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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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
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


JH
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


JH
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

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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


JH
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

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
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

JH
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


JH
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

JH
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

JH
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