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Geoff Thornley, WN #16, 2015, oil on canvas on board, 122 x 122 cm

Thornley’s Unusual Paintings

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Solo show
Geoff Thornley

 

16 April - 28 May 2016

JH
The corridor outside Ane Tonga's Men are from Maama, Women are from Pulotu. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Examining Tongan Nifo Koula

MANGERE ARTS CENTRE NGA TOHU O UENUKU

Mangere

 

Ane Tonga
Men are from Maama, Women are from Pulotu 

 

1 April - 28 May 2016

PI
Bryan Dew, Wedding breakfast, 1961, Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 2008/5

Agony in the Garden

MTG HAWKES BAY

Napier

 

Bryan Dew
Bryan Dew & the panorama of social unease: paintings and drawings


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15 April 2014 - 7 July 2016


JH
Andre Hemer's New Representation Part III, as installed at Gow Langsford

Hemer at Gow Langsford

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Andre Hemer
New Representation Part III

 

20 April - 14 May 2016

TH

Necessary Distraction…The Publication

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show

 

Essays from Allan Smith, Zara Stanhope, Natasha Conland


Published by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2016

APW
Rebecca Harris, Lips Like Sugar, 2016, oil on board, 2016, 695 x 595 mm

Rebecca Harris’ Biomorphic Fluorescence

Chambers@241

Christchurch

 

Rebecca Harris
Pink Sugar Bush

 

19 April - 7 May 2016


CA
Installation view 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object featuring Pepai Jangala Carroll, Walungurru, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Photo: Saul Steed

Adelaide Biennial

2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art

Adelaide

 

Group exhibition
Magic Object

 

25 February - 15 May 2016

JH
Clinton Watkins' installation of lowercase at Starkwhite. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Clinton Watkins in Auckland

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Clinton Watkins
lowercase

 

19 April - 14 May 2016

PI
David Cook, Huntly Power station, 2004, from Lake of Coal

Resurrection

IN SITU PHOTO PROJECT

Christchurch

 

Mark Adams, Mitchell Bright, David Cook, Tim J Veling & Ellie Waters
On Site

 

1 April - 6 May 2016


JH
Conor Clarke, Peak I (Berlin), 2014 inkjet billboard print,  commissioned by Te Tuhi, Auckland

Heaps of Dirt

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Conor Clarke
Scenic Potential

 

12 March - 29 May 2016

JH
Rangituhia Hollis, Oho Ake, 2016, 3 channel colour HD video, 6.2 channel audio.10.08 mins looped. Commissioned by Te Tuhi. Photo: Sam Hartnett

One Mind with Multiple Bodies (2)

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Monteith, McQuarrie, Jansen, Hollis, Drayton
The Hive Hums with Many Minds: Part One
Curated by Bruce E. Philips


12 March - 24 May 2016

JH
Monique Jansen, A length without breadth, 2016, pencil on paper, 4040 mm x 2970. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Sam Hartnett

One Mind with Multiple Bodies (1)

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga


Monteith, McQuarrie, Jansen, Hollis, Drayton
The Hive Hums with Many Minds: Part One

 

12 March - 24 May 2016


BJP
John Ward Knox, No Title, 2016, oil on board.   Courtesy of Robert Heald Gallery and the artist.

So, What Did You Get Up To Last Year?

HOCKEN LIBRARY GALLERY

Dunedin

 

John Ward Knox
a deep and tumbling kind of laughter

 

27 February - 13 April 2016

 

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George Hajian's Silver, Tinted, Pink at Ramp

Male Objectification

RAMP

Hamilton

 

George Hajian
Silver Tinted Pink

 

24 March - 12 April 2016

JH
James Ross, Red Interior (b), 1994, oil on panel, 2195 x 1220 mm

James Ross at The Pah

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

James Ross
Constructing Paintings 1982 - 2003

 

16 February - 17 April 2016


RP

The Ends of Art 2: Notes on Aesthetics

EyeContact Essay #13 continued

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JH
Yuki Kihara, Nose Width with Vernier Caliper, 2015

Yuki Kihara at Te Uru

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Yuki Kihara
A Study of a Samoan Savage

 

27 February - 22 May 2016

RP

The Ends of Art 1: Notes on Aesthetics

EyeContact Essay #13

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JH
Richard McWhannell, A Tearning a Girning, 1987, oil on canvas. Collection of the artist

Richard McWhannell Survey

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

Richard McWhannell

In My Own Time, 1972 - 2015


26 January - 10 April 2016

JH
Marie Le Lievre, Slipping (Madder), 2015, oil and graphite on canvas, 1650 x 3150 mm

Gazing at Le Lievre’s Glazes

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Marie Le Lievre
Flipping Out

 

22 March - 29 April 2016

JH
Whitney Bedford, The Gold Girl, ink and oil paint on panel. Photo: Euan Bedford

Bedford Paintings at Starkwhite

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Whitney Bedford
Lost and Found

 

15 March - 9 April 2016