it's coming up*

with new exhibitions opening this week it really feels like we are getting back into the swing of things.

daniel malone has a solo exhibition opening at hopkinson mossman,

and michael lett is showing 'implicated and immune' an exhibition of artists' responses

to HIV, AIDS, desire and loss... see you there!

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'implicated and immune'

28 january - 28 february

michael lett

312 karangahape road

'I&I'

29-28 february

hopkinson mossman

level 1, 19 putiki street

*this is meant to be a quotation from bjork's 'big time sensuality'

in the off-season

although towards the end of last year I was beginning to suffer from art-fatigue

I'm definitely ready to start going to openings again, there is the chance to see new work, 

catching up with friends and the free alcohol doesn't hurt either.

in the meantime I've been sniffing around the city trying to find important moments.

isobel thom has some works at te uru in titirangi. you must go and enjoy the views, the staircases

and the yellow linoleum. also melbourne-based art historian jan bryant has written a catalogue essay.

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kathy barry and isobel thom

homeworld

6 december - 4 february

te uru

420 titirangi road.

missing you very much

the initiative known as circuit artist film and video aotearoa has begun its

summer reading series for those in need of some gentle stimulation in the warmer months.

six writers were chosen to write about a work from the archive that has left an impression upon them

and the first piece is a sensitive and thoughtful conversation between writer-curator extraordinaire

alex davidson and artist marie shannon in which they discuss shannon's the aachen faxes (2012).

intimacy, the prolongation of time and achingly large distances are among the topics discussed see here.

somewhat linked... currently screening at window gallery is a work from the chartwell collection, auckland art gallery, toi o tamaki, julian dashper's untitled (the last second of the last venice biennale) 2007-2008, a meditation on temporality and art world rituals.

also do take a glimpse at blackout.lt for little exquisite fragments and sections of projects that have stemmed from davidson's time in vilnus, lithuania, here. the talented will pollard is also involved and there is a mailing list that promises evidence of a screening, performance events, videos, text and recipes.

feasts of crustaceans and wines flow into bodies
whose knees rub underneath butcher paper covered tables...
our laughter bounces like cackles of satiated hens....

Hands slam the table in convivial consent... 

Blow a balloon and let go of the string... 

Awakening in another continent...

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images: a still from marie shannon, the aachen faxes (2012), a still from julian dashper's untitled (the last second of the last venice biennale) (2007-2008) and a cheeky screen-grab from 'black olives,' blackout.lt

daring

'do I dare disturb the universe?' will be opening

next tuesday. there will also be some work by sonya lacey

which will definitely be worth encountering.

alas it will all clash with the alain badiou talk. so deleuzians unite!

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'do I dare disturb the universe?'

melanie bell, john ward knox, poppy kural, lauren winstone

and a special commission by sonya lacey

tuesday 25 november, 17.30h

window gallery

rainbow warriors of light

amy howden-chapman has two exhibitions on in auckland at the moment.
'advice for our aerial ocean' is in the mezzanine at artspace.
it looks at the examples of areas of land and river that have become legal entities
as a possible example for the atmosphere or aerial ocean.
there is sound, images, architectural interventions and places to read.
and at te uru in titirangi is 'they say ten thousand years'
an exploration of political mobilisation and motivation
through the lens of the new zealand nuclear free and peace movement.
in a lovely new gallery howden-chapman has placed textile works in glass,
video and audio works and text to be read on large brown corduroy cushions.

this creating of a space to pause, reflect and read in the midst of a gallery
 is quite captivating.

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amy howden-chapman
'they say ten thousand years'
november 1 - december 3
te uru waitakere contemporary gallery
420 titirangi road, titirangi

'advice for our aerial ocean'
artspace mezzanine

image: taken from the periodic (hopefully they don't mind)

dance as a metaphor

starting to get excited about dancing for two hours straight

in the wee hours of the morning yet sober

as a designated dancer for the D.A.N.C.E art club

Guinness World Record Attempt at Artspace

as part of ahi rands' 'w e l c o m e.'

I figure it can't be all that different from being a gallery guide

alone in a space for countless hours, seeing no-one

and with nothing to do but silently dance.

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w e l c o m e

curated by ahi rands

artspace

september 5 - october 4

ps am also a big fan of 'they shoot horses don't they' (1969). that's where this image comes from.

miss kate

the eternal kate newby in mexico city and mousse magazine.

the way she suspended works from string travelling through the gallery

into the little courtyard out the back. and even left a small cement work on the street too.

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kate newby

I feel like a truck on a wet highway

lulu, mexico city

until 5 october

il etait une fois...

one of the most perfect, magical and dreamy films ever

is screening this weekend at the starry civic theatre this weekend

as part of the new zealand film festival.

jean cocteau's 'la belle et la bete' (1946)

is one of my most favourite films ever.

josette day's silent film like performance

and jean marais' wonderful gravel-y beasty voice...

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pinks

 

do come and drink some bubbles in celebration

of sending this little book into the world!

it will also be almost your last chance to see these precious paintings

all in one place.

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'kirstin carlin: other avenues'

publication launch

from 17.30h, july 24

melanie roger gallery

226 jervois road, herne bay

image: kirstin carlin 'asquith' 2014 (oil on board, 380 x 300mm)

rimming

a serene and assured exhibition

by lauren winstone. a series of ceramics

that seem so effortless, strong and compelling.

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lauren winstone

'pieces'

18 july - 16 august

two rooms

16 putiki street, auckland

to and fro

to be sure to attend some of the performances

as part of 'to and fro' at artspace this month.

as part of her exhibition, curatorial assistant amelia hitchcock

has brought together a troupe of various artists

to converse in one way or another, drink coffee and

use artspace as a sort of watering-hole / laboratory for performance.

see here for a schedule, or sign up to the mailing list

to be notified of when performances will take place

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'to and fro'

hana aoake, darcell apelu, audrey baldwin, julia croucher,

sean curham, virginia kennard, zahra killeen-chance, val smith, alexa wilson

11 july - august 23

artspace

curated by amelia hitchcock

hedge arabesque

'two-way mirror/ hedge arabesque' by dan graham

in the valley of the rhododendrons in trivero, italy.

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squirreling...

darwin has always intrigued...

who knows what magic happens up there?

one thing is certain, melbourne-based artist

fiona williams has a small but perfectly formed exhibition

there at the moment, with a catalogue essay by yours truly.

ground squirrel is a video work framed within the window

and image/air is an online publication component you can read here.

fiona williams

'between the sky and the ground'

 7 june - 5 july

northern centre for contemporary art

vimy lane, parap

darwin

curator pants

love this image of art, exchange and power.

time to gird those curator-pant-clad loins

for the curatorial symposium

in auckland this week.

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st pauls st gallery 2014 curatorial symposium

18-20 june

aut university

image: see here

more intensity!

mmm

a group exhibition

curated by tim gentles

opens at gloria knight this week.

looks lush.

the artists include: rachel de joode, jaakko pallasvuo and yannick val gesto.

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soft intensities

19 june - 5 july

gloria knight

unit 24, 8-14 madden st

auckland

image: jaakko pallasvuo the artist's statement 2012 (still) 

puddles, etcetera

a lovely new publication by kate newby

with notes of red and panda.

'incredible feeling' is filled with journal-like

notations of configurations of objects, places and parts of people.

it also features some writing, some of which is by chris kraus.

do try it!

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kate newby

'incredible feeling'

clouds and hopkinson mossman

2014, 144 pages

edition of 1000

enclave

just returned from across the ditch and the sydney biennale.

truth be told the absolute highlight was richard mosse's 'the enclave'

at the galleries UNSW in paddington.

this immersive and humbling film installation on six screens

was shot on infrared film in the eastern democratic republic of congo.

terrifying, terrible, tremulous and awe-inspiring.

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richard mosse

'the enclave'

galleries UNSW

cnr greens road and oxford street

march 15 - june 7

image: cinematographer trevor tweeten in south masisi, november 2012

witching hour

dreamy and lit before tenebrous zones.

looking forward to seeing more of

milli jannides' lush oils on linen.

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milli jannides

'as the light dips'

hopkinson mossman

may 23 - june 28

level 1, 19 putiki street

auckland

image: milli jannides 'a little more luminosity' 2014 (oil on linen, 560 x 710mm)

more light...

there is an exhibition by welsh artist cerith wyn evans

in auckland at the moment.

it's between two spaces and plays

with significance, mirrors, plants and neon.

there certainly needs to be more solo exhibitions

by international artists in auckland.

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cerith wyn evans

transmit / receive

hopkinson mossman & michael lett

11 april - 10 may

(beak beak beak! have you heard the news? m. lett is moving back to k'rd...)

images: cerith wyn evans ieae 2014 (mirrored plinths, sound) and now/here (NOWHERE) 2014 (neon, 560 x 400mm).

cats

see you at the opening of 'cat'

at fuzzy vibes this wednesday eve.

cats by judy darragh, e.r. graham, ashleigh wilding,

tim webby, john ward knox, stella corkery, eleanor cooper,

emil dryburgh, bryn roberts, michael harrison, marie shannon

and more. ooph! cats cats ctas!

cat

30 april - 16 may

fuzzy vibes

151 karangahape road