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Mark O'Donnell, Post, 2013, and Double Backboard, 2013. Photo: Sam Hartnett

When Functionality Replaces the Optical

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Mark O’Donnell
Titan

 

25 October - 16 November 2013

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Paul Rayner, Self Portrait in Darth Vader Mask 1, 2013, ceramic.1

Ceramic Satirist

RAYNER BROTHERS GALLERY

Whanganui

 

Paul Rayner
Jerusalem

 

4 October - 9 November 2013

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Mark Braunias, Untitled, 2013, diptich, coloured cutouts, 850 x 1200 mm

Paper Versus Canvas

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Mark Braunias
Encyclo Dimensional

 

30 October - 23 November 2013


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Paul Johns, Mum (2013) at the Adam Art Gallery. Photo: Shaun Waugh.

Loss and Memory

ADAM ART GALLERY TE PATAKA TOI

Wellington

 

Lieko Shiga, Francis Alys & Paul Johns
All There Is Left

 

20 July - 29 September 2013

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Installation of Tomislav Nikolic's Utopia: The Ending of Glamour, at Fox Jensen

The Nooks and Crannies of a Painting

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Tomislav Nikolic
Utopia: The Ending of Grammar

 

8 October - 16 November 2013

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Installation view of John Panting: Spatial Constructions at the Adam Art Gallery, showing 6.08 (Untitled VIII, 1973–74, steel, 244 x 366 x 244cm. Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 1977-0006-1. Photo: Shaun Waugh.

Panting and Robinson Correspondence

ADAM ART GALLERY TE PATAKA TOI

Wellington

John Panting
Spatial Constructions

Peter Robinson

Cuts and Junctures

12 October - 20 December, 2013


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Ben Cauchi, The Waiting Room, 2013, Ambrotype - at Peter McLeavey Gallery

New Ben Cauchi Works

McLEAVEY GALLERY

Wellington

 

Ben Cauchi
Der Dunne Schleiler (The Hidden Veil)

 

3 October - 26 October 2013

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Andrew Barber, Yankee, 2013, patchwork cotton, 3200 x 3200 mm

Andrew Barber’s Floor and Wall Flags

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Andrew Barber
Flags

 

18 October - 16 November 2013

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Gregory Bennett, Utopia IV, HD video, duration of loop: 8.49 mins

Gregory Bennett’s Quick-Stepping Hordes

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Gregory Bennett
Dromospheres

 

4 October - 2 November 2013


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Gloria Knight, Werk, 2013, detail, as installed at Gloria Knight

Venue as Artistic Persona

GLORIA KNIGHT

Auckland

 

Gloria Knight

Werk

 

10 October - 26 October 20013

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Carole Shepheard, Proof of Intent 3, 2013, collograph flocking and assemblage

The Status of Printmaking

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group show
Proof Makers


21 October - 13 December 2013

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Karyn Taylor, Unified Field Theory & Unified Field Theory 2, 2013, foamcore, glass, drafting paper, box frame. Photo: Glen Snow

Thinking in the Abstract

30 UPSTAIRS

Wellington

 

Karyn Taylor
Abstract Philosophy

 

26 September - 19 October 2013


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Paul Lee, Washcloth Stills, 2010, towels, ink, paint, thread, wire hoops, each 285 x 310 mm

Paul Lee at Lett

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Paul Lee
Active Light

 

2 October - 9 November 2013

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Rohan Wealleans, Black Widow, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. On the far right: Space Map 2 and Space Map 3

Assorted Wealleans

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rohan Wealleans
MINDSTORM

 

25 September - 19 October 2013

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Francesca Heinz, Five Horse Arses, 2013, Latex, hair, cotton.  Dimensions variable. In foreground, Ben Terakes, See Saw, 2013, Cinder block, wood. Polyurethane foam, spray paint, air drying clay, dimensions variable.

Three Sydney artists come to Ilam

ILAM CAMPUS GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Francesca Heinz, Eloise Kirk and Ben Terakes
Milksop

 

2 October - 25 October 2013


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Li Xiaofei, A Foreign Boss

China’s Approach to Fordism

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Li Xiaofei
Assembly Line-Entrance

 

3 October - 26 October 2013

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Joanna Margaret Paul, Untitled, date unknown/2013, archival pigment print (edition of 3), 17.8 x 26.5cm

Joanna Margaret Paul Photographs

ROBERT HEALD GALLERY

Wellington

 

Joanna Margaret Paul
Photographs 1976-1985

 

3 October - 26 October 2013

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Rewiti Arapere, Te Aitanga-a-tiki, 2013, cardboard, permanent marker, paint marker, 1000 x 1000 x 500mm; image courtesy of the artist

Artist / Curator Collaboration

Corner

Auckland

 

Solo exhibition
Rewiti Arapere


18 September - 16 October 2013


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Simon Morris' Blue Water Colour at RAMP

Simon Morris in Hamilton

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Simon Morris
Blue Water Colour

 

2 October - 24 October, 2013

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Julia Morison's Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers (2013), on the corner of Gloucester St and Colombo St, Christchurch. Photo: Duncan Shaw-Brown

Morison Tree Houses in Christchurch

SCAPE7

Christchurch

 

Julia Morison
Tree Houses For Swamp Dwellers

 

Portable but permanent public sculpture

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David Cross's Level Playing Field/Powerslide on the corner of Gloucester St and Colombo St, part of SCAPE7

David Cross’s ‘Level Playing Field / Powerslide’

SCAPE7

Christchurch

 

David Cross

Level Playing Field/Powerslide

 

27 September - 9 November 2013