There was plenty of food for thought and visual delight with Interconnection, an exhibition combining costume making, body casting, painting and drawing.  The work was created by Auckland artists Vjekoslav Nemesh, Sean Hurst, Wendy Worley and Mark Wiegandt-Goude.

 

The idea was simple: a group of artistic friends show their diverse individual works plus create some new pieces jointly for the show, and discover the results. With unique backgrounds yet common threads running between each artist, those results were sure to be exciting, promised organizer Nemesh. 

 

The artists spent time in the last few months creating pieces of work together that have a completely different dynamic when compared to our individual styles, Nemesh said. More details of the project are on his website, www.nemeshart.com.

 

The artistic combinations were indeed thought-provoking. Nemesh, a veteran painter raised in the former Yugoslavia, will pair with a relative newcomer to the medium, Aucklander Wendy Worley. She transferred her interests in textile design to painting after studying with Nemesh in 2004. Now Wendy's paintings burst with energetic colour and symbols, while Nemesh's canvases reflect emotions and mystery while pushing boundaries of light, dark and colour.

 

 

Sean's own speciality, making costumes and props for television and other presentations, finds a unique expression in the jackets and handbags which he fashions from painted canvases. A 2002 graduate in Visual Arts from Auckland University, Sean has won success in the Trash to Fashion awards and participated in a number of group shows. For Interconnection Sean and Mark will combine their talents from the TV/film industry, with fantastic results.