Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects
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So when Luit and Jan Bieringa’s film about him was announced as being included in this year’s International Film Festival, there was considerable excitement. Yet my impression after seeing it is that it is a bit of fizzer.
Ruth Watson clearly sees this numbers game as a metaphor for art practice, but she, as a regular player, might be addicted too.
Darragh at Two Rooms
Auckland
Judy Darragh
Studio of exhaustion for diligent service
3 July - 1 August 2009
As a colourist Darragh’s chromatic combinations in her wall and floor works often are too brash, especially with her use of fluoro, or with too many hues. She succeeds therefore when the palette is dead simple.
Gallery Three, AUT
Auckland
Caitlyn Porteous, Emma Fraser, Emma Macfarlane, Lyn Guinibert, Natasha Pearl, Thomas Stewart
Bypassed territory
25 - 27 June 2009
Last week six 3rd year BVA candidates presented an excellent sampling exhibition of their respective interests.
An Excremental Vision
Auckland
Richard Maloy
Nothing, nothing, something
30 June - 18 July 2009
Because intimate bodily functions are such an emotional and personal subject, any material or product associated with them is difficult to neutralise.
Making Visible
Auckland
W D Hammond, Peter Madden, Andre Tjaberings
Dark Matter
Curated by Simon Esling
26 June - 24 July 2009
Three cheers for Esling for doing this project, and a bouquet of flowers for not including his own work, as some artist-curators do.
Friday on His Mind
Auckland
Karl Maughan
Every day is like Sunday
23 June - 17 July 2009
It is astounding he is not bored himself. Perhaps he is?
Lonely at the Top
Auckland
Jason Lindsay
I am a mysterious loner who knows how to howl at the moon
18 June - 17 July 2009
Adding to the hints of atrocity with the crematorium, there is a seat at the top where you can perch to look out over Wellesley St through the window.
Godkin on Lorne
Auckland
Four Artists: Ana Horomia, Sue Novell, Esther Leigh and David Morrison
Curated by Antoinette Godkin
3 June - 4 July 2009
Overall this is not a memorable show, though Leigh is the star with work that carries on from what she exhibited at Roger Williams a couple of years ago.
City Keepsakes
Auckland
Group exhibition
For Keeps: Sampling recent acquisitions 2006-2009
Curated by Natasha Conland
18 June - 12 July 2009
There are 26 artists here, including the Australian photographer Bill Henson who has a whole room to himself to display eight night-time images. This is an excellent show, yet oddly it is only up for a month. Make sure you see it.
Interpreting de Lautour
Auckland
Tony de Lautour
B-Sides & Demos
Catalogue published by The Physics Room. Essay by Mark Williams. 50 pp and colour images. Choice of two hand stencilled covers by the artist
April 2009
The title of de Lautour’s exhibition here alludes to Nick Cave’s triple album box set B-Sides and Rarities, for like Dylan and Cave, de Lautour likes to entertain.
The Milkmaid and Lighthouse are elegant videos, while Traffic Police, though humorous, is absorbing due to the sheer energy the two gyrating cops provide.
Smaller Better
Auckland
Harvey Benge
Big Work, Small Works
6 June - 20 June 2009
He has done the right thing here in picking out quality works (with mystery or intensity) for viewing in isolation, and his ability with composition and scale is made obvious.
Elam Photography
Auckland
Carolin Casey, Mhairi-Clare Fitzpatrick, James Lowe, Geoffrey H. Short, Dane Taylor
Still
Curated by Ariane Craig-Smith
28 May - 20 June 2009
Because of the nature of film as a medium and as a form of entertainment, there is a narrative involved; a narrative that often alludes to archetypes and myths which were around thousands of years before cameras were invented.
Almost all of the work here is about tactility of surface; sensual qualities of thinly layered coloured paint or ink within rectangles, parallelograms or line.
DIY Heaven
Auckland
Charles Ninow
Content and Delivery
28 May - 18 June 2009
448 Gallery, run by Elam students, has presented about five shows - and this Charles Ninow display is its last.
Two Exhibitions
Auckland
Martijn Hendriks
Let’s call the whole thing off.
Edwards + Johann
Fishing in a Bathtub; Tormenting Luxury
2 May - 20 June 2009
You think I’m a vindictive shit? After you’ve seen Tippi Hedren check out this work for yourself and tell me I’m out of line.
There is a freshness about this show, a sense of pervasive energy, that is due to the variety of vibrant image Austin is presenting.
Pinned Fabric Pieces and Slides
Auckland
Amy Howden-Chapman
I used to think the only lonely place was on the moon
3 June - 20 June 2009
The Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley (1685-1753) once argued that if something is not perceived it does not exist.
Varied Excellent Photographs
Auckland
Group exhibition:
International photography
3 June - 20 June, 2009
Nothing here that will rattle anybody’s cage in terms of production but quality images nonetheless.
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