By Jessica Mio - art curatorArt installations can be tricky things to get right, but, like cooking from a complex recipe, rewarding when it all comes together well. Hundreds of ribbons were hung from the pillars of the museum forecourt ahead of the exhibition opening last week. Like the two installations inside the museum, The Colours of Light was challenging to install and needed some tweaking to get it right. Many art students embrace installation and other ephemeral art forms while studying, when their creativity is free (to some extent) from the pressures of commercialism. It's great that museums and galleries are places which support these forms of art in accordance with our role as public cultural institutions.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 05, 2016 07:33 UTC