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Seraphine Pick, Pile Up, 2013, oil on canvas, 400 x 500 mm

The Pains (or Pleasures) of Inebriation

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Seraphine Pick
Wankered Again

 

16 November - 21 December 2013

Condemnation or espousal?

JH
Henry Babbage, Welcome to a world through glass, at Gloria Knight

Babbage at Knight

GLORIA KNIGHT

Auckland

 

Henry Babbage
Welcome to a world through glass

 

8 November - 23 November 2013

Investigating consumerist technology

JH
Judy Darragh, International Beggar at Two Rooms, showing Nos. 1-5. Photos of cardboard signs for Judy Darragh by Sam Hartnett. Gallery documentation by Jennifer French.

Ciphers for the Homeless

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Judy Darragh
International Beggar

 

8 November - 7 December 2013

Poverty invades the white cube


JH
Graham Fletcher at Melanie Roger

Edge and Sprouting Form

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Two person show

Graham Fletcher & Ruth Thomas-Edmond

 

23 October - 16 November 2013

Flat versus relief

JH
Sorawit Songsataya, Jacques, 2013, video still

The Limits of Education

AUDIO FOUNDATION

Auckland

 

Sorawit Songsataya
Jacques

 

8 November - 30 November 2013

Lifestyle crisis

JH
Jorge Satorre's Emic Etic? installation at Artspace. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Interpreting Local Culture

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Jorge Satorre
Emic Etic?

 

25 October - 16 November 2013

Visitor perceptions


JH
Oleg Polounine, Reverse Engineering, 2013, installation detail; photo by Rob Garrett

Thinking Forward by Looking Backward

Corner window gallery

Auckland

 

Oleg Polounine
Reverse Engineering

 

16 October - 4 December 2013

Tinkering as an aid to analysis

JH
Mark O'Donnell, Post, 2013, and Double Backboard, 2013. Photo: Sam Hartnett

When Functionality Replaces the Optical

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Mark O’Donnell
Titan

 

25 October - 16 November 2013

Nonvisual properties of paint

JH
Mark Braunias, Untitled, 2013, diptich, coloured cutouts, 850 x 1200 mm

Paper Versus Canvas

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Mark Braunias
Encyclo Dimensional

 

30 October - 23 November 2013

Looking at surface


JH
Installation of Tomislav Nikolic's Utopia: The Ending of Glamour, at Fox Jensen

The Nooks and Crannies of a Painting

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Tomislav Nikolic
Utopia: The Ending of Grammar

 

8 October - 16 November 2013

Normally ignored surfaces

JH
Andrew Barber, Yankee, 2013, patchwork cotton, 3200 x 3200 mm

Andrew Barber’s Floor and Wall Flags

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Andrew Barber
Flags

 

18 October - 16 November 2013

New immersive installation

JH
Gregory Bennett, Utopia IV, HD video, duration of loop: 8.49 mins

Gregory Bennett’s Quick-Stepping Hordes

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Gregory Bennett
Dromospheres

 

4 October - 2 November 2013

Satirical visceral videos


JH
Gloria Knight, Werk, 2013, detail, as installed at Gloria Knight

Venue as Artistic Persona

GLORIA KNIGHT

Auckland

 

Gloria Knight

Werk

 

10 October - 26 October 20013

Constructed dealer fronting as artist

JH
Paul Lee, Washcloth Stills, 2010, towels, ink, paint, thread, wire hoops, each 285 x 310 mm

Paul Lee at Lett

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Paul Lee
Active Light

 

2 October - 9 November 2013

Towelling wall works

JH
Rohan Wealleans, Black Widow, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. On the far right: Space Map 2 and Space Map 3

Assorted Wealleans

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rohan Wealleans
MINDSTORM

 

25 September - 19 October 2013

Parallel investigations


JH
Li Xiaofei, A Foreign Boss

China’s Approach to Fordism

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Li Xiaofei
Assembly Line-Entrance

 

3 October - 26 October 2013

Working conditions on the assembly line

JH
Rewiti Arapere, Te Aitanga-a-tiki, 2013, cardboard, permanent marker, paint marker, 1000 x 1000 x 500mm; image courtesy of the artist

Artist / Curator Collaboration

Corner

Auckland

 

Solo exhibition
Rewiti Arapere


18 September - 16 October 2013

Waikato-Manukau connection

JH
David Cross's Level Playing Field/Powerslide on the corner of Gloucester St and Colombo St, part of SCAPE7

David Cross’s ‘Level Playing Field / Powerslide’

SCAPE7

Christchurch

 

David Cross

Level Playing Field/Powerslide

 

27 September - 9 November 2013

Art as a competitive sport


JH
Porous Moonlight as installed at Papakura Art Gallery. Works by Denys watkins and Dan Arps

Painting Survey in Papakura

PAPAKURA ART GALLERY

Papakura

 

Group exhibition of paintings
Porous Moonlight


7 September - 19 October 2013

Adventurous selection of semi-abstractions

JH
Bruce Barber, Untitled (Glider/Float), 1971-2 /2008, steel tray, railway sleepers, high tensile steel, water, brass eye plates, wooden logs. On long term loan to Te Tuhi. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Bruce Barber’s 70s Sculpture

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Pakuranga

 

Bruce Barber
Untitled (Glider/Float)

 

4 May 2013 - 9 February 2014

Riffing off Duchamp’s ‘painting’

JH
The audience in the Auckland Art Gallery lecture theatre listening to Simon Soon lecture on Malaysian art in the 1970s. Photo: Melissa Laing

St. Paul Street Gallery Curators’ Forum

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Guest speakers and panelists

St Paul St 2013 Curatorial Symposium

 

7 August - 9 August 2013

 

Varied selection of guest speakers