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Invite to Origins

Rohan Wealleans Photography

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Rohan Wealleans
Origins

 

27 July - 27 August 2011

Worshipping the Holiest of Holies

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Works on lefthand wall by Sandra Thomson (Dirty Linen, 2006, screenprint on fabric) and Evidence Singlets, works on floor and righthand wall by Michael Reed. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

Printmakers with Bite

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Daniel Heyman, Michael Reed, Sandra Thomson and Diane Victor

Collateral: Printmaking as social commentary
 

1 July - 20 August 2011

Didactic but elegant social commentary

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Janet Lilo, video still, The Interface Project, N0.1 (detail) Lawrence and Lorenzo

Conversations in Suburban Auckland

Youtube

Janet Lilo

The Interface Project

Janet Lilo interviews


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Still from Gregory Bennett's Utopia Part 1, 2011, looped digitally animated DVD.

Gregory Bennett Prints and Video

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Gregory Bennett
Utopia

 

29 July - 3 September 2011

More dominant colour now

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Damien Hirst's The Dead and The Souls at Gow Langsford

Hirst Hits Auckland

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Damien Hirst
The Dead and The Souls

 

20 July - 27 August 2011

Irridescent butterflies and painted skulls

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Steve Carr, Mystical Realism; Modest Gestures, DVD detail

Messy Fun with Balloons and Paint

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Steve Carr
Mystical Realism; Modest Gestures

 

30 June - 13 August 2011

Fascinating grid of exploding coloured liquid


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Trenton Garratt, Five Star 1, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 300 x 350 mm

Light as Experience and Symbol

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Trenton Garratt
What’s the Sun

 

12 July - 6 August 2011

Garratt’s mini-survey

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Tony Drumm, Gypsum Flower III, 2011, superfine casting plaster, 21 x 31 x 27 cm

Drumm in Auckland

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Tony Drumm
Teethlikestars

 

20 July - 13 August 2011

Inventive symbolic sculpture

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Leigh Martin, resin and pigment on canvas paintings at Fox Jensen.

Leigh Martin at Fox Jensen

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Leigh Martin
Paintings and Paperworks

 

12 July - 13 August 2011

Pigment and resin alongside shellac-based ink


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Dane Mitchell, The Smell of an Empty Space (Vaporiser), 2011. All images courtesy of the artist and ARTSPACE. Photograph: Sam Hartnett

Molecular Permutations of Smell

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Dane Mitchell
Radiant Matter III

 

5 July - 20 August 2011

Mitchell’s explorations of nonvisual presence

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Tahi Moore, Nonsuch Park, installation view at Hopkinson Cundy.

Moore’s Wilful Opacity

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Tahi Moore
Nonsuch Park

 

30 June - 30 July 2011

Gambia Castle stalwart at Hopkinson Cundy

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Martin Rumsby, installation of Digital & Digital Landscapes at Snowhite, featuring Equatorial. Photo by Karen Crisp.

Rumsby Installation

SNOWHITE GALLERY UNITEC

Auckland

 

Martin Rumsby
Digital & Cinematic Landscapes

 

29 June - 22 July 2011

Four films at Snowhite


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Marie Le Lievre works at Antoinette Godkin, from l. to r.: Lady Swine Bag, 2011; Pistol, 2011; Boxed (Lamp black) 2011.

The Pleasures of Thin Agitated Glazes

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Marie Le Lievre
Day Tripped

 

6 July - 30 July 2011

Props for a narrative, or non-objective imagery?

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Andrew Blythe, Untitled, 2007, acrylic on paper, 1250 mm x 1540 mm

Melville Show

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

Gallery artists
Colour & Line

 

22 June - 23 July 2011

Australasian Potpourri

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Fiona Amundsen, View Across Motoyasu River Looking Towards Genbaku Dome, Hiroshima, 29/03/2010, 6.19 (quiet)

Hiroshima Mon Amour

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Fiona Amundsen
The First City in History

 

15 June - 15 July 2011

Interlocking images overlapping


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Beate Gutschow, LS #10, 2001, C-print mounted on Dibond panel, 122 x 175 cm. Courtesy of Barbara Gross Galerie Munich, Sonnabend Gallery New York

Beate Gϋtschow at AUT

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Beate Gϋtschow

Curated by Charlotte Huddleston 

 

15 June - 15 July 2011

Fabricated urban and rural spaces

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James Cousins, Parks (Parks iv,iii, ii), 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, triptych -each panel 1700 x 1500 mm

Cousins gets more complex

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

James Cousins
Accent

 

29 June - 16 July

Layering with zigzagging grids

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ichard Maloy, Studies of an Artist (detail)

Thinking About The Body

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Christian Jankowski, Richard Maloy, Sriwhana Spong

 

29 June - 16 July 2011

Three approaches to the figure and its apparel


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Liyen Chong, Untitled, 2011, glazed and painted ceramic bowls with photographic decals, variable dimensions

Photography at Melanie Roger

MELANIE ROGER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Lowe; Henderson/ Roberton; Piccinini; Chong; Orjis
Photography
Curated by Melanie Roger

 

15 June - 9 July 2011

Narrative and elemental

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Johl Dwyer, Empty Cavern installed at RM. Photo by Nick Spratt

Dwyer at RM

RM

Auckland

 

Johl Dwyer
Empty Cavern

 

2 June - 18 June 2011

Alternating support/surfaces

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Sam Harrison: On the wall, Woman Walking Away, 2011, woodcut, 1425 x 895 mm; on plinth, Seated Woman, 2011, wax on plaster, 800 x 890 x 420 mm.

Harrison Prints and Sculpture

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Sam Harrison
New Sculpture & Paperworks

 

7 June - 9 July 2011

Woodcuts and Rodinesque Nudes