In the showcase opening (see pictures below), gallery artist Sandra Turner-Barlow said that her art was designed, as social commentary to alert the viewer to the inexorable march of urban development into the rural landscape. At the same time, the significant gap between rich and poor was maintained and manifest in what we call 'our place'.

Juliet Roper explained that her very personal art was to capture a way of life that is now disappearing with the moderne designed bach being replaced with concrete urban plans that eschew traditional New Zealand architecture. Oliver McLeod spoke of the geology and indeed genealogy of his magnificent cartographic composition of the Karioi volcanic region that creates a true grand narrative within which the Our Place Showcase resides.

Gallery curator Clive Gilson shared with the large audience the significance of the showcase that acted as a critical punctuation mark in the quest of the gallery to examine what it is to 'live in the local' and create meaning as we admire the landscapes that surround us, walk the streets and live in the houses and places that we call home.

The Showcase Catalogue and art analysis can be seen in the pdf documents below.

This special Showcase is sponsored by the Gallery benefactor, The Montana Catering Group.