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SCAPE Christchurch Biennial

A RESIDENCY AVAILABLE AT ARTSPACE SYDNEY FOR CANTERBURY BASED ARTISTS

Applications invited now Click here. Closes 24 Feb.

TWO ROOMS

Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects
by leading international and New Zealand contemporary artists.

FOX JENSEN

Geoff Thornley

The Voice of Mimesis

8 November - 17 December 2011

BATH STREET GALLERY

Roger Boyce

Aotearoa; A Pictorial Allegory

9 Nov. - 17 Dec.

JH
Cover of Wayne Barrar's Torbay tī kōuka: a New Zealand tree in the English Riviera

Aotearoa Invades Blighty

University of Plymouth Press, England

Wayne Barrar book of photographs

Torbay tī kōuka: a New Zealand tree in the English Riviera
Essays by Philip Simpson and Peter Simpson
December 2011

The English enthusiasm for the cabbage tree

JH
Ben Clement, Babes and Flowers (detail), lighter stickers, tiles, expanding foam

Group Show at Snake Pit

SNAKE PIT

Auckland

 

Kennedy, Clement, Champion, Beekhuis and Tocker

Queens Chain

 

23 January 2012 - 7 February 2012

 

Gambia Castle influenced presentation

JH
Working image from Cat Auburn's video, Crying Cliffs

Auburn Video

VIEWFINDER

Auckland

 

Cat Auburn
Crying Cliffs

 

25 January 2012 - 7 February 2012

Viewfinder project in front window of Auckland Public Library


JH
Mariana Vasssileva's sculpture, Going Out, and video, Never carry two watermelons under one arm - at Starkwhite. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Vassileva Video, Drawings & Sculpture

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Mariana Vassileva
The gentle brutality of simultaneity

 

6 January 2012 - 31 January 2012

European symbolism

JH
To Take Place, behind the glass, at Window

Gallery as Storage Receptacle

WINDOW UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Auckland

 

Recent graduates
To Take Place

 

16 Dec. 2011 - 16 Feb. 2012

Examining potentiality

JH
John Pule, Another Green World, 2006, oil, ink, pastel, paint stick, enamel on canvas, two panels, 200 x 200 mm each

Pule Survey

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI

Auckland

 

John Pule
Hauaga (Arrivals)

 

17 Dec. 2011 - 25 March 2012

City Gallery’s touring show


JH
Paul Cullen's five covered book, r/p/m, published by Split/Fountain

Paul Cullen Publication

SPLIT / FOUNTAIN

Paul Cullen book
r/p/m

Essays by Laird, Watson, Dale, and Laing
Designed by Narrow Gauge and Jayme Yen
5 paper covers, 110 pp

Interpreting ‘scientific’ research

JH
Jenny Gillam, Future Calls the Dawn, 2011, multimedia, with Simon Morris , Sound Line, 2011, acrylic paint, and Dr Kron, Image Credit, 2011, adhesive vinyl

Hansen and Friends in Pakuranga

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Eugene Hansen and collaborators
RootMeanSquare

 

26 Nov. 2011 - 29 Jan. 2012

Energetic audio/visual mix

JH
Tahi Moore, I Guess You'd Call It a Video Composition with Pyramid and Beats, installed at Te Tuhi

The Wonders & Exasperations of Travel

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Tahi Moore
I guess you’d call it a video composition…

 

26 Nov. 2011 - 29 Jan. 2012

Tantalising glimpses of Europe


JH
Bepen Bhana's Te Tuhi billboard project, Facial Suite, on Reeves Road, Pakuranga.

Desirable Bodies; Obliterated Upper Faces

TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Auckland

 

Bepen Bhana
The Facial Suite 2011

 

26 November 2011 - 29 January 2012

Te Tuhi Billboard Project

JH
Installation of polymer clay works by Matt Hinkley at Hopkinson Cundy

Summer Group Show

HOPKINSON CUNDY

Auckland

 

Austin, Barber, Hinkley, Perkins, Petherick
Big Refrigerator

 

8 December, 2011 - 28 January, 2012

Christmas hamper

JH
Tony Cragg sculpture installed at Gow Langsford

Fleeting Whispering Spirits

GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

Auckland

 

Tony Cragg

 

16 November 2011 - 21 January 2012

Metal figures morphing into stratified landforms


JH
Patrick Lundberg, Untitled, 2011, gesso, thumbtacks, acrylic, varnish. Detail

What Can Painting Be?

IVAN ANTHONY GALLERY

Auckland

 

Patrick Lundberg
Quotes

 

23 November - 22 December 2011

Skinny supports or surfaces spread apart

JH
l-r: Gretchen Albrecht, Steppe, 1980; Eve Armstrong, Experience Tells Us, 2011; Gretchen Albrecht, Desert Edge, 1980

Collaborative Presentation at Lett

MICHAEL LETT

Auckland

 

Gretchen Albrecht and Eve Armstrong
Making Arrangements

 

19 November - 23 December 2011

Sculpture responding to painting

JH
Billy Apple®, A History of the Brand, 2005/2009, UV impregnated ink print on canvas, text, acrylic on canvas, 987 x 609 mm

Images of the Apple Brand

STARKWHITE

Auckland

 

Billy Apple®
A History of the Brand

 

24 November - 8 December 2011

Four stages in an art career