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Ann Braunsteiner, Soft ground, Tall grass. Photo by the artist

RESPONSE

THE SUTER ART GALLERY TE ARATOI O WHAKATU

Nelson

 

In the Hursthouse Barnicoat Contemplation Gallery
Ann Braunsteiner
Soft ground, Tall grass

 

23 April-19 June 2021

JH
Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh (with Anna Starr), Faith and Through the Looking Glass Diptych, 2021, pigment inks printed on 310 gsm Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, 628 x 830 x 48 mm (framed)

Mediating Symbols and Pure Sensation

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh
Light Dot Colour

 

21 May - 26 June 2021

JH
Image from Deborah Rundle's invitation to her 2021 show at RM, 'No More the Fruit.'

Pondering the Alleged Benefits of Paid Labour

RM

Auckland

 

Deborah Rundle
No More the Fruit


12 May - 6 June 2021


JH
Installation of Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen's The Thrum of the Tide,' at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Reconstructed’ Dance Floor

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen
The Thrum of the Tide

 


20 February - 6 June 2021

JH
Sonya lacey, Weekend, 2018, moving image and mixed media installation

The Tenth Walters Prize

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Lacey, Amundsen, Spong, Mata Aho Collective and Lander
2021 Walters Prize Finalists

 

13 May - 5 September 2021

JH
Jane Zusters, At home Wetlands Grove, Bexley, 2013 C-type print

Jane Zusters Photographs

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

Jane Zusters
Te Karoro Karoro: A Place Called Home: The Red Zone Clearances: Christchurch Ōtautahi


14 April - 30 May 2021


JH
Still from Rangituhia Hollis' Across the Face of the Moon, 2020, 10.33 minutes, digital video, sound

I Decline to Taste the Casein Air

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Hollis, Iti, Monteith, Monu, Pastrana
Sovereign Pacific / Pacific Sovereigns



13 April -15 May 2020

JH
Gregory Bennett, Embowered II, 2021, still, HD video; 7 minutes, 30 seconds, looped variable.

Three Bennett Videos

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Gregory Bennett
Edifice


23 April - 28 May 2021

JH
Installation detail of Elizabeth Thomson's Lateral Theories' at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Thomson’s Evocative ‘Planets’

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Elizabeth Thomson
Lateral Theories

 

22 April - 28 May 2021


JH
Ron Left, Fenestra No. 14, acrylic on plywood, 1200 x 1800 mm

Ron Left’s Grid Paintings

ARTIS Gallery

Auckland

 


Ron Left
The Fenestra Series

 


21 April - 9 May 2020

JH
Installation of Pauline Rhodes and Richard Frater's show, Bluets, at Michael Lett.

Rhodes/Frater Exhibition

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Pauline Rhodes and Richard Frater
Bluets


22 April - 22 May 2021

JH
Martin Basher, Birds of Paradise, installation view, Starkwhite, April 2021. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Basher’s Witty Floral Arrangements

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Martin Basher
Birds of Paradise


13 April - 14 May 2021


JH
Still from Pinar Yoldas, The Kitty A1: Artificial Intelligence For Governance, 2016, 12 minute video with 3D animation

Keep Laughing Even When Surrounded By Corpses

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Wong Ping, Mark Schroder, Pinar Yoldas
Happiness is only real when shared


13 February - 29 May 2021

TH
Back cover. Image is part of Self Portraits (Apple Sees Red On Green), 1962, lithograph on canvas, Tate Collection.

Finding Billy in “Billy Apple® Life/Work”

Christina Barton
Billy Apple® Life/Work

 

Illustrated, pp 390, hardcover

 

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2020

JH
Still from Kent Monkman, Casualties of Modernity, 2015, colour film, English 14 mins 20 secs courtesy of the artist.

Fabulously Entertaining (Yet Didactic) Monkman

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

International group show
A Very Different World


13 February - 9 May 2021


JH
Kāryn Taylor, Two Fold. 2021, cast acrylic. ed. of 3, 300 mm x 600 mm

Kāryn Taylor’s Cast Acrylic Light Works

SANDERSON CONTEMPORARY ART

Auckland

 

Kāryn Taylor
An Implicate Order


16 March - 18 April 2021

JH
Hiria Anderson, Reka Deals, 2021; Tasty Super Savers, 2021; Sonny’s Takeaways, 2021: three digital prints on vinyl, 3 x 2400 mm x 3000 mm. Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Roadside Kai Māori

Te Tuhi Billboards

Pakuranga

 

Hiria Anderson
Reka Deals /Tasty Super Savers / Sonny’s Takeaways


13 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

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Larisse Hall: Embrace the New (2018), Walking With The Stars (2018); both oil paint, gesso, LED light and stretched cotton forms.

Larisse Hall’s Light Infused Shaped Forms

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Larisse Hall
Smell the Roses… Light Infused Painting


13 March - 11 June 2021


JH
Tomislav Nikolic, To Explain How it Feels, 2020 - 2021, synthetic polymer, marble dust, 22ct gold leaf on linen,  plastic gesso & wood, 192.5 x 235 x 15 cm

Inventive Nikolic

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Tomislav Nikolic
To Explain How It Feels

 


18 March 2021 - 24 April 2021

JH
Lauren Winstone: Gatherings #10, 2020, stoneware, 90 x 110 x 110 mm; Gatherings #9, 2020, stoneware, 90 x 100 x 100 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Lauren Winstone’s Stoneware

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Lauren Winstone
Gathering and Scattering

 


18 March - 17 April 2021

JH
Toby Raine, Goodnight Irene (Irene blowing her nose with flowers) [Version ii], 2021, oil on linen, 700 x 600 mm

Baron Yeti’s Family Portraits

SCOTT LAWRIE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Toby Raine
The Last Innocent Thing Left

 


13 March - 4 April 2021