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Conor Clarke, Peak I (Berlin), 2014 inkjet billboard print,  commissioned by Te Tuhi, Auckland

Heaps of Dirt

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Conor Clarke
Scenic Potential

 

12 March - 29 May 2016

Unexpected drama in the ordinary

JH
Rangituhia Hollis, Oho Ake, 2016, 3 channel colour HD video, 6.2 channel audio.10.08 mins looped. Commissioned by Te Tuhi. Photo: Sam Hartnett

One Mind with Multiple Bodies (2)

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Monteith, McQuarrie, Jansen, Hollis, Drayton
The Hive Hums with Many Minds: Part One
Curated by Bruce E. Philips


12 March - 24 May 2016

Many Minds United

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Monique Jansen, A length without breadth, 2016, pencil on paper, 4040 mm x 2970. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Sam Hartnett

One Mind with Multiple Bodies (1)

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga


Monteith, McQuarrie, Jansen, Hollis, Drayton
The Hive Hums with Many Minds: Part One

 

12 March - 24 May 2016

Many Minds United


JH
James Ross, Red Interior (b), 1994, oil on panel, 2195 x 1220 mm

James Ross at The Pah

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

James Ross
Constructing Paintings 1982 - 2003

 

16 February - 17 April 2016

Two methods flowing together

JH
Yuki Kihara, Nose Width with Vernier Caliper, 2015

Yuki Kihara at Te Uru

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Titirangi

 

Yuki Kihara
A Study of a Samoan Savage

 

27 February - 22 May 2016

Two floor presentation

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Richard McWhannell, A Tearning a Girning, 1987, oil on canvas. Collection of the artist

Richard McWhannell Survey

THE JAMES WALLACE ARTS TRUST

Auckland

 

Richard McWhannell

In My Own Time, 1972 - 2015


26 January - 10 April 2016

Varied and contradictory


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Marie Le Lievre, Slipping (Madder), 2015, oil and graphite on canvas, 1650 x 3150 mm

Gazing at Le Lievre’s Glazes

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Marie Le Lievre
Flipping Out

 

22 March - 29 April 2016

Enjoyment resurrected

JH
Whitney Bedford, The Gold Girl, ink and oil paint on panel. Photo: Euan Bedford

Bedford Paintings at Starkwhite

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Whitney Bedford
Lost and Found

 

15 March - 9 April 2016

Tight graphics & wild gesturalism

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Bepan Bhana's Frankie Goes to Bollywood as installed at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Panoramically and Chromatically Overpowering Bhana

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Bepen Bhana
Frankie goes to Bollywood

 

13 February - 15 May 2016

Corny but astute and logical


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Ilan Wittenberg, Faces of Jerusalem: An Interfaith Journey, as installed at Te Uru. Photo: Sam Hartnett

The Streets of Old Jerusalem

TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Ilan Wittenberg
Faces of Jerusalem: An Interfaith Journey

 

20 February - 1 May 2016

Weathered faces of working people

JH
Gerard Crewdson: Lament -Brandenburg, Oct 2009; The Trial

Gerard Crewdson at Audio Foundation

AUDIO FOUNDATION

Auckland

 

Gerard Crewdson
Lost Worlds: Works on Paper and Sound Pieces

 

3 March - 2 April 2016

Commemorating victims of Nazism, Stalinism and general thuggery

JH
Installation of Andrew Barber's Painting at Hopkinson Mossman

Andrew Barber and Light

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Andrew Barber
Painting

 

3 March - 2 April 2016

Extending grid paintings


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Gabriel de la Mora, The space between now and then, 2011, glass and mixed media, 7.3 x 7.3 x 20 cm

Death’s Final Dominion

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Group show
The Authority of Death

 

9 March - 16 April 2016

Mortality’s relationship with Life

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Maddie Leach, St Paul, 2016, Maratoto rock and bronze plaque. Rock loaned by Stone Direct, St Johns, Auckland. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Maddie Leach at St Paul St

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Maddie Leach
From where she was standing

 

19 February - 24 March 2016

Dispersed and complicated geologies

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Ian Peter Weston, Hannibal, 2015, paint, paper, card, glue, string, steel and aluminium fasteners, 1500 x 420 x 360 mm; Miranda Parkes, Schmooser, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 340 x 330 mm

Godkin Show

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Billy McQueen, Miranda Parkes, Glen Snow, Ian Peter Weston, Nicola Holden
On the Canvas and Beyond


20 February - 12 March 2016

Five artist presentation


JH
Hany Armanious, Logos, 2016, detail, pigmented polyurethane resin, dimensions variable

Armanious’s Verisimilitude

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Hany Armanious

Hollow Earth

 

24 February - 26 March 2016

Extending beyond technique

JH
Installation of Celia Hempton's exhibition downstairs at Michael Lett's.

Celia Hempton in Auckland

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Solo exhibition

 

Celia Hempton

 

24 February - 26 March 2016

Pondering masturbation with paint

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Fiona Clark, For Fantastic Carmen, as installed at Artspace. Visual Thinking. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Fiona Clark at Artspace

Auckland

 

Fiona Clark
For Fantastic Carmen (Part of THE BILL)

 

20 February - 11 March 2016

LGBT club scene


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Don Driver, Energy Triad, 1991. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, 1996

Christchurch Art Gallery Sampler

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Christchurch

 

Post-earthquake - with about fifteen new Collection shows

 

Some exhibitions: 19 December 2015 - 3 April 2016

A taster from the contemporary art Collection shows

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Ron Left, Painting and Time, The dynamic of the actual and the virtual, 2015,  1.5m x 15.2 m, as installed at St Paul St Gallery One. Photo: Ron Left

Ron Left’s Doctorate Painting

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Ron Left
Painting and Time: The dynamic of the actual and the virtual

 

27 January - 5 February 2016

Airports, Painting and Time

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Pauline Rhodes, Dark Watch, 2016, as installed at St Paul St Gallery One. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Pauline Rhodes at AUT’s St Paul St

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 


Pauline Rhodes
Dark Watch

 

19 February - 24 March 2016

Her installation in Gallery One