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APW
Poppy Lekner, Forward Slash, 2020

Parkin Drawing Prize Kerfuffle

EyeContact Essay #39

pd
Mark Hamilton's The Liberation of Limitation as installed at RAMP. Photo: Geoff Ridder

The Wonders of Light and the Familiar

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Mark Hamilton
The Liberation of Limitation


July 21 - Aug 21 2020

pd
James R. Ford, An Absurd Hero, 2018, FHD digital video, 8 min 2 sec loop

How About Some Art That’s Serious?

NEVER PROJECT SPACE

Hamilton

 

James R. Ford
Woke Up Like This

 


31 July - 22 August 2020


AK
Rebekah Rasmussen and children from Te Aro Kura, Loose Parts and Joyful Mayhem (detail) as installed at Toi Pōneke

An Artist, a Classroom, and Ako Come Together

TOINEKE ART GALLERY

Wellington

 

Rebekah Rasmussen
Loose Parts and Joyful Mayhem

 

27 July - 15 August 2020

JH
Installation of Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke at Te Uru. Toured by The Japan Foundation. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Intricately Carved Netsuke

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Assorted Japanese artisans and artists
Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke

27 June - 2 August 2020

APW
Installation of Miranda Parkes' Relationship Status at Jonathan Smart Gallery

Miranda Parkes’ Collages

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Miranda Parkes
relationship status

 

July 2 - August 1, 2020


JH
Installation shot (detail) of Shaun Thomas McGill's 'Durham Street West [Men’s Convenience]' 2020 at  Papatūnga. Photo: Courtesy of Papatūnga.

Debut of New Parnell Project Space

PAPATŪNGA

Auckland

 

Shaun Thomas McGill
Durham St West [Men’s Convenience]


18 July - 30 July 2020

JH

Elephant Empathy

RM

Auckland

 

Matilda Fraser
His trunk for a hand, and his foot for a scythe

 

8 July - 25 July 2020

JH
(UN)Registered Savages of Aotearoa, Hair to Stay, 2019, installation view, eight photographs of ulu cavu in British collections. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Fijian Wigs and Masks

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

(UN)Registered Savages of Aotearoa (Daren Kamali & Ole Maiava)
Mata Makawa - Mata Vou



23 May - 16 August 2020


JH
Installation of James Cousins' Song Chain at Gow Langsford.

Percussive Cousins

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

James Cousins
Song Chain


8 July - 1 August 2020

JH
Raul Ortega Ayala, still from The Zone, 2020, from the series From the Pit of Et Cetera, single channel HD video, 5:1 sound, 36 mins 2 secs

Connecting Chernobyl, Mururoa and Rainbow Warrior

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Raúl Ortega Ayala
The Zone

23 May - 16 August 2020

JH
Olivia Webb, still from Anthems of Belonging, 2019 (Tiibin family). Tannin Bwanaan Tebetebeke (Voices from the Pacific Ocean): composed July 2018 – September 2019 for 5-part voice and guitar, 5 mins 40 secs. Courtesy of the artist

Paeans to Diversity

Te Tuhi online digital presentation

Auckland

 

Olivia Webb
Anthems of Belonging


7 July (noon) - 14 July (noon) 2020


JH
Peter Robinson, Preparatory drawing used for promoting Rag Trade.

Robinson’s Carpet of Explosive ‘Tantrums’

23 GORDON ROAD

Auckland

 

Peter Robinson
Rag Trade


25 June - 4 July 2020

JesH
Installation of He Tohu at Jhana Millers

Signs For The Times

JHANA MILLERS

Wellington

 

Ayesha Green, Kauri Hawkins, Maioha Kara, Nikau Hindin
He Tohu

 

18 June - 11 July 2020

NF
Installation of Peter Dornauf's The Barberry Days at Wallace Gallery.

Paradise Lost, Paradise Reframed

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

 

Peter Dornauf
The Barberry Days

 


6 June - 5 July 2020


JH
Edward Burtynsky, Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005

Enthralling Global Photography

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Over 100 contributing photographers
Civilisation Photography Now


13 June - 18 October 2020

JH
Frances Stark, Black Flag (Basel), 2018

Truth (For Once) Rules

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Frances Stark, Shahryar Nashat, Sriwhana Spong, Martine Syms.
Honestly Speaking: The Word, the Body, and the Internet


13 June — 30 August 2020

APW

Macleod, Jones: Publishing Collaboration

Lloyd Jones and Euan Macleod
High Wire

 

Images: Euan Macleod
Text: Lloyd Jones

Massey University Press 2020


JH
Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Glass-eyed Kiwi, 2018, oil on canvas, 300 x 400 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Rudneva-Mackay’s Visages of Sliced Fruit

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Layla Rudneva-Mackay
ACC bcc Bananas

 

9 June - 4 July 2020

JH
Michael Morley, Studies for a Revolution (ATB Combo Brown), 2006, watercolour on paper, artist frame, 355 x 435 mm

Michael Morley’s ‘Hinged’ Amps

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Michael Morley
Studies for a Revolution


3 June - 4 July 2020

JH
A view of the Auckland Live Digital screen, though not in the current Aotea Square position.

Interactive Art in Aotea Square

Aotea Square (Auckland Live Digital Stage)

Auckland

 

Shannon Novak and Jeff Nusz
I Extend My Arms


5 June - 19 June 2020