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Ronnie van Hout, The Other Mother invite

Van Hout and Leek

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

Ronnie van Hout
The Other Mother

Saskia Leek
A Modern Menu

 

1 June - 25 June 2011

Multiple sci-fi identities with tinted domestic cubism

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Allan McDonald, Woodville, 2010, photograph in light box, image courtesy of the artist, Anna Miles and Auckland Council

McDonald in the Bledisloe Walkway

Bledisloe Walkway

Auckland Council Public Art Project

 

Allan McDonald
Arcade

 

20 May - 18 August 2011

The demise of second-hand shops

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Mark Braunias, Untitled Drawings, 2 of 9, 2011, ink and acrylic on paper, 200 x 150 cm

Knockout Braunias Drawings

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Mark Braunias
Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails

 

25 May - 18 June 2011

Inconsistent but remarkable


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Julian Dashper: Untitled (1996), acrylic on canvas, 1900 x 1900 mm; Untitled (1996), acrylic on canvas, 1900 x 1900 mm

Dashper Circles

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Julian Dashper

 

24 May - 18 June 2011

The pleasures of getting physical

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Rob Gardiner at Te Tuhi

Gardiner at Te Tuhi

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Rob Gardiner

 

14 May - 3 July 2011

More specifically referencing painting

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Regan Gentry, Of Gorse of Course (detail),  at Te Tuhi

The Pleasures of Gorsey Substances

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Regan Gentry
Of Gorse of Course

 

16 April - 19 June 2011

One person’s meat is…..


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Megan Jenkinson, Apres Nous Le Deluge, Ultrachrome injet on Hahnemuhle paper, 1160 x 1135 mm

Exotic Egyptian Imagery

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Megan Jenkinson
Drift

 

20 May - 18 June 2011

Jenkinson’s layered photographs

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Frank Schwere, Ballroom (Lee Plaza Hotel, 2240 West Grand Blvd), Detroit, MI, 2009 C-Print, 126cm x 100cm. Courtesy of the artist and Two Rooms

Decaying Detroit Documented

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Frank Schwere

Detroit

 

20 May - 18 June 2011

 

When the recession hit the Motor City’s architecture

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Kate Newby, Hung on the roof during a storm, 2011, linen, wire, 2500 x 1000 mm approx.

Newby at Hopkinson Cundy

HOPKINSON MOSSMAN

Auckland

 

Kate Newby
I’ll Follow You Down The Road

 

19 May - 18 June 2011

Back after overseas residencies


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Elliot Collins, Joshua, 2011, oil on linen, 1350 x 2000 mm

Consciously Bookish Collins

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

Elliot Collins
Valdrada

 

3 May - 4 June 2011

 

Tensions in complexity and mood

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Caraway Downs, detail, curated by Roman Mitch for ARTSPACE. Photograph by Sam Hartnett.

2010 ARTSPACE Curatorial Intern’s Exhibition

ARTSPACE AOTEAROA

Auckland

 

Caraway Downs
Curated by Roman Mitch

 

7 May - 18 June 2011

Exhibition making as strategy

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Andre Stitt & Alastair MacLennan, Spectral Arc: Vanishing Point, 24 hour performance at St. Paul St Gallery on 4 May 2011. Photo courtesy of St. Paul St. Gallery.

Performance Art from Northern Ireland

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

André Stitt & Alastair MacLennan
Spectral Arc: Vanishing Point

 

6 May 2011 - 3 June 2011

Unusual collaboratively performed installation


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Xin Cheng's Mixtures at Split/Fountain.  Photo by Asumi Mizuo. Courtesy of the artist and Split/Fountain, Auckland

Xin Cheng at S/F

SPLIT / FOUNTAIN

Auckland

 

Xin Cheng
Mixtures

 

13 May -10 June 2011

Delicate transitory design-oriented sculptures

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Denise Batchelor, Owl Caged, at Viewfinder

Ornithological Rubbernecking

VIEWFINDER

Auckland

 

Denise Batchelor
Owl Caged

 

18 May 2011 - 31 May 2011

Part of the ongoing Viewfinder programme

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Shane Cotton, Star Eater, 2011, acrylic on linen, 2650 x 2650 mm

Cotton in the new Lett

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Shane Cotton
Supersymmetry

 

28 April 2011 - 11 June 2011

Compositional disintegration and fluidity


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Bill Culbert's Light Levels at Crockford

Culbert Wall Reliefs and Photographs

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Bill Culbert
Light Levels

 

26 April 2011 - 21 May 2011

New Zealand daylight and French shadows

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Matt Henry, Vernacular Paintings. At the top of the stairs.

Matt Henry’s Vernacular Paintings

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Matt Henry
Vernacular Paintings

 

18 April 2011 - 28 May 2011

 

Blending into the design needs of the local

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Callum Innes at Jensen: Agitated Vertical, 2009; Untitled No. 147, 2010; Untitled No. 75, 2010

Callum Innes in Auckland

FOX JENSEN MCCRORY

Auckland

 

Callum Innes
New Paintings


3 May - 4 June 2011

The poetry of paint removal


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Roy Good's Lintel Series at Artis.

Architectural Abstraction

ARTIS Gallery

Auckland

 

Roy Good
Lintel Series

 

4 May - 28 May 2011

Exploiting the gallery particularities

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John Ward Knox, Small Change, 2011, detail. Photo Nick Spratt

Ninow and Ward Knox

RM

Auckland

 

Charles Ninow

Coming Up For Air
John Ward Knox

Small Change 


24 April - 7 May 2011

Marks versus substitutions

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Tjalling de Vries, I can see it baby, its all over your face, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 1220 x 1030 mm

Ilam Masters Show

BATH STREET GALLERY

Auckland

 

Five Ilam Masters Candidates
Deconstruction / Reconstruction
Curated by Simon Ogden

 

19 April 2011 - 14 May 2011

Five varied emerging artists