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JH
Ayse Erkmen, Inform, 2014, silver-plated metal, 100 x 4780 mm overall. Installation dimensions vary.

Buchanan and Erkmen

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Ruth Buchanan / Ayşe Erkmen

 

5 July - 2 August, 2014

Very shrewd juxtapostions

JH
Phil Dadson, Arid Edge (Atacama), 2014, single channel digital video, duration 7.09 min

Richly Layered Phil Dadson Survey

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

Phil Dadson
Parallel Harmonies

 

27 June - 25 July, 2014

Exhilarating videos

JH
Paul Hartigan, Mimic, 1998, pigment on vinyl, 1220 x 1220 mm

Hartigan’s Infinity Reprise

PIERRE PEETERS GALLERY

Auckland

 

Paul Hartigan
The Infinities

 

12 June -12 July 2014

More recent higher definition


JH
Joe Sheehan's Screenshots at Tim Melville

Joe Sheehan’s Mysterious Photographs

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Joe Sheehan
Screenshots

 

3 June - 28 June 2014

Gaseous and ethereal minerality

JH
Boyd Webb, Auburn, 2014, giclee print on Innova Fibaprint Semi-Matte 300gsm, 970 x 970 mm

Boyd Webb at Two Rooms

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Boyd Webb
Images from the Cusp

 

6 June - 12 July 2014

Ambiguous images

JH
Suzie Gorodi, Corridor Series, 2014, digital video and audio, 9.20 mins

Unusual Gorodi Exhibition

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Suzie Gorodi
PhD examination show

 

30 May - 6 June 2014

Filming being filmed


JH
Installation of Flora Photographica Aotearoa at Deport Artspace in Devonport

Botanical Photographs

DEPOT ARTSPACE

Auckland

 

Group show
Flora Photographica Aotearoa


24 May - 12 June 2014

Devonport presentation

JH

Jannides Exhibition

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Milli Jannides
As the Light Dips

 

23 May - 28 June 2014

Varied array of ambiguous images

JH
Barbara Tuck, Long Rain, 1999, oil on canvas, 508 x 405 mm

Lushly Patterned Tuck

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Barbara Tuck
Iris Gate

 

7 May - 31 May, 2014

Tentative explorations


JH
Installation of RE:VISION at Trish Clark Gallery. On the left, Alfredo Jaar's Tonight No Poetry Will Serve; on the right, Marina Abramovic's Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful, 1975; publ. 1994, black and white photograph with text panel

Trish Clark’s Inaugural Exhibition

TRISH CLARK GALLERY

Auckland

 

International group show
RE:VISION

 

13 April - 10 June 2014

New Auckland gallery

JH
Installation at Two Rooms of Noel McKenna's Second 14 Days in Auckland, 2014, watercolour on paper, variable. Photo: Jennifer French

Noel McKenna’s Residency Show

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Noel McKenna
A Walk from One Tree Hill to Half Moon Bay

 

2 May - 31 May 2014

Panel paintings and watercolour diaries

JH
Simon Ingram's Radiographs in his Radio Painting Station in Jar.

Fourth Jar Show

JAR

Auckland

 

Simon Ingram
Radio Painting Station

 

18 November, 2013 - 18 November, 2014

Added aerial and power source


JH

Alchemical Encoder or Formalist?

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Milan Mrkusich

Seven Colour Alchemical Spectrum 

 

5 May - 30 May 2009

I think Mrkusich is a formalist, despite his denial of that in various catalogues over the years. He is a formalist to be much admired. You don’t need to grasp the early history of science and philosophy to appreciate the elegance and contemplative serenity of these works. The symbolic content is a footnote, not the main essay..

JH
BIK van der Pol, Facts on the Ground, 2010, video still, single channel video, courtesy of the artists

Political / Climate Change

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Group show
The Maldives Exodus Caravan show

 

8 March - 13 July 2014

The Maldives situation

JH
James Beckett, Dowsing Schools: Preliminary Findings and Corresponding Survey Kit - as installed at Artspace, Auckland. Photo: Sam Hartnett

A Leap of Faith (?)

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

James Beckett
Dowsing Schools: Preliminary Findings and Corresponding Survey Kit

 

2 May - 28 June 2014

Dowsing Diorama


JH

Billy Apple’s Genome

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Billy Apple and Craig Hilton
The Analysis of Billy Apple®

 

7 May 2014, 6 - 9pm

Projected circular chromosome map.

JH
Selina Foote, Untitled, oil on canvas, 450 x 350 mm

Selina Foote Exhibition

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Selina Foote
ray

 

2 May - 31 May 2014

Grids of suspended fragments

JH
Jess Johnson's Ratholes in the Babylon of Information as installed at Ivan Anthony

Jess Johnson Drawings

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Jess Johnson
Ratholes in the Babylon of Information

 

30 April - 30 May 2014

Impressively synthesised eclecticism


JH
Becky Nunes, Billboard project, middle panel

Mt Wellington Crater

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Becky Nunes
Billboard project

 

8 March - 13 July 2014

The sensuality of grey

JH
g.bridle, bec de lievre, 2014, photographic print, 1200 x 2060 mm. Photo: Sam Hartnett

bridle at Artspace

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

g. bridle
the Retreat: Flight Forward

 

2 May - 28 June 2014

Duchampian theme

JH
Art and Social Change Research Group: Delhi Residency, 2013, at Te Tuhi. Ravi Agarwal is onscreen on the left, and Shuddahabrata Sengupta is on the right. Photo by Sam Hartnett   Courtesy of Te Tuhi, Auckland, New Zealand

Interviews from Delhi in Auckland

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

Interviews with assorted artists
Art and Social Change Research Group: Delhi Residency, 2013

12 April -13 July 2014

Six Indian activist artists