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Peter Roche, Futures & Ruins, as installed in The Biz Dojo, Suite 108, Ironbank

Roche in the Ironbank

Ironbank, 150 Karangahape Road

Auckland

 

Peter Roche
Futures and Ruins

 

30 April - 2 May 2014

Unusually benign installation

JH
Martyn Reynolds, Vienetta shoes table, digital print on cast aluminium, 450 x 280 x 580 mm

Martyn Reynolds at Gloria Knight

GLORIA KNIGHT

Auckland

 

Martyn Reynolds
Non secateUr

 

17 April -2 May 2014

Twenty-five shows on

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Gavin Hipkins, The Port, in St Paul St Gallery Two. Photo: Tosh Ahkit

Hipkins Film

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Gavin Hipkins
The Port

 

4 April - 17 May 2014

Back to sensuality


JH
John Ward Knox's Breathing After Thinking at Ivan Anthony.

Ward Knox’s Silk Works

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

John Ward Knox
Breathing After Thinking

 

9 April - 26 April 2014

More oil paint drawings

JH
Cerith Wyn Evans' Transmit/receive as installed at Michael Lett. In the foreground, receptacles for revolutionary reverie, 2011 (plants, rotating platforms). In the distance, cite/sight/site, 2014, chandelier, independent breather unit, flash player.

Cerith Wyn Evans Shows

Michael Lett / Hopkinson Mossman

Auckland

 

Cerith Wyn Evans
transmit/receive

 

11 April - 10 May 2014

Simultaneous presentations

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Tony Albert, Girramay people, QLD, Sorry, found kitsch objects applied to vinyl letters, 99 objects, 200 x 510 x 10 cm installed. The James C. Sourris,AM, Collection, Purchaed 2008 with funds from James C Sourris through the QAG Foundation

Songs of Love and Hate

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

 

Aboriginal art from QAG/GOMA

My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia

 


28 March - 20 July 2014

Confronting Australia’s past (and present)


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Christopher LG Hill and Joshua Petherick, Timeout, 2013, detail, newspaper, wood, used clothing, wig. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Critiquing Acquisitiveness

PAPAKURA ART GALLERY

Auckland

 

Group exhibition
Carpet Burn

 

22 March - 3 May 2014

Richly varied group show

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Jeena Shin, Motus, 2014, detail, Herald Theatre. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Jeena Shin’s Two Auckland Murals

The Herald Theatre (50 Mayoral Drive) & Peach Pitt (352 Karangahape Rd)

Auckland

 

Jeena Shin

 

Murals in Aotea Centre and K’Rd diner

Pulsing geometry in theatre and cafe

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Mateo Tannatt, Crowd Crown/Plaza 2, 2014, painted cast aluminium, powder coated steel, 110 x 710 x 450 mm

Five Person Show at Hopkinson Mossman

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Austin, Culbert, Culbert, Newby, Tannatt
Portmanteaux

 

13 March - 5 April 2014

Merging words, blending art


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Rob McLeod, Planet Edward, 2012, oil on marine ply, 2.2 x 2.2 m

Rob McLeod’s Facial Conglomerates

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rob McLeod
The Planetheads

 

11 March - 5 April 2014

Clusters of diverse physiognomy

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Tim Webby and Daniel Webby, Window Onsite, detail, at Window, University of Auckland Library. Photo: Sam Hartnett

It’s A Taped Up, Weighed Down, Frog Infested World

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Daniel Webby and Tim Webby
Window onsite

 

4 March - 29 March 2014

The two Webbys

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Andrew Kennedy, Structure #3, 2014, pigment print, Enhanced Matte 189 gsm, dibond, 280 mm x 180 mm

Full Fathom Four

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Richard Frater and Andrew Kennedy
Fathoms

 

18 March - 5 April 2014

Two artist installation


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Peter Friedl, The Dramatist (Black Hamlet, Crazy Henry, Guilia, Toussaint), 2013, wood, metal, fabric, leather, glass, hair, straw, oil paint, nylon strings. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Guido Costa Projects, Turin. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Peter Friedl at Artspace

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Peter Friedl
The Dramatist

 

1 March - 17 April 2014

The benefits of play

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Deborah Crowe, Scape VI, 2013, digital print on Hahnemuhle paper. Photo: Crowe

Complex and Intricate Crowe

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Deborah Crowe
Scape

 

7 March - 29 March 2014

Dense digital collages

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Suji Park, BUK 330-399 I, II, III, 2014 detail. Photo: Chelsea Rothbart

Every Dream Home a Heart-Ache

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Suji Park, Cornelia Parker, Jun Yang
Things Beyond Our Control


14 February - 21 March 2014

Exploring real and imagined memory


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Sonic Delights on an Island Sanctuary

Tiritiri Matangi

 

25-30 musicians and rare NZ wildlife

Sounding Tiritiri Matangi


8 March, 2014

Extraordinary music and birdsong

JH
Kristy Gorman's Holding Still as installed at Melanie Roger

Delicate Planar Explorations

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Kristy Gorman
Holding Still

 

12 February - 8 March 2014

Kristy Gorman abstractions

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g. bridle, Installation of the Retreat 2008-2014 at St Paul Street's Gallery Two. Photo: Chelsea Rothbart

the characteristically enigmatic mr. bridle

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

g. bridle

the Retreat 2008 - 2014


14 February - 21 March 2014

A supremely urbane display


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David Svensson: Never Trust the Teller, Trust the Tale, 2010; Inner Light (Absent Image), 2014. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Swedish Art in Up and Downtown Auckland

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

David Svensson
Efterord

 

27 February - 5 April 2014

Two Svensson presentations

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Johl Dwyer's Icicles installed at Tim Melville Gallery. Photo: Kallan MacLeod

Dwyer in Newmarket

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Johl Dwyer
Icicles

 

4 February - 1 March 2014

Methods of painting construction

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Imi Knoebel: AAMIII, 2013, and LOLLOO, 2013. Both hand-coloured acrylic on paer, edition of 5 of 5. Both 61.5 x 92 cm

Imi Knoebel in Auckland

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Imi Knoebel
Paperworks

 

4 February - 16 March 2014

Exploring thin paint on paper