05 - 10/09/05 Southerly Change 02/08/05 - 21/08/05 Rear View Mirror 12/07/05 - 30/07/05 Marked 21/06/05 - 09/07/05 Animal Farm 28/05/05 - 18/06/05 Awatea 07/05/05 - 27/05/05 Double Negative 19/04/05 - 06/05/05 Material World 29/03/05 - 16/04/05 Imperial Leather 08/03/05 - 27/03/05 Pond Life 15/02/05 - 05/03/05 The Abstract Walking Club 26/01/05 - 12/02/05 Speedway 24/12/04 - 25/01/05 Serving Suggestion 01/12/04 - 22/12/04 Dry Clean Only 06/11/04 - 29/11/04



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Nautical but Nice

Octavia Cook
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
Gavin Hurley

Wednesday 07 June - 24 June

The show includes a range of brooches and cameos by Octavia Cook as Cook & Co. “The cameos images come from a group of cameos I have been working on which have nautical/sailors' tattoo references (such as the parrot, anchor and skull) or from my Cook & Co monogram (the octopus, bow and crown) or related themes such as “O Cook” and “Captain Cook” said Cook. “Cook & Co invite you to peruse a splendid display of motif and monogram cameos from the family collection”.
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi best known for her crotcheted works, has produced a series of crotched “boobs” thinking of ship moles or perhaps a shipment of boobs. “It is within my character and artistic practice to lean more toward the naughty side of nice” she said. “The boobs all have a different serial number added to the generic title 'White Boob/Black Boob' - the serial number relating to the old Semco patterns I have used for the cameo lacing around the boobs... but also refer to some imaginary technical ship log jargon.”
Along with his large scale paintings, Gavin Hurley cut-outs have also become something of a signature for him. Originally producing the cut-outs to develop compositions for larger portraits, they began to take on a life of their own. Nautical but Nice includes a series of twelve cut-outs – images with text. Some have historical references to Captain James Cook and read like nineteenth century advertisements while others evoke a tongue-in-cheek fifties kitsch aesthetic.

The dream is dying with the body 2006 by Gavin Hurley

White Boob - Black Boob 2006 by Megan Hansen-Knarhoi

Skull brooch 2006 by Octavia Cook

Nautical but Nice

Octavia CookMegan Hansen-KnarhoiGavin Hurley

Octavia Cook
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
Gavin Hurley