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Part of the Fiona Pardington display in the MCA, Sydney

The Eight New Zealanders in the Sydney Biennale

17th Biennale of Sydney

The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age


Directed and curated by David Elliott


12 May - 1 August 2010

Kiwi contingent in Australia

JH
Eddie Clemens, Delusional Architecture, 2009, conduit piping, conduit clips, LEDs, grey audio cable, tee and elbow joiners, nylon cable ties, customised circuit boards and programming.

Clemens Pulses at Crockford’s

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Eddie Clemens
Delusional Architecture

 

20 July - 14 August 2010

Light emitting brooms, fences and trolleys, with air-blowing bottles

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Paul Cullen, Geographer (2), 1995, metal chair, world globe, motor and electric cord. 700 x 800 x 600 mm. Image courtesy of the artist and Jane Sanders.

Motorised Cullen

JANE SANDERS ART AGENT

Auckland

 

Paul Cullen
Revolutions Per Minute


21 July - 21 August 2010

A selection of enigmatic sculptures with looping liquids and rotating objects


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Kah Bee Chow, Harshmellow at Window

Kah Bee Chow at Window

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Kah Bee Chow
Harshmellow

 

28 July - 19 August 2010

A meditation on layered transparency and reflection.

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Walters Prize Time

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

2010 Walters Prize

Finalists: Arps, Connor, Leek, Monteith

 

24 July - 31 October 2010

This year’s four Kiwi finalists compete - with style - for the $50,000.

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Matthew Browne, Pages From a Life, 2010,  pencil, vinyl tempera and oilstick on 21 canvases, 40 x 200 mm each, 1550 x 2780 overall. Image courtesy the artist and Artis

Cartoonish Abstractions of Matthew Browne

ARTIS Gallery

Auckland

 

Matthew Browne
See Visions and Dream Dreams

 

30 June - 24 July 2010

Where abstract forms mimick Disneyish animation


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back cover

Morlock Bunker Heaven

DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY


Wayne Barrar

An Expanding Subterra

Essays by David Pike and Aaron Kreisler
Editor Aaron Kreisler

Subterranean Barrar

JH
Brendon Wilkinson, Internal Surface Honey Eaters, oil on canvas

The Beauty of Exposed Viscera, X-Rayed Bones and Split-Open Living Bodies

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Brendon Wilkinson
Hexo Cusp. Decade

 

10 July - 22 August 2010

 

Much Deserved Survey of Wilkinson Painting and Sculpture

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Shane Cotton, Back Bone, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 1400 x 1400 mm

The Wavering Interiority of Cotton’s New Paintings

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Shane Cotton
Recent Painting

 

30 June - 31 July 2010

 

 

Pondering the Marks and Symbols of Shane Cotton


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Straka Catalogue

DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY


Heather Straka

The Asian
Essay by Aaron Kreisler
Interview with Heather Straka

Designed by Karina McLeod

Classy publication for a sophisticated show

JH
Jacob C. Hammes, Synesthetic Collection #1

Hypnotism As A Tool for Drawing

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Jacob C. Hammes
Synesthetic Collection No.1
Te Tuhi Drawing wall

 

10 July - 29 August 2010

Voices from under the floorboards

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Mary-Louise Browne billboard on Reeves Rd: Golden, 2010 inkjet billboard print Courtesy of Bartley + Company Art, Wellington. Photography: Neil Finlay

Glowing Kauri Resin Presented in Billboards

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Mary-Louise Browne
Golden
Billboard project

 

10 July - 22 August 2010

Translucent asteroids to distract passing traffic


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Carry on or Stow away at Gambia Castle.

Mexican / New Zealand Group Show

GAMBIA CASTLE

Auckland

 

Lara, Abaroa, Perez Cordova, Menzies, Mestrom, Segura, Taboas, Marcelaygina
Carry on or stow away

 

10 July - 31 July, 2010

Mexican work in Auckland

JH
Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Photoshoot, 2005, lightjet print, 100 x 100mm

Hobbs at AUT

TE WAI NGUTU KĀKĀ GALLERY TWO

Auckland

 

Rebecca Ann Hobbs
Failing, Falling, Flying

 

July 1 - July 31, 2010

Body humour in the landscape

JH
John Ward Knox, x (life, still, Hold), 2010, oil on calico, 650 x 650 mm (calico stretcher), 200 x 200 mm image

Drawings Made With Oil Paint

TIM MELVILLE GALLERY

Auckland

 

John Ward Knox
welcome home sun

 

6 July - 30 July 2010

Copied details from other artworks containing calculated accidents


JH
Anne Noble, WHITENOISE WN#2 2010 Archival pigment inks on Epson premium lustre 310 gsm, 1200 x 950 mm

Antarctic Snow, Light and Language

TWO ROOMS

Auckland

 

Anne Noble
WHITEOUT WHITENOISE


9 July - 7 August 2010

Anne Noble investigates the changeable qualities of light and snow in Antarctica

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Invitation

Art Brut in Beresford Square

THE HIGH SEAS

Auckland

 

Susan King
Introducing Susan Te Kahurangi King
Curated by Aaron King-Cole and Sophie Oiseau

 

1 July - 23 July 2010

Autistic artist’s pencil drawings

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Bill Henson, Untitled 2/1 (from Paris Opera Project, 1990-91)

Eerie Anthony Group Show

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Bush,  Hammond, Maw, McLeod, Greig, Henson, Nola and Wilkinson
The Beyond

 

23 June - 17 July 2010

Intimate but creepy image combinations


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Gregor Kregar, gallery installation

Kregar’s Geometric Sculpture

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Gregor Kregar

Cultural Nature

 

16 June - 10 July 2010

 

 

Light on Stainless Steel and Humour with Wood

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Jennifer French, E.H. Mccormick Research Library, Edminton Wing,Auckland Art Gallery, 2010, archival pigment on Hahnemuhle paper

Photography at Godkin

ANTOINETTE GODKIN

Auckland

 

Benson, French, Leigh & Parkes
Dismantling Boundaries

 

16 June - 2 July 2010

Four varied and very distinctive approaches to photography

JH
John Lyall, Look. Installed at Hokitika, Giclee print on Hahnmule watercolour paper, 51.5 x 68 cm

Image, Visual Appeal and Idea

JANE SANDERS ART AGENT

Auckland

 

John Lyall
Poster Boy


9 June - 10 July 2010

 

Geographic and temporal compression by laying text and dates over sandwiched images