Exhibition Opening

Join with us, Angus and the Artform Team, and glass artist Di Tocker at Matakana to celebrate the opening of Exposed Conversations at Artform.

Selected artworks from Di Tocker’s latest series explore new textures emphasising earthy, natural elements inspired by remote mountainous landscapes from Di’s recent biking adventures.

Suspended in gentle, alpine colors, intimate figures sit upon bold, angular forms. The figures converse in harmony and calmness above the storm, while the rocky, creviced shapes exist below. Di says she finds a powerful purpose in remote connection. After recent outdoor adventures, Di noted the importance of, “allowing yourself to completely disconnect from ‘things’ to be able to reconnect with yourself and subsequently others”.

Di uses stark contrast and moody tension to build a sweeping narrative within these dramatic artworks. She adds, “the physical journey [to the mountain top] is a personal endeavour, but it can bring people together”. Told through exaggerated, natural frames and peaceful figures, her work is a vivid display of disconnecting to reconnect.