RF
John Wolseley, Ventifacts from Mallee Scrub after Fire, 2007–12, carbonised wood, natural ochres, watercolour on rag paper, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney Photograph: Ben Symons

The Biennale in AGNSW

The 18th Sydney Biennale

Sydney

 

Art Gallery of New South Wales

In Finite Blue Planet

 

27 June - 16 September 2012

KC
Peter Robinson, Gravitas Lite, 2012, polystyrene, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist; Sutton Gallery, Melbourne; Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland; and Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. Photo Sebastian Kriete

The 2012 Biennale of Sydney

The 18th Sydney Biennale

Sydney

 

All Our Relations

Curated by Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster

 

27 June - 16 September 2012

pd
Winner: Michael Parr and Blaine Western, Parallel of Art and Life, in-situ installation, 2012. Image courtesy of the Waikato Museum, Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

Waikato Museum’s Yearly Art Award

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Group show
National Contemporary Art Award


17 August - 18 November 2012

JH
et al., trans-cryption (detail), 2011, 16 mm film converted to digital, metal trays with speakers. Dimensions variable.

Inter-planetary Art Mysticism

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Group exhibition
Letter from Alice May Williams

 

11 August - 15 September 2012

JH
Michael Harrison, Late Arrival, acrylic on canvas

Harrison’s Adolescent Angst

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Michael Harrison
Venus in the Tenth House

 

15 August - 8 September 2012

MD
Reading Room (2012) at Objectspace Window Gallery: Tessa Laird, Clay Tablets, ceramic (earthenware and paperclay), ceramic paint, glaze; Peter Lange, Brick Bookcase, Table, Pouffe and Armchair, 2012, brick, timber, drainage tile. Courtesy of the artists

Direct from the Kiln: Laird and Lange’s Clay Library

OBJECTSPACE

Auckland

 

Tessa Laird and Peter Lange
Reading Room

 

3 August - 26 September 2012

JH
Kushana Bush, Tucked In, 2012, gouache and pencil on paper, 75 x 55cm

Bush Images

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Kushana Bush
Omens

 

15 August - 8 September 2012

pd
Judy Darragh, Pinch Grip, 2012, acrylic, ink and aerosol paint on PVC

Darragh Paints Up Large

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Judy Darragh
SCI FI

 

August 20 - October 5, 2012

JH
Poster made from a still from Sean Grattan's HADHAD, 2012, film

Humans Will Conceptualise the Future of Their Own Demise

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Justene Williams
Turnstile Heaped on Pour Down

Sean Grattan
HADHAD

 

8 August - 7 September 2012

JH
Bob van der Wal and Ben Clement, Be Seen, Be Effective, Auckland University town campus, 2012

Part Visible, Part Hidden

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Ben Clement and Bob van der Wal
Be seen, be effective

 

1 August - 31 August 2012

JH
Alicia Frankovich, installation of video of Jumping Man. Part of Floor Resistance, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite, Auckland. Photo: John McIvor

Walters Prize Finalists 2012

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Frankovich, Denny, Spong, Newby

The Walters Prize 2012

 

4 August - 11 November 2012

JH
Gavin Hurley, Lab Rat, 2012, pigment ink on Hahnemuhle Photo-rag paper with paper collage, 915 x 730 mm framed

Three Individuals

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Group show
Gavin Hurley / Peter Peryer / Emily Wolfe

 

8 August - 1 September 2012

SJ
N.S.Harsha, Nations, 2012, mixed media.Courtesy the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Art from the Indian Subcontinent

LEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY

New Plymouth

 

International group show
Sub-Topical Heat: New Art from South Asia

 

14 Jul 12 - 4 Nov 2012

APW
Zhonghao Chen, oil on canvas, The Never Ending Things, 1100 x 1000 mm

Zhonghao Chen Paintings

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Zhonghao Chen
I Have Been Klaxoning

 

31 July - 16 August 2012

RB
The Devil vs Jesus. Image by Ong Chew Peng.

Art’s Body or Why the Anti-Christ Secretly Loves Jesus

EYECONTACT ESSAY #1
JH
Ruth Watson's Redoubting Antarctica at Two Rooms

The Future of Antarctica

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Ruth Watson
Redoubting Antarctica

 

13 July - 11 August

JH
Jorge Mendez Blake, I would prefer not to, 2012, cement blocks, 8 books, 70.87 x 173.23 x 70.87 inches. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Salutations from LA

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

International group show

Greetings From Los Angeles

 

10 July - 6 August 2012

JH
Caryline Boreham, Manukau Police Custody - Day Room, 2010, archival inkjet print, mounted and framed, 1200 x 900 mm

Reflecting Walls

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Caryline Boreham and Nicola Holden
With In

 

19 July - 8 August 2012

DC

Lundberg’s Minimalism

ROBERT HEALD GALLERY

Wellington

 

Patrick Lundberg
Points, planes, eddies, regresses

 

5 July 2012 - 28 July/2012

JH
Detail from Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton's Bitter and Sweet, 2005, screenprint on paper, acrylic paint, 335 x 32 x 590 mm. Courtesy of the artist

Scrutinising Pattern

OBJECTSPACE

Auckland

 

Group show

Ubiquitous: Aspects of Contemporary Pattern

 

30 June - 1 September 2012

JH
Bob van der Wal: clay brown + uracryl shield, 2012, Auckland City council uracryl shield, acrylic. On floor, untitled, 2012, X5, protective wrapping, primer, hardboard, pine, glue

Bob van der Wal’s Anti-tagging Painting

SNAKE PIT

Auckland

 

Bob van der Wal
Glee Works

 

19 July - 28 July 2012

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