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William Williams, Bedroom in 'The Old Shebang', Cuba Street, Wellington, c. 1883 Digital scan from dry-plate glass negative, 12.1 x 16.5 cm E.R. Williams Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

Snatching the Ball

Otago University Press

Dunedin

 

Early New Zealand Photography: images and essays
Edited by Angela Wanhalla and Erika Wolf

 

Otago University Press, 2011, $54.99.

Writing about NZ photography

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Paul Maseyk, The Brick Collector, detail, ceramic

Blurring the Boundaries

MASTERWORKS GALLERY

Auckland

 

Paul Maseyk
Ceramics,

 

3 November - 23 November 2011

 

A nod towards Wedgwood

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Laurence Aberhart, Interior, Boot Mills Museum, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 10 September 2010

Aberhart’s America

McNAMARA GALLERY

Whanganui

 

Laurence Aberhart
America: a fable

 

4 November - 7 December 2011

34 photographs and one 10-print portfolio


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Installation of The Victorian Album: The Feminine and the Personal, curated by Sandy Callister as part of in camera: a project series around and about collecting, at the Adam Art Gallery, 2011. Photo: Robert Cross.

Small and perfectly formed

ADAM ART GALLERY TE PATAKA TOI

Wellington

 

The Victorian Album: the Feminine and the Personal

 

8 October - 13 November 2011

The Victorian Carte-de-Visite

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Andrea du chatenier, River Lagoon, Whanganui, 2011, digital print, 580 x 870 mm framed.

Dubious Reflections

RAYNER BROTHERS GALLERY

Whanganui

 

Andrea du Chatenier
Denizens of the Deep

 

24 June - 30 July 2011

Du Chatenier at Rayner Brothers

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Lisa Walker, Pendant, 2009, paint, rubber, pearls, fabric, wool. Image courtesy of Te Papa and the artist. Purchased 2010.

The Question of a Label

TE PAPA TONGAREWA MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND

Wellington

 

Collecting Contemporary

 

June 2011 - June 2012

Reflections on Te Papa’s ‘Collecting Contemporary’ Exhibition


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Vicky Thomas, Putatea (from the Miss Appropriate series), 2004. Image courtesy of the artist

Guerrilla Girls

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Vicky Thomas, Sarah Hudson, Suzanne Tamaki and Aimee Ratana
Maiden Aotearoa

 

21 May - 26 June 2011

Four Maori women photographers

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Andrew Ross, Kids' room, 65a Holloway Rd, Wellington, 15/8/2007. Silver gelatin print. Image courtesy of the artist and Photospace Gallery, Wellington.

Andrew Ross Photographs

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON TE WHARE TOI

Wellington

 

Andrew Ross
I last saw you there
Curated by Abby Cunnane

 

16 April - 15 May 2011

The role of the familiar

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Clive Stone, Adele Stone and twin sister Beryl Radcliffe, Red Beach, 1973/1981/1/5, Hibiscus Coast Project – Part 1; gelatin silver print, images courtesy of the artists, Paul McNamara and The New Zealand Portrait Gallery

Photography and Families

NEW ZEALAND PORTRAIT GALLERY

Wellington

 

Kin: contemporary photographers look to their immediate family

Curated by Paul McNamara



29 July - 12 September 2010

Recording with a camera the faces of relatives - those that we love and cherish


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Kavat mask, 1971, Kairak Baining people, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Purchased 2009, Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

Pule and Paperskin

CITY GALLERY, TE PAPA

Wellington

John Pule

29 May - 12 September 2010

Paperskin: the art of tapa

19 June - 12 September 2010

Two exhibitions that should have been merged