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Volume Two from Artspace

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Richard Maloy, Jeena Shin, Koki Tanaka, Meredith Johnson, Jim Allen, Campbell Patterson, Dave, Alicia Frankovich, Cao Fei, Liz Maw

Articles and interviews
Editor: Emma Bugden 
Clouds/Artspace 2012

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Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Ghosts in the Form of Gifts, 2009. Detail.

Glancing at the History of Digital Art

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Group exhibition
Social Interface
Curated by Melanie Oliver

 

April 25 - May 16, 2012

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Vincent Ward, Rorschach Tree, 2011, pigment inks on archival paper, 1650 x 1180 mm

Freezing the Narrative

LEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY

New Plymouth

 

Vincent Ward
Breath: the fleeting intensity of life

 

10 December 2011 - 26 February 2012


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Darcell Apelu, Anxiety, 2012, cotton and spray adhesive. Photo: Emily Hlavac Green

Stored and Restored: Layers of Collective Identity

BLUE OYSTER GALLERY

Dunedin

 

Group show
Silk and Lace: 13th Anniversary Gifts
Curated by Jamie Hanton

 

11 April - 12 May, 2012

 

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Cover of White Fungus #12

The Hanson Brothers’ White Fungus

Taichung City

 

White Fungus #12
Editor: Ron Hanson
Designers: Carla Schollum, Mark Hanson


156 pages, b/w and colour.

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Simon McIntyre, Fracture, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 555 x 760 mm. Photograph: Kallan MacLeod

Reflecting on Reflections

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Simon McIntyre
There and Back

 

17 April - 19 May 2012


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Mark Wallinger, The Sleeper, DVD video (still)

The Physics Room in Sydenham

THE PHYSICS ROOM

Christchurch

 

International group show
Measure the city with the body 
Curated by Stephen Cleland

 

4 April - 5 May 2012

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Tjalling de Vries, Double Trouble, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 1200 x 1020 mm

Fragmented Pop

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Tjalling de Vries
Switchblade… Get the Point

 

28 March - 28 April 2012

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Paper-jams: artists between the covers at the Gus Fisher. On wall works by Paul Cullen and Elliot Collins. Photo by Sam Hartnett

The Physicality of Books

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Group show
Paper-jams: artists between the covers
Curated by Andrew Clifford

 

9 March - 28 April 2012


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Bill Culbert's Hut installed at Sue Crockford's.  Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Lightly Delineated Hut

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Bill Culbert
Hut

 

3 April - 28 April 2012

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Newspaper Reading Club Daily, devised by Fiona Connor and Michala Paludan, at Split Fountain. The reader is Inger-Lisa Hurst, accompanied by the artist Michala Paludan..  Photo by Asumi Mizuo.

Newspaper Reading as Oral Performance

SPLIT / FOUNTAIN

Auckland

 

Michael Parr and Blaine Western
The Loft was Made for No One
Fiona Connor and Michala Paludan
Newspaper Reading Club Daily

 

14 April - 16 April 2012

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Amber Wilson, Hirsute Pond, 2012, oil on canvas, 600 x 600mm

Confections on the Lawn

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Amber Wilson
Lagoon

 

11 April - 5 May 2012


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Angelica Mesiti, Citizens' Band. (detail)

Performance Right Now

ACCA

Melbourne

 

Group show

New 12
Curated by Jeff Khan

 

17 March - 20 May 2012

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Andrea Geyer, Criminal Case 40/61: Reverb 2009  6 channel video installation   HD video, sound, 6 stools 52 minutes  Courtesy the artist

Art Production as Film Set

LEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY

New Plymouth

 

Tribe, Fast, Bartana, Geyer, Gillick and Vidokle

True Stories / Scripted Realities
Curated by Mercedes Vicente

 

10 March - 23 June 2012

 

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Martin Creed, Work No. 1096, 2011, framed photographic print, 1635 x 1645 mm, edition of 3

Creed in Auckland

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Martin Creed

 

6 April - 12 May 2012


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Patrick Hartigan, Hill, 2011, oil on canvas, 230 x 304mm

Comfortable Discomfort

BRETT McDOWELL GALLERY

Dunedin

 

Patrick Hartigan
Hymns & Wee Plants

 

30 March - 26 April, 2012

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Edith Amituanai, Chilli, 2010.  Courtesy of the Artist  and Anna Miles Gallery

Challenging ‘Mainstream’.

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group exhibition

The Last Interpreters

 

26 March - 4 May 2012

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Simon Morris, Coloured Line, 2012, acrylic, wall. Image: Jennifer French

Exhibition Venue Non-Objective

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Billy Apple, Simon Morris, Christoph Dahlhausen
Gallery Abstract

 

9 March - 14 April 2012


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David Cross, Lean, 2010, mixed media, 3000 x 2000 x 4000mm. Courtesy of the artist.

The Stubbornness of Sculpture 2

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Group show

The Obstinate Object

 

24 February - 10 June 2012

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Scott Eady, But you know what will happen, you’ll knock the world off its axis! And then I’ll say, but Scott, we’re falling.  And you’ll say, it’s okay it’s just space, 2012, bronze, enamel paint. Courtesy of the artist. Image Kate Whitley

The Stubbornness of Sculpture 1

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Group show

The Obstinate Object

 


24 February - 10 June 2012

APW
Charlotte Watson, vinyl works, from left to right are Adagio, Pizza, Iriza, Shell and Cottage.

Domestic Minimalism

Chambers@241

Christchurch

 

Charlotte Watson 
Other Rooms

 

27 March - 13 April 2012