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Rene Magritte, The red model 1935, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 56 x 46cm, Collection: Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, © René Magritte/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2011

Brisbane’s Big Surrealism Show

GALLERY OF MODERN ART

Brisbane

 

Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams
Curated from the Pompidou Collection by Didier Ottinger

 

11 June - 2 October 2011

The Pompidou visits Queensland

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Jack Hadley, Worry Wort in ARTSPACE's loft

Spiritual Enlightenment up in ARTSPACE’s Loft

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Jack Hadley
Worry wort

 

2 September - 8 October 2010

Hadley’s meditation video theatre

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Tobias Kaspar, G, J, O, I, G, N, G, courtesy of the artist and Silberkuppe, Berlin, photo by Sam Hartnett

Testing Riva’s Transmission

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

General Idea, Patricia Dauder, Tobias Kaspar
Test Transmission
Curated by Caterina Riva

 

2 September - 8 October 2011

New Director’s first show in the Newton based institution


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Alex Vivian, An oversized jacket. Jeans, that fit, 2011, installation at Hopkinson Cundy.

Focussed Priapic Vivian

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Alex Vivian
An oversized jacket. Jeans, that fit.

 

2 September - 1 October 2011

Less humorous, more sexual

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Alexandra Savtchenko-Belskaia and Sonya Lacey, Parlour Peeps at 14/79 Beresford St

Lacey Performance / Savtchenko Installation

PARLOUR

Auckland

 

Alexandra Savtchenko-Belskaia and Sonya Lacey

Parlour Peeps

 

Sat 17 September 6-8 am

Peeping out at the early spring light

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Sam Cranstoun's Oil! at Boxcopy

Cranstoun at Boxcopy

BOXCOPY

Brisbane

Sam Cranstoun
Oil!
Curated by Daniel McKewen

 

10 September - 1 October 2011

Greed for oil, wealth and power


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Sam Rountree Williams, Nature Culture at St. David's Church Hall (detail)

Rountree Williams’ Paintings

St. David's Church Hall

Auckland

 

Sam Rountree Williams
Nature Culture

 

14 - 15 September 2011

Can ‘awkward’ and ‘not quite right’ paintings transcend failure?

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Heleln Calder, In front, behind, side-by-side - at Antoinette Godkin Gallery

Colour as Peeled Skin

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Helen Calder
In front, behind, side-by-side

 

7 September - 15 October 2011

Calder’s projecting lines

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Darren Glass, Cosmo Flying Disc #327, 2000-2010, type c handprinted.

Darren Glass Photographs

ANNA MILES GALLERY

Auckland

 

Darren Glass

 

24 August - 24 September 2011

Inventing new trajectories for tracing moving light


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Peter Alwast's Future Perfect at the IMA. (detail)

Alwast at the IMA

INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART

Brisbane

 

Peter Alwast
Future Perfect

 

20 August - 15 October 2011

Can digital animation shed its sweetness?

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Peter Roehr, Film Montages (detail) at the IMA

The Joy of Repetition

INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART

Brisbane

 

Peter Roehr
Montage Films

 

20 August - 15 October 2011

Narrative sequences made abstract

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Michael Stevenson and Danius Kesminas, Daily Practice, 1999

Self-broadcasting as Community Television

METRO ARTS

Brisbane

 

Bradley, Dabrowski, Grayson, Stevenson & Kesminas, and Woodward
This is what I do
Curated by Wes Hill

 

31 August - 17 September 2011

DIY as artistic strategy


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Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki, architects FJMT & Archimedia, detail, photo by Patrick Reynolds

FJMT & Archimedia Modified Auckland Art Gallery

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

Auckland Art Gallery Re-opens

 


September 3 2011 -11am

Double the exhibiting power

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Jin Jiangbo, Infiltration, 2011, pigment ink on photo rag, 74 x 100 cm

Jin Jiangbo Looks at Aotearoa

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Jin Jiangbo
Dialogue with Nature

 

20 August - 17 September 2011

Embracing colour and intricate texture

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Paul Cullen, Device 1 (weather balloon), 2011, weather balloon, metal struts, electric motor and cord, 2340 x 2040 x 2100 mm

Cullen’s Connected Macro and Micro Systems

JANE SANDERS ART AGENT

Auckland

 

Paul Cullen
HTWW: devices

 

24 August - 24 September 2011

 

Before and after Science


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Simon Denny, installation of Corporate Video Decisions and Diligent Website Expansion at Michael Lett

Video as Corporate Tool

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Simon Denny
Corporate Video Decisions

 

25 August - 1 October 2011

Denny’s immersive installation

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Dan Arps' Hobson Gardens installed at Michael Lett

Art as Therapy?

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Dan Arps
Hobson Gardens

 

25 August - 1 October 2011

Arps at his tightest and most focussed

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Brydee Rood and Matthew Crookes, The Golden Shuffle, installed in Gallery Two at St. Paul Street, AUT. (Opening night.)

Crookes and Rood at AUT

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Brydee Rood & Matthew Crookes
The Golden Shuffle

 

26 August - 23 September 2011

Eco issues and other interpretations


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Elisapeta Heta, Mega mall Information Centre, 2011, digital video, vinyl signage, timber, MDF, cardboard. External view

Global Issues of Urban Planning

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

International group show
Rapid Change
Curated by Bruce E. Phillips

 

9 July - 4 September 2011

Auckland problems contextualised

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Vanderlay Industries at Hopkinson Cundy. Photo: Alex North

Curious Hopkinson Cundy Group Show

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

Fiona Connor, Nicholas Mangan, Sarah Ortmeyer, Renee So

Vandelay Industries
Curated by Sarah Hopkinson

3 August - 27 August 2011

Dry but smart - with a smidgen of humour

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Ava Seymour, Variant , 2011 and Variant, 2011, both coloured photographs, 100 x 100 mm framed.

Pondering Perception with Seymour

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Ava Seymour
Shift

 

16 August - 10 September 2011

Painting as a decoy for photography