Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to EyeContact. You are invited to respond to reviews and contribute to discussion by registering to participate.

 

JH
Luke Willis Thompson, Untitled, 2012, in the Bev smail Gallery, Te Tuhi. Courtesy of the artist and Hopkinson Cundy Gallery, Auckland. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Between Memory and Trace Part 2

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Luke Willis Thompson
Untitled, 2012

 

17 Nov. 2012 - 10 Feb. 2013

Manurewa tragedy contemplated

JH
Ruth Ewan, The New Idealism, 2010, collection of inner record sleeves. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Between Memory and Trace Part 1

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Ruth Ewan
The New Idealism / Paul Robeson project archive/ Them that plants them is soon forgotten

 

17 Nov. 2012 - 10 Feb. 2013

Remembering the McCarthy era

JH
Steven Chow, You leave, I Stay Behind, 2012, film still, dual channel HD video

A Room With A View

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Steven Chow
You leave, I stay behind

 

17 Nov. 2012 - 10 Feb. 2013

Two locations simultaneously


JH
James Wylie, Quarter Report (Fear mamet), 2012, book, strong hand grip, carpet

Temporary Merger

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Snake Pit and Sue Crockford Gallery
Club Mirage

 

28 November - 22 December 2012

Grunge meets Chic

JH
Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh, Persepolis, 2012, L.E.D. Kebab sign, Turkmen Ersari rug. Photo: Sam Hartnett

More from The Globalising Wall

MANGERE ARTS CENTRE NGA TOHU O UENUKU

Mangere


Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh, Alex Monteith
The Globalising Wall


24 Nov. 2012 - 7 Feb. 2013

 

The Asdollah-Zadeh and Monteith contributions

JH
Danae Stratou's The Globalising Wall at Mangere Arts Centre Nga Tohu o Uenuku. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Containing Civilian Movement

MANGERE ARTS CENTRE NGA TOHU O UENUKU

Mangere

 

Danae Stratou
The Globalising Wall

 

24 Nov. 2012 - 7 Feb. 2013

 

Physical barriers erected between countries


JH
Ross Manning, Field Emissions, downstairs at Starkwhite. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Light and Sound Works from Brisbane

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Ross Manning
Field Emissions

 

26 November 2012 - 22 December 2012

Atmospheric versus linear light

JH
Never Mind the Pollocks at St Paul St Gallery Three

Is It Right to Laugh at Men Painting?

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY THREE

Auckland

 

Group show
Never Mind the Pollocks


22 November 2012 - 8 December 2012

Seventies revisited?

JH
Max Gimblett, Leda and the Swan - in Memorriam -for Cy Twombly, 2011, gesso, acrylic, vinyl polymers, epoxy, aqua size, aluminium leaf, silver leaf, canvas, 96 x 80 x 2 in

Gimblett Rectangles

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Max Gimblett
The Ballad of the South Pacific

 

28 November - January 2013

Greater delicacy of surface


JH
Gavin Hipkins, This Fine Island, 2012, 16 mm colour negative film, Florence Noble and Joe Dekker-Reihana

Hipkins on Darwin

THE FILM ARCHIVE AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Gavin Hipkins
This Fine Island

 

28 November 2012 - 1 February 2013

The Bay of Islands revisited

JH
Deborah Crowe /Eldon Booth, [Eddy]II, 5.1 surround sound installation in the mezzanine gallery at Artspace.

Grating and Seductive

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Deborah Crowe & Eldon Booth
[Eddy]II

 

27 November - 20 December 2012

Artspace sound work

JH
Andre Hemer, wallpaper_05 smudged, 2012, digital pigment prints on Harman Gloss fibre paper, 39.5 cm x 44.5 cm (with frame)

Exploring Digital Wallpaper

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Andre Hemer
Hot Wallpapers

 

13 November - 10 December 2012

Customising its abstraction


JH

American Gangster Reprise

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Jacqueline Fraser
The Making of American Gangster 2012

 

8 November - 22 December 2012

Critique or loving embrace

JH
Rohan Wealleans and Karl Fritsch works at Ivan anthony

Wealleans / Fritsch Collaboration

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rohan Wealleans and Karl Fritsch
Knuckle Fresser

 

31 October - 24 November 2012

Fritleans & Wealsch Inc.

JH
Peter Roche's Cinema at Saatchi & Saatchi. On left, Trickle. On right, Shiver. Photo: the artist.

Roche Neons at Saatchi

SAATCHI & SAATCHI GALLERY

Auckland

 

Peter Roche
Cinema

 

5 November - 21 December 2012

Exploring movement and linear gesture


JH
Eddie Clemens' Second Generation Fibre Optic Broom in the domed space of the Gus Fisher. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Clemens’ Fibre Optic Sculptures

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Eddie Clemens
Total Internal Reflection

 

30 October - 15 December 2012

Sweeping & Scrubbing

JH
Annie Bradley, Swallowing the Sun at St Paul St Gallery Three, detail. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Annie Bradley at Gallery Three

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY THREE

Auckland

 

Annie Bradley
Swallowing the Sun

 

14 November - 17 November 2012

Connecting up scattered parts

JH
Sarah Munro, Surface Detail at Gus Fisher. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Hi-Tech Installation

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Sarah Munro
Surface Detail

 

30 October - 15 December 2012

Munro’s impeccable industrial finish


JH
Alexis Harding, Orange-vertical, 2010-2011, oil and gloss paint on MDF, 50 cm diameter

Alexis Harding Paintings

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Alexis Harding
Long Room Drying Depot

 

26 October - 24 November 2012

Manipulating skins

JH
David McCracken, Portraits of Mass and Transmission at Gow Langsford. Nearest work, David McCracken, Portrait of Mass and Transmission 2, 2012, steel, 1825 x 1870 x 625 mm. On right, Portrait of Mass and Transmission 1.

Corten Steel Sculpture

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

David McCracken
Portraits of Mass and Transmission

 

31 October - 24 November 2012

Weighty but humourous

JH
Jeena Shin at RM, Procedure-Rm-2012, 2012, acrylic on wall. Photo: Sam Hartnett

Examining the Programmatic

RM

Auckland

 

Killeen, Ingram, Shin, Kerr, Thompson, Simon
Procedure

 

26 October - 10 November 2012

Setting up systemic processes