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Saving the Fine Arts Library

EyeContact Essay #24

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Installation of Susan Te Kahurangi King's Paperdwellers: Works from 1967-1980 at Artspace, Auckland. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Battered by Rag-Dolls and Exhibition Designers

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Susan Te Kahurangi King
Paperdwellers: Works 1967 - 1980


1 June - 14 July 2018

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Peter Stichbury's Altered States exhibition, as installed at Michael Lett.

Peter Stichbury’s ‘Outer Body’ Portraits

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Peter Stichbury
Altered States

 

30 May - 30 June 2018


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Ash Keating's Gravity System Response exhibition as installed at Fox Jensen McCory.

Ash Keating Paintings

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Ash Keating
Gravity System Response

 

31 May - 17 July 2018

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Wi Taepa: Retrospective as installed at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

The Clay Artistry of Wi Taepa

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Wi Taepa
Retrospective

28 April - 2 September 2018

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Mary Macpherson, Upper Queen St (The Long View)

A Work in Progress

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

Mary Macpherson
The Long View

 

29 May - 22 July 2018


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Phillip Lai, Peter Robinson  Spinning, 2018 installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Robinson and Lai

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Peter Robinson and Philip Lai
Spinning

 

19 May - 23 June 2018

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From Scratch: 546 Moons, as installed in Gallery One at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

From Scratch Survey

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

From Scratch
546 Moons


3 March - 27 May 2018.

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Alfredo Jaar, Other People Think, 2012, light box with black and white transparency. Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 2016

Reason and Sentience in Others

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

International contemporary collection sampler
Other People Think


10 March -10 June 2018


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Isobel Thom, Rocket Stove, 2017, as installed at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Taylor, Cochran and Thom

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Imogen Taylor (with Vita Cochran and Isobel Thom)
Pocket Histories,

 

10 February —13 May 2018

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Natasha Matila-Smith (all 2018, poly-velvet blend, spray paint):  The Scent of You Stays With Me; His Lips Pink and Swollen; Spaghetti, Alone.

Bad Education

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Louisa Afoa, Natasha Matila-Smith, Molly Rangiwai-McHale, Faith Wilson
Between You and Me

 

19 April - 1 June 2018

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Tony Cragg's exhibition as installed at Gow Langsford. Photo: Tobias Kraus

Cragg at Gow Langsford

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Solo show
Tony Cragg

 

8 May - 9 June 2018


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Rachel Hope Peary, A Quiet Meal, A Glass of Red Wine, A Heavy Chat. Photo by Holly Russell

Abstraction for a New Generation

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Chelsea Pascoe, Nicholas Megchelse, Rachael Hope Peary
No Holiday

 

26 April - 12 May 2018

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Oscar Enberg, Rôti sans pareil, 2018, acrylic, enamel on dado rail, bouquet garni, nails, 10400 x 1450 x 100 mm overall (installation dimensions variable)

Enberg’s Suggestive ‘Reign of Terror’

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Oscar Enberg
Taste & Power, a prologue

 

6 April - 12 May 2018

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Simon Morris' 'I Watch the Falling Light' as installed at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Simon Morris’ Poured Paintings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Simon Morris
I Watch the Falling Light

 

27 April - 26 May 2018


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Installation of Jan van der Ploeg's 'Lyrics' at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Jan van der Ploeg at Two Rooms

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

Jan van der Ploeg
Lyrics


27 April - 26 May 2018

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Installation view of 'White Rainbow' in Ramp, April 2018

Hanging Paintings on a Painting?

RAMP

Hamilton


Group painting exhibition
White Rainbow


April 23 - May 23 2018

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Billy Apple®, Trademark Registration, a Te Tuhi billboard project on Reeves Rd. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Billy Apple’s Intellectual Property

Te Tuhi's billboard project

Pakuranga

 

Billy Apple®
Trademark Registration

 

11 March - 6 May 2018


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Karyn Taylor's Diagram for a Quantum Event, as installed on Te Tuhi's Project Wall

Taylor’s Moving (and Moved Around) ‘Diagram’

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Kāryn Taylor
Diagram for a Quantum Event

 

11 March - 30 April 2018

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John Vea, "You kids should only experience this for a moment--don't be there for life like me", as installed at Te Tuhi.

John Vea Te Tuhi Installation

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

John Vea
“You kids should only experience this for a moment—don’t be there for life like me”


11 March - 22 July 2018

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Judy Millar's Welcome to the Fluorescence, as installed at Nadene Milne.

Three Judy Millar Paintings

NADENE MILNE GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Judy Millar
Welcome to the Fluorescence

 

13 April - 4 May 2018