18/04/06
"Protection", an exhibition by Wellington-based artist Daniel du Bern opens at the Capital’s Hirschfeld Gallery this Friday, April 21. An on-going project, Du Bern describes the work as an expression of the self and place told through the idiosyncratic collation and display of objects. The exhibition mixes in references and themes such as New Zealand tourism, nationalism, skateboard culture, Russian painter Kasmir Malevich and punk rock.
Du Bern and his brother Nicholas recently represented Wellington artist-run space Enjoy at Melbourne’s biennial Next Wave Festival, which was held during March this year. The brothers exhibited video work, "Sibling Rivalry", as part of the Festival’s Container Village Project whereby artists from different countries were asked to exhibit in shipping containers. To see images from the festival check out Enjoy’s web site: www.enjoy.org.nz
