Source:Â The Dowse Art Museum
Lollies exploding out of faces, candy-coloured corporate dystopia and disaster-inflected dessert commercials feature in the pick ân mix of artworks by contemporary international and Aotearoa-based artists in âCandy Coatedâ, opening at The Dowse Art Museum on 2 April 2021. Â
Curated by Dr Chelsea Nichols, Senior Curator at The Dowse, the ensemble of artists hitting the sweet spot in this exhibition are Rachel Maclean (Scotland), Jon Noorlander (Sweden), Alison Nguyen (USA), Patrick Smith (Puerto Rico) and Elisa Barczak (Germany/NZ) alongside Aotearoa-based artists, Laura Duffy, Sam Duckor-Jones, Emily Crooks, and Wayne Youle (NgÄpuhi, NgÄti Whakaeke, Ngati PÄkehÄ).