Mark Rayner with some Damaged Goods inside the new gallery in Glasgow St. Photo by Stuart Munro
Photo by Stuart Munro.
Mark Rayner with some Damaged Goods inside the new gallery in Glasgow St. Photo by Stuart Munro
Photo by Stuart Munro.
Damaged Goods is the name of the Rayner brothers' exhibition at their new gallery at 85 Glasgow St in Whanganui.
Among the ceramic and hooked rug pieces are Paul Rayner's photographic portraits of recently "damaged" political candidates Andrew Little and Metiria Turei.
Mark Rayner's naked, hooked rug portrait offormer Labour leader Little made headlines last year when it was a finalist in the Wallace Art Awards.
Little reacted to the portrait with good humour at the time.
"I have to be very careful about saying 'I'm flattered' ... I'm happy to leave it to people's imagination. I can't comment on the biceps or the pecs," he said.
Rayner said the portrait was purchased by the Wallace Arts Trust and is now in the permanent collection.
The large villa in Glasgow St houses the Rayners' own gallery as well as their guest gallery with a group exhibition Little Beauties featuring works by Rick Rudd, Rachel Garland, Sheila Pearson, Katerina Smoldyreva, Trevor Fry and Kirsty Gardiner.
Sheila Pearson's little beauties are a series of painted bird portraits in round and oval gilt frames.
