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JH
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’

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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?

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
Elizabeth Thomson's Subliminal as installed at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Thomson at Two Rooms

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Elizabeth Thomson
Subliminal

 

19 August - 17 September 2016

Photographic film, nylon flocking, glass beads and surface undulation

JH
Joyce Campbell's subtilis upstairs at Two Rooms. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Campbell’s Manipulated Bacteria

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Joyce Campbell
subtilis

 

18 August - 17 September 2016

Unusual photographs


JH
Installation of Tjalling de Vries' no guts no glory at Antoinette Godkin.

Intestinal Art

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Tjalling de Vries
no guts no glory

 

13 August - 10 September 2016

Layered image interpretation

JH
Installation of Daniel Crooks' Persistence of Vision,  At Cross Purposes, In My Beginning Is My End, and for( ; ; ){} at Starkwhite. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Crooks’ Panoramic, Time-Fixated, Videos

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Daniel Crooks
Vanishing Point

 

3 August - 27 August 2016

New explorations in time and motion

JH
Jeena Shin's Motus in Jar, near the corner of New North and Western Springs Roads.

Jeena Shin in Jar

JAR

Auckland

 

Jeena Shin
Motus

 

6 August 2016 - 6 August 2017

Teasing, complex, inverted, juxtaposed repetitions