Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects
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The Cruel Cruel World
Auckland
Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
My Pretty Peacenik
19 May - 22 May 2010
The misfortunes of an artworld loser
Resiting a Non-Site
Auckland
Kate Woods (Billboards)
Non-Site
24 May - 20 June 2010
The linked angular forms frame new inserted vistas.
Impressive Satirical Animation
Auckland
Gregory Bennett
Totem
21 April - 22 May 2020
The best Bennett projects have a mesmerising musicality and haunting humour…
Dramatic Cardboard Landscape
Auckland
Ruth Thomas-Edmond
Heap Series
24 April - 20 June 2010
Its caressing optical tactility and organic unity pulls you in to linger over detail.
Inspired Survey of the Human Form
Auckland
International Group Exhibition
Naked
Curated by Andrew Jensen
29 April - 26 July 2010
With 23 exhibits, one of which is over 8000 years old, this overview’s sophistication makes it worthy of any municipal institution.
Reflective Fluorescent Culbert
Auckland
Bill Culbert
Light States
27 April - 22 May 2010
Worth a late afternoon trip down town to investigate for yourself
Mystic Panoramic Sandwiches
Auckland
Barbara Tuck
Habits of Paradise
7 April - 8 May 2010
They contain collage-like fragments of landscape or clumps of terrain, botany or sky, usually aligned within horizontal strata.
Exquisite Watercolours of Calamities
Auckland
Linden Simmons
In the Passing of a Night
13 April - 8 May 2010
The work is not just about manual finesse but a meditation on economic and geographic separation
Running Out Of Time
Auckland
Darryn George
Rarohiko
28 April - 22 May 2010
George is interested in systems of knowledge and how cultures accumulate and store it.
Self-referential Killeen Bores
Auckland
Richard Killeen
The Presence of Objects
21 April - 22 May 2010
There are signs within this self-referential exhibition that the work is getting jaded
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon: Part 5 - Dialogue
Various Venues
The Auckland Triennial
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
Curated by Natasha Conland
13 March - 20 June 2010
This year’s Triennial is not an overwhelming success
After K comes L
Auckland
Chris Lipomi
Interactive Visual History Compression (The Ks)
21 April - 15 May 2010
It’s an unusual, extremely interesting exhibition.
Process and Perception
Auckland
Sculpture Season 2010
Curated by Melissa Laing
Agnes So and Anthony Cribb
22 April - 1 May 2010
They both delight in examining instability and temporality, mixing their interest with a mischievous humour
Re-vitalising, Revamping Stock
Auckland
Group show
From the Stockroom
1 April - 27 April 2010
It includes some surprises and some revitalisations within a new group context.
Enlarged Bleached Maps on Telly
Auckland
Sue Novell
Bionica
8 April -8 May 2010
The seven paintings feature a colourful pixelated line where paint is applied in linear formations of small squares.
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon: Part 4 - The Economy
Various venues
The 4th Auckland Triennial
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
12 March - 20 June 2010
The theme of global economy Natasha Conland handles more adroitly than any other.
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon: Part 3 - The Imagination
Various venues
The 4th Auckland Triennial
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
12 March -20 June 2010
The theme of the imagination is a more prevalent aspect than what initially it might seem.
Unusual Drawings
Auckland
Peter Gibson Smith
Buried
31 March -24 April 2010
It makes compelling viewing to see drawing, photography, painting and sculpture blended in such an innovative fashion.
Intriguing Tension
Auckland
Boris Dornbusch
Phantom Limb Construction Sites
31 March - 1 May 2010
They provide definite clues that anticipate the ‘correct’ answers of these riddlelike artworks.
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon: Part 2 - The Journey
Various Venues
4th Auckland Triennial
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
12 March - 20 June 2010
I want to skimpily draw out the notion of movement in some of these works - a trajectory.
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