https://taraluty.com Tara Luty Fri, 04 Oct 2024 01:36:18 +0000 https://taraluty.com en https://taraluty.com/Home Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:10:11 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/Home https://taraluty.com/what-exists-between Fri, 04 Oct 2024 01:36:18 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/what-exists-between what exists between supplejack/kareao and tōtara charcoal on raw linen 700x650mm&nbsp; • <img width="5951" height="3967" width_o="5951" height_o="3967" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ad45f041b116127e56f0dfa5a78595aed3f5f8c2690e35debc41023a06cad9c/DSCF6445.jpg" data-mid="220393288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ad45f041b116127e56f0dfa5a78595aed3f5f8c2690e35debc41023a06cad9c/DSCF6445.jpg" /> <img width="3727" height="5590" width_o="3727" height_o="5590" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4267f091518d7729c09d827cf17079a3f6c3b12c5482a19eddf15c5baba4258/DSCF6446.jpg" data-mid="220393290" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4267f091518d7729c09d827cf17079a3f6c3b12c5482a19eddf15c5baba4258/DSCF6446.jpg" /> A forest is what exists between its trees, between its dense undergrowth and its clearings, between all its life cycles and their different timescales. John Berger, “Into the Woods // 2006.” The sublime, edited by Simon Morley, Whitechapel Gallery, 2010, pp. 125-7. https://taraluty.com/shifting Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:36:38 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/shifting Shifting oil on canvas (pigment made from 3 different bricks found on Wellington’s South Coast), custom Tasmanian oak frame, 760x1015m <img width="3050" height="4575" width_o="3050" height_o="4575" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4c9639186190eb461654ebe17bc50d5fd2ccce35ba46128813f2e15f3bcd1e7/IMG_7181-3.png" data-mid="245680729" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4c9639186190eb461654ebe17bc50d5fd2ccce35ba46128813f2e15f3bcd1e7/IMG_7181-3.png" /> <img width="3038" height="4557" width_o="3038" height_o="4557" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb21ff339e624d1795c98b3396a7e79a688908cdcc0840cf4b84b3343507f8b2/IMG_7182-3.png" data-mid="245680730" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb21ff339e624d1795c98b3396a7e79a688908cdcc0840cf4b84b3343507f8b2/IMG_7182-3.png" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98ed82cc03e836ca9e3e8579343431a765f8e4d302797cb23f45d8cf0adb83ef/IMG_9021-2.jpg" data-mid="245680875" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98ed82cc03e836ca9e3e8579343431a765f8e4d302797cb23f45d8cf0adb83ef/IMG_9021-2.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88dc7b7e5becef86927fb7150beb29d1df0f50d7a19231866c9b728458c04394/IMG_9016-2.jpg" data-mid="245680876" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88dc7b7e5becef86927fb7150beb29d1df0f50d7a19231866c9b728458c04394/IMG_9016-2.jpg" /> Shifting is made from bricks found along the beaches of Wellington’s south coast. Once part of unknown structures, these terracotta fragments have been rounded by the waves of Te Moana-o-Raukawa/Cook Strait, becoming soft imposter-rocks among shells and stones. Their origins are ambiguous — formed from this land, yet shaped by colonial ideals of permanence and construction. Now broken and returned to the shoreline, they carry layered meanings: cultural remnants, geological witnesses, and metaphors for Pākehā/Tauiwi identity. Their transformation by unseen storms and tides reflects the ongoing processes that shape place, both natural and cultural. The title Shifting invites reflection on the elements that move and remake Te Whanganui-a-Tara: tectonic plates, winds, tides, time, identity. Just as bricks build walls, layers of shifting material build a sense of place. What stories emerge when those structures erode? What else can be built from what remains? https://taraluty.com/formed-still-forming Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:21:35 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/formed-still-forming formed, still forming oil on canvas (pigment made from brick found on Wellington’s South Coast), custom Tasmanian oak frame, 600x400mm <img width="4738" height="3159" width_o="4738" height_o="3159" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2c858296455d49436bc73ca06d7ed59ec81db4ef7037c480f72575061a6a598/IMG_7191-1.png" data-mid="245680732" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2c858296455d49436bc73ca06d7ed59ec81db4ef7037c480f72575061a6a598/IMG_7191-1.png" /> <img width="4717" height="3145" width_o="4717" height_o="3145" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5baa10286a88624a4996d025b06737442a3699e8c4a10beb24e5cbab11bc1bdb/IMG_7195-1.png" data-mid="245680736" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5baa10286a88624a4996d025b06737442a3699e8c4a10beb24e5cbab11bc1bdb/IMG_7195-1.png" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd959936f6b973ae3c591b2f7588ff3fd11491e1f3025cd196d6ecad4f3e0f3d/IMG_9006-2.jpg" data-mid="245680866" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd959936f6b973ae3c591b2f7588ff3fd11491e1f3025cd196d6ecad4f3e0f3d/IMG_9006-2.jpg" /> https://taraluty.com/forest-of-knots Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:37:30 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/forest-of-knots Forest of Knots supplejack/kareao oil and store-bought oil on canvas, 305x405mm <img width="3251" height="4877" width_o="3251" height_o="4877" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d01921a2bb73a1aebe5f6a217341195a5a66c7c40848edd65634073bc147adae/IMG_8978-3.jpg" data-mid="215096434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d01921a2bb73a1aebe5f6a217341195a5a66c7c40848edd65634073bc147adae/IMG_8978-3.jpg" /> <img width="3123" height="4684" width_o="3123" height_o="4684" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67b50318da62677f1f0baa066f82012fc38e3f1dabde7e69e98027c5d7a14da0/IMG_8981-3.jpg" data-mid="215096758" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67b50318da62677f1f0baa066f82012fc38e3f1dabde7e69e98027c5d7a14da0/IMG_8981-3.jpg" /> https://taraluty.com/golden-lining Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:24:15 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/golden-lining Golden Lining oil on linen, oregon custom frame, 265x315mm (with frame)&nbsp; • <img width="3298" height="4947" width_o="3298" height_o="4947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/909c5394e0524458e1f3afd3f4e08bdc5491e3a9c8abd31b69c897c9ba3359f1/IMG_8992-1.jpg" data-mid="215095826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/909c5394e0524458e1f3afd3f4e08bdc5491e3a9c8abd31b69c897c9ba3359f1/IMG_8992-1.jpg" /> <img width="3078" height="4617" width_o="3078" height_o="4617" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cc8148670ffd01a878ce200150050f78c4bf9d7307e4c1662f72d70ac5d87d8/IMG_8994-1.jpg" data-mid="215095820" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cc8148670ffd01a878ce200150050f78c4bf9d7307e4c1662f72d70ac5d87d8/IMG_8994-1.jpg" /> Through Smoggy haze, Lapping waves, Blonde curls The light shimmers, A golden lining. Pillows Softly substantial, Growing, yet dissipating. Tension builds, A column of vapour Ready to release. A thousand tiny drops Falling Hard and fast. Their journeys only interrupted By golden linings. Then A flood. Rising and sinking, She swims in the tide Letting it wash over her Until she can‘t breathe. Her body disperses, Succumbing to The weightlessness. She watches from above, Outlined in gold, Floating, dreaming. - Tara Luty 2024 https://taraluty.com/the-time-being Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:18:23 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/the-time-being The Time Being supplejack/kareao oil on linen, 800x600mm <img width="5163" height="3442" width_o="5163" height_o="3442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c607e25e487a62c716759b051eac1ece6fb0b0966cef79e9ea38ebb86c2bab5d/IMG_8995-1.jpg" data-mid="215095755" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c607e25e487a62c716759b051eac1ece6fb0b0966cef79e9ea38ebb86c2bab5d/IMG_8995-1.jpg" /> <img width="5003" height="3335" width_o="5003" height_o="3335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a9619741abaae7a22715e5dd617cdf241e9649d4816194c8ac96d015917f4aa/IMG_8999-1.jpg" data-mid="215095758" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a9619741abaae7a22715e5dd617cdf241e9649d4816194c8ac96d015917f4aa/IMG_8999-1.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f7e7b8ec83e880478e983b2010c926ee8f8990adfe90c31b87b050ad89229a0/IMG_8997-1.jpg" data-mid="215095759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f7e7b8ec83e880478e983b2010c926ee8f8990adfe90c31b87b050ad89229a0/IMG_8997-1.jpg" /> Do not think that time simply flies away. Do not understand ‘flying’ as the only function of time. If time simply flew away, a separation would exist between you and time. So if you understand time only as passing, then you do not understand time being. To grasp this truly, every being that exists in the entire world is linked together as moments in time. Because all moments are the time being, they are your time being. Dōgen Zenji https://taraluty.com/loop-track Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:12:56 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/loop-track Loop Track / Suspended Self-Embrace supplejack/kareao charcoal on stretched raw linen, 405x455mm <img width="3353" height="5030" width_o="3353" height_o="5030" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b26bd38f907729e6ea9a094f50f3c9f67f6d8a34a6cd2716a8fcab5783aab305/IMG_8971-4.jpg" data-mid="215095592" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b26bd38f907729e6ea9a094f50f3c9f67f6d8a34a6cd2716a8fcab5783aab305/IMG_8971-4.jpg" /> <img width="4746" height="3164" width_o="4746" height_o="3164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/666ec8d2a8ec82bbdbf4dc24d29a60b9630465a157c908aec44de8ecb7f6e2a3/IMG_8974-1.jpg" data-mid="215095595" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/666ec8d2a8ec82bbdbf4dc24d29a60b9630465a157c908aec44de8ecb7f6e2a3/IMG_8974-1.jpg" /> https://taraluty.com/phosphorous-veins Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:21:16 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/phosphorous-veins Phosphorous Veins mud and oil on stretched hemp with rusty nails, 380x300mm <img width="3039" height="4559" width_o="3039" height_o="4559" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bba0a6ede890803312345f51585b14cb12cd92d1af1ba7686da0090e8149ffe2/DSCF8151.jpg" data-mid="208403609" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bba0a6ede890803312345f51585b14cb12cd92d1af1ba7686da0090e8149ffe2/DSCF8151.jpg" /> <img width="3174" height="4761" width_o="3174" height_o="4761" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e2d34647f6c2b799e209d2d2cb1edccd7caa708bea302ce983375bc00a5681d/DSCF8147.jpg" data-mid="208403657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e2d34647f6c2b799e209d2d2cb1edccd7caa708bea302ce983375bc00a5681d/DSCF8147.jpg" /> <img width="4625" height="3083" width_o="4625" height_o="3083" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dfc057f51806387b510505302651d99f61cd583b553496940c967c5cc0de479/DSCF8155.jpg" data-mid="208403637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dfc057f51806387b510505302651d99f61cd583b553496940c967c5cc0de479/DSCF8155.jpg" /> <img width="3096" height="4644" width_o="3096" height_o="4644" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ae4f201a55783d181a8354687bfbe14ad0e2abefec1a34f61ce3925d1913b00/DSCF8152.jpg" data-mid="208403633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ae4f201a55783d181a8354687bfbe14ad0e2abefec1a34f61ce3925d1913b00/DSCF8152.jpg" /> <img width="4785" height="3190" width_o="4785" height_o="3190" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83f10fbe80acf5f57bf8e3996cce64674fa69af1af67cb9171fc8bcb54ac05ec/DSCF8141.jpg" data-mid="208403640" border="0" alt="Install view of Phosphorous Veins in 'Glistening' Exhibition at Three Eyes Gallery, Breaker Bay, Wellington" data-caption="Install view of Phosphorous Veins in 'Glistening' Exhibition at Three Eyes Gallery, Breaker Bay, Wellington" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83f10fbe80acf5f57bf8e3996cce64674fa69af1af67cb9171fc8bcb54ac05ec/DSCF8141.jpg" /> Where a lake longs for its edges Chloe Mason Boggy Pond is separated From Lake Wairarapa’s edge. Defined by the control of water And scattered with willow remnants. Farm runoff and poaka Harakeke and phosphorus. Sediment and green algae smother the surface Blocking sunlight and preventing reflections Of nodding grass And pūtangitangi And the blue vault of sky above. Bound together with plants In a restless marriage. Feeding on And feeding into The body of the wetland. A dense thicket Of plant and word Painting and swamp Tea coloured waters and tī kōuka flowers. Though appearing languid and restful It is already different. Contents ever-changing Substance never quite still. Earth holds water Water works through soil Absorbing, filtering, providing Residence time. Encircled by stopbanks and road Had Boggy Pond remained borderless It might go by unnoticed The moment you left farmland And waded into its belly. Seeds float with the windAcross a biological threshold.Creatures visit from either sideWary of those residing hereLike the matuku who find shelterIn the whispering raupō. At the edge there is a lesson.To stare down the wildIs to witness in fragmentsIs for the wild to slip awayTo retreat into the tall grassTo sink beneath sludge. One must broaden their peripheralTo drink in a sightSo it swells in a great arcPouring through the eyes rimWhere the seen and unseenConfined and permeableEmpty and abundant steep. When land transitions to waterWhere a lake longs for its edgesOne might choose to roam.To slosh through waterUsing wingspan to balanceAnd make yourself available to a view.Whether it is the matukuOr a paintingOr the ooze of soft mudOr the entire saturated, purei-filled world. This work was made by responding to the marks made on the hemp substrate by Boggy Pond, clearly demonstrating collaboration in its making. Additionally, the application of orange oil paint seems to flow through the gaps between the muddy marks, imitating a birds-eye view of a wetland, where water both ebbs, flows, and stagnates, becoming a transitional space for water and land to converge – for my making to converge with Boggy Pond’s. The title refers to the high instance of phosphorus in Wairarapa Moana and its wetlands, which make it “supertrophic” – a high trophic level that indicates poor water quality. This has been heavily influenced by agricultural run-off. In Phosphorous Veins, the orange is representative of colours present in the wetland, but also of a pollutant. The rusted nails in the painting’s sides mimic this colour, while also hinting at the agricultural use of nails in fenceposts that mark the boundary of Boggy Pond. &nbsp; https://taraluty.com/parched-and-weary Sat, 06 Apr 2024 09:59:00 +0000 Tara Luty https://taraluty.com/parched-and-weary parched and weary, she wells up whenua pigment watercolour (mud, Boggy Pond, Wairarapa Moana) on stretched hemp, 700x700mm&nbsp; • <img width="4584" height="3056" width_o="4584" height_o="3056" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9950f3dfd0d574c4a1318fdc04d0afe4e95a79cc5d208daf32dacee213497b7/DSCF8056.jpg" data-mid="208407356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9950f3dfd0d574c4a1318fdc04d0afe4e95a79cc5d208daf32dacee213497b7/DSCF8056.jpg" /> <img width="4809" height="3206" width_o="4809" height_o="3206" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e0330e64dcea4b11676d998981d320ec29cebfcf030abe8eded8e7c55967572/DSCF8071.jpg" data-mid="208407402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e0330e64dcea4b11676d998981d320ec29cebfcf030abe8eded8e7c55967572/DSCF8071.jpg" /> <img width="4896" height="3264" width_o="4896" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4037e473715c2703951e8d6554f9e39349384b64432f8ce7cfab1bd0d9849d7d/DSCF8069.jpg" data-mid="208407401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4037e473715c2703951e8d6554f9e39349384b64432f8ce7cfab1bd0d9849d7d/DSCF8069.jpg" /> <img width="4896" height="3264" width_o="4896" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd079d63dce1909773736f0eb4f779de8e86ef5d38d5e3369fe4c64c847ef3da/DSCF8059.jpg" data-mid="208407385" border="0" alt="Install view in 'Glistening' Exhibition at Three Eyes Gallery, Breaker Bay, Wellington " data-caption="Install view in 'Glistening' Exhibition at Three Eyes Gallery, Breaker Bay, Wellington " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd079d63dce1909773736f0eb4f779de8e86ef5d38d5e3369fe4c64c847ef3da/DSCF8059.jpg" /> <img width="4896" height="3264" width_o="4896" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/556fea24c2a40fb2cdec413f0c47ad3ec4b3302d69d7828730f64277711eff6d/DSCF8063.jpg" data-mid="208407400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/556fea24c2a40fb2cdec413f0c47ad3ec4b3302d69d7828730f64277711eff6d/DSCF8063.jpg" /> Glistening A drop falls, making ripples Growing into waves That ebb through the body Entwining every tiny treasure Myriad voices Hum in harmony, a collective gift Their chorus broken by a line Drawn straight and sharp Encircling, enclosing The flow broken Drops consumed by the cracks Parched and weary She sighs and wells up Destructively. Until the lines are redrawn Tinted with a damp brush Twisting and swirling Following her curves A trickle starts to form From one to the next It spreads like a web Treasures glint and gleam To become A sea of glistening water. - Tara Luty 2023