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Lamppost from Sendai, Japan. Image courtesy of SCAPE

Kuball’s Solidarity Grid

SCAPE Public Art

Christchurch

 

Mischa Kuball
Solidarity Grid

 

Installed gradually over 2013-2015

Quality civic installation art

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Installation of Alberto Garcia-Alvarez's 4 Large Paintings at Tim Melville.

Calling All Bodies

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Alberto Garcia-Alvarez
4 Large Paintings

 

27 September - 22 October 2016

Paint’s advocacy of mentally enterable space

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Scott Flanagan, Wild South - Young Mountains, 2016, mixed media. Photo: Daniela Aebli

CoCA’s Christchurch Selection

CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOI MOROKI

Christchurch

 

Local group show

Contemporary Christchurch

 

20 August - 6 November 2016

Showcasing Canterbury talent


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Fiona Connor, John McLaughlin in Print, as installed in Auckland Art Gallery. Photo: Fiona Connor

Fiona Connor on the Representation of John McLaughlin

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Fiona Connor (as curator)
John McLaughlin in Print

 

19 September - 16 October 2016

Transmutation via print

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Installation of Influx at St Paul St Gallery, with works by Pati Solomona Tyrell, Shane Tu'ihalangingie and Louisa Afoa. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Tautai Milestone

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Tertiary group show
Influx


23 September - 28 October 2016

Particularly exciting tertiary show

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Susan Norrie, Rules of Play (2009-2014) 2014, still, single channel HD video installation with sound, 28 minutes

New Norrie Film

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Susan Norrie
Rules of Play (2009-2014)

 

23 September - 22 October 2016

Extension of ‘Transit’


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Philippa Emery, Gifts to Hold, 2016; Matthew Cowan, Stockade Hill, Auckland, New Zealand (Flowerbeard performance photograph) 2013; Bernardo Oyarzun, Minga, 2012-ongoing; Matthew Cowan,  I'll sweep your house. Ritual brooms, 2012; Xin Cheng; Rood

Balamohan Shingade Looks at Sacred Economies

MALCOLM SMITH GALLERY

Howick

 

International group show
Sacred Economies


12 September - 22 October 2016

Another Uxbridge presentation

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Ian Peter Weston, Shield, 2016, paint on paper card and balsa with steel fasteners. 1120 x 1120 x 200 mm

Ian Peter Weston’s ‘Aircraft’ Sculptures

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Ian Peter Weston
A confederacy of things (to paint on)

 

20 September - 15 October 2016

Aeronautic space invaders

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Richard Killeen, Black White #1, 1981, alkyd on aluminium 12 pieces, variable size

Re-presenting Two Killeen Cut-outs

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Richard Killeen
Two Cut-Outs

 

21 September - 15 October 2016

A new relevance today?


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Robin Neate's show me something quieter, as installed at Melanie Roger. Back wall and righthand wall.

Gallery as ‘artist-proclaimed’ shop

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Robin Neate
show me something quieter

 

21 September - 15 October 2016

Robin Neate in Auckland

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Matthew Carter, High St, oil on board, 400 x 610 mm

Matthew Carter’s Cityscapes

nkb GALLERY

Auckland

 

Matthew Carter (with Freeman White)
New Paintings

 

8 September - 28 September 2016

Observing streetlife from above

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Adrienne Vaughan at Anna Miles. On main wall: Untitled Drawings, 2015-2016, each 145 x 208 mm unframed.

Vaughan at Miles

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Solo show
Adrienne Vaughan

 

11 September - 7 October 2016

Intimate scale


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Hu Xiangqian, Speech at the Edge of the World, 2014, single channel HD video, 12:31 min. Still image courtesy of Long March Space and the artist.

Why Assume Artists Embody Integrity?

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

International group exhibition
Share/Cheat/Unite


13 August - 23 October 2016

Swimming through ethical undercurrents

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WD (Bill) Hammond, Serving Suggestion, 1986, acrylic on pegboard, 900 x 1770 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

In Praise of Size, Untidiness and Inconsistency

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Selected works from a private collection
Antipodean Gothic: Art from a Private Collection

9 September - 1 October 2016

Four early Hammonds

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Installation of Jim Allen; Dan Arps; Stella Corkery at Michael Lett

Arps, Corkery and Allen

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Group show
Jim Allen; Dan Arps; Stella Corkery

 

17 August - 17 September 2016

Three varied practitioners


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Painting: A Transitive Space (Phase One) as installed in St Paul St Gallery Three. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Pondering Painting

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY THREE

Auckland

 

Group exhibition
Painting: A Transitive Space


30 August -10 September 2016

Two part sequence

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Installation of Rohan Wealleans' It's All to Make You Sliver at Ivan Anthony.

Wealleans’ Slivers

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rohan Wealleans
It’s all to make you sliver

 

24 August - 17 September 2016.

Inspired recycling

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John Reynolds, Walk With Me, 2016, oil stick marker and acrylic on linen. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Reynolds’ Intertextual Drawing

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

John Reynolds
Walk With Me…

 

30 August - 24 September 2016

Inspired by McCahon’s mental implosion


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Bjarki Bragason:Ten Thousand and One Years (one year of emissions at 449,5 meters), 2016, photographic prints, pinewood, graphite; Perhaps that in which it, 2013, photographic prints. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Facing Environmental Breakdown

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

Bjarki Bragason, Nicholas Mangan, Steve Kado, Shannon Te Ao, Amy Howden-Chapman, George Watson, Natalie Robertson
Imagining the Present

5 August - 9 September 2016

 

Examining global catastrophe

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Installation of Yukihiro Taguchi's In Formation at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Yukihiro Taguchi Videos

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Yukihiko Taguchi
In Formation


23 July - 18 September 2016

Stop-motion treats

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Jae Kang, Gurmon Sup, at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Hydroponic Invasion

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Jae Kang
Gurmon Sup

 

18 June - 7 September 2016

Dramatic installation