MONSTERS! Eeek!

We don’t want to alarm you, but there are crea­tures liv­ing under your bed! You can see them lurk­ing around in dark cor­ners every­where. They live in mutat­ed cup­boards and ancient sto­ries. Don’t take a breath. They are here to stay…

From the artists that brought you ROBOTS in 2009, Run Amuck Col­lec­tive is proud to present MONSTERS! For 3 weeks only, Welling­ton will have the unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore the won­der­ful world of mon­sters as nev­er seen before. Artists from all over New Zealand will be trans­form­ing the base­ment rooms of Mygalaxi Gallery on Dixon St into an explo­sion of deli­cious beast­ies: from sculpt­ed fan­tasies to scrap met­al crea­tures Instal­la­tions, paint­ings and sculp­tures will line the walls as each artist express­es their own cre­ative vision. Rang­ing from the com­i­cal to the fright­en­ing, each fan­ta­sy is inspired by the artist’s own love affairs and fas­ci­na­tions with mon­sters, result­ing in an eclec­tic mix­ture of mad­ness. Hand hold­ing may be required.

Run Amuck Col­lec­tive is a group of New Zealand based artists that have come togeth­er for the love of art, the­atrics and cheeky pop cul­ture. Rough­ly 20 artists strong and grow­ing, each comes to the col­lec­tive with a unique back­ground and eclec­tic style.

From self-taught to intel­lec­tu­al, the artists have been chal­lenged to cre­ate work for an annu­al exhi­bi­tion themed around a key­word that invites explo­ration for the artist, but is com­plete­ly acces­si­ble for an audi­ence of all ages and walks of life. “Robots” was a pop­u­lar theme last year, and was vis­it­ed by over 2000 peo­ple in only five days.

The spe­cial media open­ing is Tues­day 5 Octo­ber, 5:00pm. The exhi­bi­tion runs until Fri­day 24 Octo­ber at MYGALAXI Gallery, Base­ment, 39 Dixon Street, Welling­ton. For an exhi­bi­tion pre­view, please see http://runamuckcollective.wordpress.com/