Wendy Lineham
Wendy Lineham is a fulltime artist based in Nelson and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Canterbury University.
Collage mixed media works - Magazines, Pinterest…images always speak. Here Lineham manipulates the interplay between the drawn images and the collaged “ready-made" images. "One of these images, repeated throughout this series, is Mc Cahon’s Iam Scared/I Stand up. What do they mean when read together? New Zealand is small, our cultural experience as a nation is embryonic. These images contain fleeting references to our collective past."
The Sky dishes: Oil on metal - The images reference the biscuit tins of Lineham’s childhood. Often these tins with their idealised (pre photo shop ) images were proudly displayed…informing the aesthetic of the room. "Juxtaposed along with an idealised image is a Maori word/phrase. The works invite people to think about what words are in the common domain for use by New Zealanders and what words should remain sacred/tapu."
Ballance and the Whanganui Giraffe
Original work.Mixed Media, Acrylic, Metal and Board."This series of works combines NZ artists works with known International artworks of previous centuries and commercial advertisements. This alludes ..