Transformative II – Grae Burton Solo Exhibition

Becroft Gallery

“Transformative II is a retrospective, a protest, and an act of transformation.” 

We’re excited to announce the next exhibition in the Beacroft gallery, Transformative II, from Grae Burton. His first solo exhibition for 10 years and the first since becoming Kaiwhakahaere at Lake House Arts nine years ago. 

Across 30 years Burtons work has moved through several mediums and themes; from drawing and performance to digital image making and video art, it is a practice shaped by forward momentum. This exhibition, set 20 years on from his first residency “Transformative” at the Suter Gallery in Nelson, has emerged from Burtons refusal to allow the work to remain static. 

Half retrospective, half protest, the show reflects on his resistance to seeing earlier works treated as commodities, removed from the sphere of artistic care and meaning. The response is this show, a reclamation, and a reinvention.  

Transformative will then be open every day from Saturday May 23 – Thursday june 11 in the Becroft Gallery, from 9am-2pm.  

Opening Celebration: Sunday 24 May 4 – 6pm – Special Performance at 4pm