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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

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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

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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

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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

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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


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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

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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


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RM, installation view, in foreground: Untitled by Milan Haber, photo by Xin Cheng

Five in one RM

RM

Auckland

 

Milan Haber, Ian Jervis, Joanna Chow, Mathew McConnell, Helen Broome

 

17 June - 3 July 2010

A characteristically low key show that deserves a close look

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John Nixon, 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B, all 2009, enamel on MDF, 45 x 60 cm, each work with two panels

Nixon’s Two-Panelled Paintings

SUE CROCKFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

John Nixon
EPW: Polychrome

 

22 June - 17 July 2010

Continuing John Nixon’s ongoing project: Experimental Painting Workshop

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Alex Vivian, dog/ younger for older/ catcher/ tube socks. (ewok, kyote, baby fred flinstone, scamp, Quix Bunny in the rye.), 2010, Gambia Castle gallery

White Sock Wearers of the World Unite

GAMBIA CASTLE

Auckland

 

Alex Vivian
dog/ younger for older/ catcher/ tube socks. (ewok, kyote, baby fred flinstone, scamp, Quix Bunny in the rye.)

 

11 June - 3 July 2010

A clever show with its calculated and salacious ambiguities and exploration of casually made sculptural form.


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Nuala Gregory, Exploded View, 2010, detail, image courtesy of the artist and Gus Fisher

Nuala Gregory Book and Installation

GUS FISHER GALLERY

Auckland

 

Nuala Gregory
Exploded View

 

4 June - 17 July 2010

An installation of lithograghs and collages that attempts to deconstruct painting

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Lonnie Hutchinson, Before Sunrise, 2010, builder's paper and earth ochre. Images courtesy of the artist and Artstation

Lonnie Hutchinson at Artstation

ARTSTATION

Auckland

 

Lonnie Hutchinson

Black Star

 

23 June - 10 July 2010

Flickering delicate patterns, marching vertical vectors and rich underpinning concepts

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Matt Henry, Contraflow at Starkwhite

Realistic Sculptures or Abstract Paintings?

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Matt Henry

Contraflow

 

21 June - 17 July 2010

Teasing out of similarities between abstraction and domestic equipment