Darryn George

George trained as an artist at the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Canterbury and graduated with a BFA in painting in 1993.

[1] George connects minimalist abstraction and the politics of photographic reproduction which has long influenced New Zealand art.

George explores the contrast between the sheen and glossy photographic images accessible in books and the textural quality of paintings when encountered in real life.

The palette for George’s works remains strongly connected to its place and Maori heritage as does the range of symbols which can be found in his paintings such as the kowhaiwhai, tā moko and koru patterns.

The Whare on Exhibition, in Lydia Wevers and Anna Smith, On Display: New Essays in Cultural Studies, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2004, 65-79 Brown, Deirdre and Lara Strongman.

Art teachers aiming to make big impression, Sunday Star Times, 5 July 2000 Kedgeley, Helen.

‘Art Teachers studying modern in traditional setting’, Sunday Star Times, 18 June 2000 Tipa, Moana.