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Julia Morison: left to right. On the far wall  Liqueurfaction paintings. Then Laconic Thing, Fretful Thing, Bare Forked Thing, Thing in the Making, Handy Thing, Small Triumphal Thing (on wall), Net (also on wall) and Curious Thing. Photo Jennifer French

Morison Sculpture in Auckland

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Julia Morison
Meet Me on the Other Side

 

28 October - 22 December 2011

Exploiting earthquake damage in studio

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Christina Read and Matthew Crookes, Why bother bulding scales, invitation image

The Absurdity of Questionnaires

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Matthew Crookes and Christina Read
Why Bother Building Scales.

 

16 November - 10 December 2011

Surveys & Lists

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Room as Self and Thought

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Ruth Buchanan
Furniture, Plan, Rival Brain

 

9 November - 3 December 2011

Spatial exploration with literary tropes


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Roger Boyce, The Rape of Aotearoa; An Allegory, 2010, oil and acrylic polymer on hardwood panel, 440 x 610 mm

Examining Maori–Pakeha Relations

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Roger Boyce
Aotearoa: A Pictorial Allegory

 

9 November - 17 December 2011

Ambiguous & ambivalent political tropes

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Geoff Thornley, Voice of Mimesis, 1999-2000, oil on canvas, four of the five panels.

Delicate Thornley Field Paintings

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Geoff Thornley
Voice of Mimesis

 

8 November - 18 December 2011

Delayed exposure for ten years

JH
Zhang Xianyong, Last Supper, Red Army, photograph, 2006, 1000mm x 1330mm

Shanghai Fantasies

MOSSGREEN-WEBB'S

Auckland

 

Zhang Xianyong

 

4 November - 18 November 2011

Hybrid blending of East and West


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Ann Shelton, In a Forest, installed at Starkwhite

Evil by Association

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Ann Shelton
In a Forest

 

4 November - 29 November 2011

Historical links with a sinister era

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Sculpture with Photographic Components

SNAKE PIT

Auckland

 

Holly Davies
This room, the sum of my memories (of you)

 

3 November - 15 November 2011

Uneasy synthesis of sculpture, photography, video and text

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John Ward Knox, No title (cane, chair), 2011, cane, chair, dimensions variable.

Ward Knox at Anthony

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

John Ward Knox
moving on looking

 

26 October - 19 November 2011

Another sort of practice for this artist


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Sean Grattan, Carmen San Diego: Out OF Work And On The Run, 2011. Part of installation at ARTSPACE. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Abrupt Movements and Sounds

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Atkins, Grattan and Sofo
Sudden gestures or noises
Curated by Caterina Riva

 

21 October - 26 November 2011

Two films & an installation-collection

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Boyd Webb, Horse and Dog, 2002, DVD, 10 mins,

Earlyish Video Works

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Jankowski, Maloy and Webb
Nature Videos

 

14 October - 5 November 2011

Ruminating over ‘Nature’.

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Peter Panyoczki, Silent Drift of Time, 2011, driftwood, steel on timber, 110 x 200 cm

Deciphering Textual Layers

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Peter Panyoczki
Matters

 

13 October - 29 October 2011

Braille coding and symbolic substances


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Nicola Farquhar's New Paintings installed at Hopkinson Cundy

Farquhar’s Imaginary Portraits

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Nicola Farquhar
New Paintings

 

6 October - 6 November 2011

Edgy but not far enough

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Julian Hooper: Vlad 4, Vlad 5, Vlad 6 and Vlad 7 at Ivan Anthony, acrylic on hardboard, 500 x 400 mm

Hooper’s Folk Art and Designer Surrealism

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Julian Hooper
Seven Nights

 

28 September - 22 October 2011

Juxtaposing and comparing themes

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Michael Parekowhai, The Far Side, 2011, aluminium, automotive paint, fibreglass. Installation view. Image courtesy of the Michael Lett Gallery

Colourful & Conceptually Complex Parekowhai

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Michael Parekowhai
The Far Side

 

8 October - 12 November 2011

Ambiguous questions of communal and personal identity


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Matt Henry, User Friendly detail. On left (through glass) Untitled 500 x 400 (Titanium white), 2011. On right, Untitled 500x 800 (Titanium White), 2011, both acrylic gesso on linen, pine stretchers.

Matt Henry at Te Tuhi

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Matt Henry
User Friendly

 

24 September - 6 November 2011

Precisional placement and logic

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Lisa Crowley, The Reading Hall (video poster) Courtesy of Fox Jensen and McNamara Galleries.

Filming Alvar Aalto’s Library in Russia

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland
Lisa Crowley

Printed Mind
27 September - 5 November 2011

TE TUHI
The Reading Hall
24 September - 6 November 2011

Book culture and architecture

JH
JahJahSphinx, CDJ, a Te Tuhi billboard project on Reeves Road

Online Image Scavenged for Pakuranga Traffic

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

JahJahSphinx
CDJ

 

27 August - 6 November 2011

Training pets or training drivers


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Joe Sheehan, Words Fail, 2011, carrara marble, dimensions variable

Craft Skills: Documenting Themselves and More

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Joe Sheehan
Record


4 October - 29 October 2011

Sheehan’s carving with assorted nephrite jades and marbles

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Clinton Watkins video works: left to right, Hawk, Wave, Stride and Force Field. Photo by Sam Hartnett

Watkins Audio Visual Sampler

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Clinton Watkins
Selection

 

27 September - 22 October 2011

Inventive configuration of five works

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Fiona Pardington, Phallus impudicus, pigment inks on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 825 x 1100 mm

A New Museological Series From Fiona Pardington

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Fiona Pardington
Phantasma

 

9 September - 22 October 2011

Photographing fungi fascimiles in Nice