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JH
John Reynolds, Kepler's Dream, 2012, silver marker pen, acrylic and rainwater on three canvas panels. 2440 x 3600 mm

John Reynolds: Twenty Years Separation

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

John Reynolds
Diptych of Triptychs

 

8 May - 9 June 2012

JH
Nick Austin's Notebook of a Spider at Hopkinson Cundy

New Austin Works

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Nick Austin
Notebook of a Spider

 

17 May - 16 June 2012

JH
On left, Erica van Zon, Poster Survey, 2007-2012, acrylic on paper. On right, Kirsty Bruce, Untitled, 2012, acrylic and watercolour on paper

Beyond Illustration?

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Group show

Kirsty Bruce / Sam Mitchell / Erica van Zon

 

16 May - 9 June 2012

 


JH
Simon Denny, Performance Video, 2008, screen-printed canvas, fluorescent tube, cardboard, converators tape, aluminium box frame, 1100 x 1300 x 200 mm. Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Objects and Latent Performancivity

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Chartwell Collection 
Made Active: The Chartwell Show
Curated by Natasha Conland

 

14 April - 15 July 2012

RW
Simon Morris, Coloured Line Mexico City 2011, 2011, acrylic

New Zealand Art in Mexico

MUCA Roma

Mexico City

 

Group show

El Barroco de Aotearoa: Arte Contemporáneo de Nueva Zelanda

 

2 December 2011 - 31 January 2012

APW
Saskia Leek's Fruit Subjects at Jonathan Smart

Leek’s Fruit Paintings

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Saskia Leek
Fruit Subjects

 

May 8 - May 26, 2012


pd
Hemi Macgregor, Te Aka,  2010, acrylic on canvas.  1060 x 1010 mm.  Courtesy of the Artist and Page Blackie Gallery

Hemi Macgregor in Hamilton

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Hemi Macgregor
Remix
Curated by Karl Chitham

 

14 May - 22 June 2012

JH
Assume Nothing at Gus Fisher: on far left Patrick Lundberg, No title, 2011. In centre, Anya Henis, The Sun, the moon..., 2012. On right, Richard Frater, Anne, 2012. Photo by Samuel Hartnett.

A Centre for Art and Friends

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Lemalu, Bryant, Henis, Lundberg, Frater, Reynolds
Assume Nothing
Curated by Peter Shand

 

4 May - 23 June 2012

ED
Alexandra Kennedy's New Voids at A Gallery

Sculpted Holes as Painterly Intervention

A Gallery

Dunedin

 

Alexandra Kennedy
New Voids: An Exhibition of Interventions with Found Objects

 

12 May - 3 June, 2012

 


JH
Johl Dwyer installation of paintings at Window

Dwyer at Window

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Johl Dwyer
Green Terrace

 

2 May -1 June 2012

JH
Christina Read, The Usual, 2012, projector, slide, cardboard.

Minimal Yet Evocative Read

RM

Auckland

 

Christina Read
The Usual

 

10 May - 26 May 20012

WG
Morton Bartlett at Hamburger Bahnhof. Photo by Will Gresson

Dolls in Berlin

HAMBURGER BAHNHOF

Berlin

 

Morton Bartlett
Secret Universe III

 

11 May - 23 September 2012


JH
Barbara Tuck, Caterpillar Chemistry, 2012, oil on board, 800 x 800 mm

Austerely Lavish Tuck

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Barbara Tuck
Alice Capricious Compass

 

9 May - 2 June 2012

PI
Peter Peryer's Other installed at Gus Fisher. Photo by Samuel Hartnett.

An Other Peryer

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Peter Peryer

Other

 

4 May - 23 June 2012

JH
Billy Apple and Craig Hilton, The Immortalisation of Billy Apple (Stage 2). Photo by Jennifer French

An Artwork that Multiplies

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Billy Apple and Craig Hilton
The Immortalisation of Billy Apple ® (Stage 2)

 

19 April - 24 May 2012


JH
Brad Lochore's Paintings at Two Rooms. The work on the right is Sofa Vanitas, oil on canvas, 1300 x 2000 mm. Photo  by Jennifer French

Lochore Paintings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Brad Lochore
Paintings

 

20 April - 19 May 2012

MD
Yvonne Todd, Marthe II

Talking Todd-lish: Mystery and Manners in the Art of Yvonne Todd

McLEAVEY GALLERY

Wellington

 

Yvonne Todd

Seahorsel Subset

 

4 April - 24 April 2012

JH
Installation of Brett Graham's Tangaroa piri whare at two Rooms. Photo by Jennifer French.

Brett Graham Carving

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Brett Graham
Tangaroa pire whare

 

20 April - 19 May 2012


RF
Lauren Brincat, Southeasterlies to the Doldrums, 2012 Nautical sail, adhesive nautical fabric, cassette tape 1400 x 600 x 15 cm

Brincat in Sydney

ANNA SCHWARTZ GALLERY

Sydney

 

Lauren Brincat
Shoot from the Hip



28 March - 21 April 2012

JH
On the floor, Maria Taniguchi, Muses, cement, black oxide, hessian,2012. On the walls, Adam Avikainen works. Right: Traansnikko, 2012, turmeric, ginger, oil of oregano, water on 3M paper. Left, Drift Gene, beets, ginger, oil of oregano, water on 3M paper.

Verbal and Peripatetic Rambling

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Adam Avikainen & Maria Taniguchi
Rambler’s Association

 

20 April - 19 May 2012

MA
Andrew Beck, 11:35am - 11:55am (light drawing)

Treating Space with Photography

HAMISH McKAY GALLERY

Wellington

 

Andrew Beck: Black Out Solid
Patrick Pound: Bank Jobs

 

April 14 - May 4 2012