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Installation of Mark Curtis' 'Hey Hey--New Works', at Freit Contemporary.

Curtis @ FREIT

FRANKTON GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Mark Curtis
Hey Hey—New Works

 


7 August - 24 August 2019

JR
Installation shot of John Hurrell's Zip Tied Under Drawers at Antoinette Godkin. Photo by Morgan McIntosh.

Polysemic Relief Grids

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

John Hurrell
Zip Tied Under Drawers

 

6 August - 31 August 2019

 

 

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Ayesha Green, Nana's Birthday (A Big Breath), 2019, acrylic on plywood

NCAA in 2019

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Group show

 

National Contemporary Art Award

 

3 August-10 November 2019


APW

Was Theo Schoon a Racist?

EyeContact Essay #32

JH
Joyce Campbell, Flightdream, 2015 (installation view). Image © the artist and Two Rooms, Auckland. Photograph by Sam Hartnett.

The Slipping Away

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Group exhibition

The Slipping Away



6 July - 7 September 2019

JH
A still from Richard Billingham's Ray and Liz. The image shows Lol, played by Tony Way.,

NZIFF ’19 Overall

Auckland

 

New Zealand International Film Festival
Various theatres around Auckland

 

18 July - 4 August 2019


JH
Front cover of Richard von Sturmer's 'Postcard Stories': Mayon Volcano, Albay Province, Philippines..

Releasing the Benefits of a Wild Imagination

Richard von Sturmer

 

Postcard Stories


Titus Books, Kaipara, 2019

JH
Alberto Garcia-Alvarez: 2014-102, 2014, mixed media on wood, 570 x 245 x 40 mm; 2017-107, 2017, mixed media on wood, 415 x 155 x 40 mm

Lines in Real and Optical Space

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Alberto Garcia-Alvarez
Labyrinth

 

16 July - 17 August 2019

JH
Image from 'Capital in the 21st Century'. The film is based on Thomas Piketty's book and directed by Justin Pemberton

A Thin Slice of NZIFF 2019 So Far

Auckland

 

New Zealand International Film Festival

Various cinemas around Auckland City

 

18 July - 4 August 2019


JH
Installation of Leigh Martin's Mass (Squared) exhibition at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Mysterious Leigh Martin Paintings

TWO ROOMS

auckland

 

Leigh Martin
Mass (Squared)

 

12 July -10 August 2019

JH
Guy Ngan, Newton Post Office Mural, 1973, aluminium, 2900 x 7250 mm. Courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Guy Ngan at Artspace

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Guy Ngan
Either Possible or Necessary

7 June - 17 August 2019

JH
Eric Baudelaire's Letters to max, 2014, HD video, colour, 5:1, surround, 103 mins. As installed at Te Tuhi. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Whose Body? Whose Country?

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Baudelaire, Riddiford Graham; Wardill
Wax Tablet

9 June - 11 August 2019


JH
David Cowlard, Unreliable Landscapes -- Downtown, Auckland, 2017 (I-III). Photo: Sam Hartnett

Cowlard’s Billboards

Te Tuhi Billboards

Aucklasnd

 

David Cowlard
Unreliable Landscapes - Downtown, Auckland, 2017 (I - III)

 

9 June - 11 August 2019

JH
Connah Podmore, The body also holds mine, 2019, charcoal on paper. Detail. As installed on Te Tuhi's Drawing Wall. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Podmore Drawing/Text

Te Tuhi’s Drawing Wall

Auckland

 

Connah Podmore
This Body Also Holds Mine

 

9 June - 11 August 2019

JH
Justine Varga, Alopecia, 2016, chromogenic photograph, 110.5 x 91.5 cm (framed). Photo: Sam Hartnett

Justine Varga’s Photograms

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Justine Varga
Memoire

 

31 May - 6 July 2019


JH
Installation shot of Conor Clarke's photgraphs in 'Unchained Melody' at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Conor Clarke’s Processual Allegory

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Conor Clarke
Unchained Melody

 

31 May - 6 July 2019

JH
Fiona Pardington, TIKI: Orphans of Māoriland, 2019, installation view. With thanks to the Wellcome Collection | Science Museum Group. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Dodgy but Numinous

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Fiona Pardington
Tiki: Orphans of Māoriland

 

12 June -11 July 2019

JH
Richard Killeen, Alive in New Zealand, 1971, oil on hardboard, 420 x 570 mm

Oafish’ AND Urbane Killeen

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Richard Killeen
Forty-Eight Years In Between

 

5 June - 29 June 2019


JH
PĀNiA!, Honorary Consulate (Mobile Cardboard Detachment) (2019), cardboard, adhesive, masking tape, plastic toy lawn mower.  49 x 31.5 x 78 cm.  Photo: Arekahānara

Ambassadorial Preoccupations

MOKOPŌPAKI

Auckland

 

PᾹNiA!, Yllwbro, A.A.M. Bos
The Dutch Embassy


1 May - 22 June 2019

RP

Theory Style

EyeContact Essay #31

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Theo Schoon in Tony Fomison's Grey Lynn house in Feb 1985. Photo: Martin Rumsby.

The Evisceration of Theo Schoon

EyeContact Essay #30