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Richard Reddaway's 'Some Assembly Required' at Jonathan Smart.

Reddaway’s Cuboid Sculpture

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Richard Reddaway
Some Assembly Required

 

5 August - 23 August 2014

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Grant Stevens, Supermassive, 2013, four-channel digital video, 11 min 19 sec.   Photo: Shaun Waugh

Grant Stevens in Wellington

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Grant Stevens
What We Had Was Real


28 June - 6 September, 2014

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4X3 as installed in Ramp. Photo by Claire Goldsworthy.

The Emotional Immediacy of Posters

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Poster exhibition
4x3

 

21 July - 1 August 2014


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Emil McAvoy, "PRISMISM", 2014.  Installation detail.  Image courtesy of Oscar Perry and Enjoy Gallery

Political Abstraction

ENJOY CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE

Wellington

 

Emil McAvoy

PRISMISM

 

11 July - 2 August 2014

JH
Melissa Coote, Heart A, 2014, bronze unique, 80 x 85 x 105 mm

Coote’s ‘Hearts’ at Fox-Jensen

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Melissa Coote
Painting, sculpture, paper

 

15 July - 16 August 2014

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At Rest, Capt Matt Gauldie, 2006, oil on canvas, New Zealand Army Art Collection

Commemorating WW1

NEW ZEALAND PORTRAIT GALLERY

Wellington

 

Historic works
Facing the Front: New Zealand’s enduring First World War

 

12 June - 24 August 2014


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Installation of The Working Life at Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

The New Normal

INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART

A conversation about The Working Life at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane


Participants: Darius Mikšys, Aileen Burns, Johan Lundh and Tess Maunder

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Lauren Winstone, "Holding Holes", 2012 (Pair).  Stoneware, 135 x 400 x 110mm.  Photo credit: Jennifer French

Sculpted Corporeality

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Lauren Winstone 

Pieces

18 July - 16 August 2014

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Olafur Eliasson, The Cubic Structural Evolution Project, 2004, Collection Queensland Art Gallery. Installation views at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Eliasson in Dunedin

DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY

Dunedin

 

Olafur Eliasson
The Cubic Structural Evolution Project

 

3 May - 3 August 2014


JH

Pondering The Walters Prize 2014

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Simon Denny, Maddie Leach, Luke Willis Thompson, Kalisolaite ‘Uhila
The Walters Prize

 

12 July - 12 October 2014

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Amber Wilson, "Beneath Ambient Eaves", insallation shot. Photo credit: Sam Hartnett.

Ephemeral Abstraction

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Amber Wilson

Beneath Ambient Eaves


12 July - 9 August 2014

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Denys Watkins, Heir of the Cursed, ceramic, map

Heart of Apocalypse

RM

Auckland


Sam Thomas, Warren Viscoe and Denys Watkins
Prince Philip Movement


3 July - 19 July 2014


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Installation of Thirsty at Pilot: Simon Blanchett, 9 Carat; Simon Blanchett, Neapolitan; Kieran Horner, Mark II

Minimalism in Hamilton

PILOT

Hamilton

 

Beaudean Cotton, Simon Blanchett, Kieran Horner
Thirsty

 

19 July - 2 August 2014

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Craig Freeborn, Bound, 2013/14, oil on canvas. 600 x 600 mm. Courtesy the artist and Mint Gallery.

Dark Interactions

MINT GALLERY

Dunedin

 

Craig Freeborn
Host

 

11-25 July 2014

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History in the Taking: 40 Years of PhotoForum - installed at Gus Fisher. Curated by Geoffrey H Short and  Nina Seja. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

PhotoForum Survey

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Group show
History in the Taking: 40 years of PhotoForum

6 June - 28 June 2014


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On far wall: Popular Productions, A60020.3004, untitled (great, beautiful, wonderful, 1993, bilboard, digital image on vinyl, tape, 340 x 640 cm

Virtuoso Critiques of Mastery

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Works from The Estate of L. Budd & Popular Productions

 

2 July - 2 August 2014

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Sam Harrison, Two Women 1, 2009, woodcut on Fabriano paper. Courtesy of Fox /Jensen Gallery

Harrison Woodcuts

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Sam Harrison
the kindest cut

 

4 July - 30 August 2014

JH
Grant Stevens' twin channel video, With Our Thoughts We Make the World, at Starkwhite

Grant Stevens in Auckland

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Grant Stevens
Hold Together, Fall Apart

 

7 July - 2 August 2014


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Three gatu kolose (crocheted tops) produced by members of Fafine Niutao i Aotearoa.

The Tuvaluan Art of Kolose

MANGERE ARTS CENTRE NGA TOHU O UENUKU

Mangere

 

Fafine Niutao i Aotearoa
Kolose: the Art of Tuvalu Crochet


18 May - 29 June 2014

JH
Ayse Erkmen, Inform, 2014, silver-plated metal, 100 x 4780 mm overall. Installation dimensions vary.

Buchanan and Erkmen

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Ruth Buchanan / Ayşe Erkmen

 

5 July - 2 August, 2014

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Soft Intensities: Installation view.  Jaako van Pallasvuo, "I Was the One Who Told Snoopy About That Mindfulness App", 2014.  Custom printed shower curtain. Yannick val Gesto, "Yu Yu Series", 2014.  Print on plexi, white coating; each 800 x 450 mm

Immaterial Materiality

GLORIA KNIGHT

Auckland

 

Rachel de Joode, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Yannick val Gesto

Soft Intensities

Curated by Tim Gentles

 

19 June - 5 July 2014