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Matt Hunt, Church of Refuge, detail, oil on canvas

Matt Hunt at Peter McLeavey’s

McLEAVEY GALLERY

Wellington

 

Matt Hunt
Supereality

 

13 April 2011 - 7 May 2011

 

 

JH
Billy Apple, $23,610 Top Up, 2010, UV impregnated ink on canvas, at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts

Downtown Auckland Apple Shows

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Billy Apple
Drawings and Reliefs, 1996

Pie charts and Bar Graphs, 1997
13 April - 7 May 2011 

MINTER ELLISON RUDD WATTS
Billy Apple
$23,610 Top Up
7 April - 3 June, 2011

JH
Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industies, The Life of the City of the Mind, Freyberg Place

Andrew Clifford’s ‘Metropolis Dreaming’

Auckland GBD

Auckland Council 10 day art event

 

Living Room 2011
Metropolis Dreaming
Curated by Andrew Clifford

 

8 April 2011 - 17 April 2011


JH
Siteseeing at St.Paul St. Gallery. Photo by Vera Mey.

Postcards by ‘Art’ Photographers

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Postcards by fifteen international photographers
Sightseeing
Curated by Hanna Scott

 

8 April - 29 April 2011

JH
Left to right at Jensen: Gunter Umberg, Untitled, 2010, pigment, dammar on panel; Burmese standing Buddha on Lotus base, lost wax bronze cast c.1880; Chikanobu, Portrait of Court Lady, 19th century Japanese woodblock

Testing the Limits of Portraiture

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Nauman, Oursler, Rae, Hamilton, Umberg, Harrison, Knoebel
Subject as Object: Considering Portraiture

 

22 March 2011 - 22 April 2011

JH
Installation of Sally Gabori works in the Tim Melville Gallery. On the left, Dibirdibi Country, 2010, and the right, both smaller works, My Country, 2009.

Aboriginal Art in Auckland

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Aboriginal Painting from Mornington & Bentinck Islands
The Heart of Everything

 

1 March - 30 April 2011


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Leo Bensemann, Self Portrait.

Bensemann Survey

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Christchurch

 

Leo Bensemann

A Fantastic Art Venture

 

11 February - 15 May 2011

JH

Frater Video Installation

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Richard Frater
The House with the Mezzanine

 

5 April 2011 - 23 April 2011

 

JH
Richard Killeen, Destruction of the Circle, 1990, acrylic on canvas, 1115 x 1520 mm

Walters / Killeen Pairing

JOHN LEECH GALLERY

Auckland

 

Gordon Walters and Richard Killeen
Walters and Killeen

 

30 March, 2011 - 23 April, 2011


MA
Michael Shepherd, Loose Leaf: Pharm II, 2010, acrylic on wooden panel, 35.5 x 50 cm

Shepherd’s Poisonous Beauty

MARK HUTCHINS GALLERY

Wellington

 

Michael Shepherd
Loose Leaf / Pharm

 

6 April 2011 - 30 April 2011

JH
Purakau as installed at Te Tuhi

Posters from Mexico, Cuba and Aotearoa

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

International Poster Exhibition
Pūrākau
Curated by Xavier Meade and Flor de Lis López

 

5 March 2011 - 1 May 2011

JH
Simon Esling paintings: Comet#1, 2011; Meteor #1, 2011;  Cascade, 2010; Blink of an Eye, 2011

Esling works

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Simon Esling
The Music of Chance

 

23 March - 16 April 2011


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Stephen Bambury, You Are Here installed at Jonathan Smart.

Bambury in Christchurch

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Stephen Bambury
You Are Here

 

April 1 2011 - 23 April 2011

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Ash Keating, Activate 2750, video.

Post Earthquake Gallery

ABC

Christchurch

 

Ash Keating: Activate 2750
Rob Hood: Leap into the Driveway and Other Re-joiners

 


25 March - 2 April 2011

JH
Jason Greig at St.Paul St Gallery Three. Photo by Melissa Laing.

Greig, Cleavin and Hammond

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY THREE

Auckland

Barry Cleavin and Jason Greig
Third Exhibition Print Season 2011
2 April 2011 - 9 April 2011

Ivan Anthony
Jason Greig and Bill Hammond
Wishboneash: Urns & Burners

30 March 2011 - 23 April, 2011


SJ
The Performance Arcade, Wellington. Te Papa waterfront. Photo by Phillip Merry.

New Art Genre

Te Papa waterfront

The Performance Arcade
24 February, 2011 - 27 February 2011

AUT 

Fly Tower
5 March, 2011 - 13 March, 2011

JH
Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Passage (The Eighth Fleet), 2011, cardboard boxes, packaging tape. Photo by Bryan James.

Immersing the Body in Art and Architecture

LEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY

New Plymouth


International Group Show

Stealing the Senses
Curated by Rhana Devenport and Meredith Robertshawe

12 March 2011 - 6 June 2011

JH
Dane Mitchell, Your Memory of Rain Encased (UV Release), 2010. (detail)  UV-release encapsulated perfume, glass, silver nitrate, silicon, springs. Courtesy the artist, Starkwhite and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Photo by Bryan James

Testing an Art Audience’s Thresholds

LEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY

New Plymouth

 

Dane Mitchell
Radiant Matter Part 1
Curated by Mercedes Vicente

 

5 March 2011 - 29 May 2011


JH
Mason billboard installation outside Te Tuhi

Mason’s Te Tuhi Hoardings

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Jennifer Mason
The Room at the End of the Hall

 

 
5 February 2011 - 6 July 2011

JH
Elliot Collins, Held Together, 2011, Te Tuhi Drawing Wall

Drawing with Nails and Coloured String

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Elliot Collins
Held Together

 

5 March 2011 - 19 June 2011

JH
Laresa Kosloff, Red & White Run, 2011, Super 8 transferred to dvd, 1 min 20 sec loop

The Performative Body

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Alicia Frankovich / Laresa Kosloff / Ruth Proctor
If sameness is in the centre, then difference is on the periphery

 

8 March - 2 April 2011