Emergence : Lizzie Pannell

The team at Mitchell studios warmly invite you to join us for the opening preview of EMERGENCE, a much-anticipated new exhibition from Khandallah artist Lizzie Pannell.
6 to 8pm, Thursday 31 August at Mitchell Studios gallery, 15 Ganges Road, Khandallah, Wellington

Emergence is an amorphous idea. It is a variety of notions: rising up, coming into being, iterating, quietly evolving.

Through an artistic lens, Lizzie reflects upon the concept of separate elements coming together to become something new. For example, a seed alone will amount to little, but united with water and soil something wholly unique emerges into the light. Likewise, an artist’s tools in isolation are nothing more than singular objects, but when combined at the hands of the artist, a natural and organic creation occurs. Just as nature is an assembler, creator, and transformer, so is the artist.

Emergence celebrates the coming together of precise elements at a precise time to form something perfectly unique. Petal by petal.
The style of these pieces fuse still life study and abstract elegance. Just as every flower is unique, so are these works.

Her recent ‘dripping’ style conjures secondary emotion and sentiment ‘below the bouquet’. Flowers are given and shared as a celebration, commemoration, and expression of love. And often that something deeper lies beneath. Lizzie names the works ambiguously to allow the owner and viewer to interpret the pieces in a way that speaks to them.

Emergence will remain on display until Saturday 23 September and artworks will be available through our website after the opening preview.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am to 3.30pm and Saturdays 10am to 2pm.