Continuing a long standing collaboration between two prominent New Zealand artists, Euan Macleod based in Sydney, Gregory O'Brien in Wellington. They have come together, particularly in residencies in Marlborough and Central Otago, bringing together two very different approaches into collaborative works of astonishing power, drama and storytelling. It is like a conversation in paint, which began about 15 years ago, and has evolved into a superb juxtaposition of very different approaches to form, mass, line and concept.
The Marlborough works often capture a sense of history of sailing ships arriving or foundering in Cook Strait and off the wild coastline of Rarangi, the impact of their arrival, the ghost of past actions.
The Central Otago works capture the topical issue and implications of the Santana gold mine at Bendigo in the context of the impact of past mining in the region.
