Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects
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Critical Remarks on the National and International Question
et al. publication
Critical Remarks on the National Question
Texts by Lenin, Marx, et al., Bryant, Hay and others
Concept and design: Narrow Gauge
An artwork on its own - outside of the installation it is documenting
Glass’s Piscine Portraits
Auckland
Darren Glass
Every Fish I Caught
3 June - 26 June 2010
A series of images of various sea fish caught with a rod off rocks in Northland.
Gardner Photographs
Auckland
Andrea Gardner
A Warm Afternoon Between Fact and Fiction
27 May - 19 June 2010
Nine coloured photographs based on dioramas the artist has set up in her studio using old paintings of idyllic landscapes as backdrops.
Sculpture at Window
Auckland
Antony Densham
Lost Time
9 June - 24 June 2010
This artist is particularly interested in the notion of fluidity and how nature over time destroys fixity, no matter how solid.
Facing The Future
Auckland
Roberta Thornley
Tomorrow
8 June - 3 July 2010
Carefully constructed images that are hauntingly mysterious and thoughtful in their exploration of character and stages of life.
Excellent Albrecht But..
Auckland
Gretchen Albrecht
Roses in the Snow
25 May - 19 June 2010
They are still very characteristically ‘Albrecht’, and good as they are, she needs to radically reinvent her ‘brand’
Muse-struck Photography
Auckland
Patrick Reynolds
Say Yes
8 June - 12 June 2010
Lusty images with a formal dynamic that buys into desire as spatial metaphor
Phrenology in the Pacific
Auckland
Fiona Pardington
Ahua: A Beautiful Hesitation (downstairs) The Language of Skulls (upstairs)
24 May - 3 July 2010
The best kind of ‘history show’ where the viewer is mentally transported.
Madden Wall and Perspex Collages
Auckland
Peter Madden
An Exploding Crystal Cave Freezes Time (telegraphing polymorphic rainbows into the mouths of the mute)
19 May - 19 June 2010
The artist here is testing new approaches with coloured planar fields and distinctly demarcated zones
Jesus Faust
Auckland
Gavin Hipkins
Bible Studies (New Testament)
16 May - 12 June 2010
The semantic juxtapositions within these semioticly complex photographs are particularly clever and rich in nuance.
When Botticelli sailed to Taranaki
Auckland
Roger Mortimer
Hapuku Lodge
26 May - 19 June 2010
An allegorical scrambling of time and geography that pushes at the limits of the human imagination.
Nicely painted ceramics; dull canvases
Auckland
Tony Lane
Lucent
12 May - 5 June 2010
Delicately painted and nuanced ceramic jugs versus paintings on linen that seem coarse and clumsy.
The Art Factory Now
Auckland
Farocki, Gillick, Hsieh, Jack, Mitch, Mohammad, Munoz, Newby.
post-Office
15 May - 26 June 2010
The title is a multi-levelled pun as the venue is on a site where there was a post-office in the 70s.
Flayed, Neatly Folded and Hung Out to Dry
Auckland
Helen Calder
Polychrome
18 May - 12 June 2010
These colourful tactile works fascinate with their portability as consumer items
Te Tuhi Sound Exhibition
Auckland
Watkins, Fusinato, Lislegaard, Francis
Wall of Sound
Curated by Stephen Cleland
25 April - 20 June 2010
Experimental sonic works for the patient listener
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.
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