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.

v

kathy barry and isobel thom

homeworld

6 december - 4 february

te uru

420 titirangi road.

small spells

and for good measure, these divine ceramics

by small spells, based in brooklyn, new york, new york.

sigh! the little triangles and moons, oh my!

v

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.

v

kate newby

I feel like a truck on a wet highway

lulu, mexico city

until 5 october

rimming

a serene and assured exhibition

by lauren winstone. a series of ceramics

that seem so effortless, strong and compelling.

v

lauren winstone

'pieces'

18 july - 16 august

two rooms

16 putiki street, auckland

bare necessities

'something that is very domestic, like a bowl that sits on the breakfast table
and is privy to the most intimate goings-on in that family,

if that can be adding a little uplift, a little bit of joy or extra pleasure
to the goings-on at the table, then that's a wonderful thing...'

-richard parker

cool ceramics, bamboo, linen, wood-grain, 

cane, muted tones and tea-pots.

unabashedly enamoured with almost

everything from everyday needs.

their website now has a little section with images of their wares

in their new homes.

v

c'est tout, ca

perhaps my favourite exhibition this year

suji park's

concretions and agglomerations...

this ceramic work

is partially tooth-like, rooty, chalky, layered

and almost like a suspended city...

v

suji park

all there is

ivan anthony

february 1 - march 1

players when they're playing...

there can never be too much kate.

a work by kate newby

from the exhibition discussed below.

v

you make loving fun

image: kate newby, "I'm finally having fun at this table" 2013 (set of ten ceramic rocks, stoneware, porcelain, glaze)

flutter-tongue

tonguing and marking a page...

a stretch in material.

baked clay and paper and ink.

heaviness, weight and a pause in reading...



michael dean

herald street, london

may 15-19



on or within a scenario

a large silken curtain has been steeped in fuschia-coloured dye.

air-dried pieces of ceramic sit safely within a vitrine,

and upon a mirror, so that when you go to look closer

you see your own reflection.

a sign declares that in fact, sometimes, whole days are spent inside...

 and the sweltering midsummer means that this thought of cool weather

that would necessitate spending large periods of time in-doors is delicious.

a heavy hessian curtain hung from taut rope coloured a forest green.

and a voice could be head through a hole in the wall.

ruth buchanan

'on or within a scenario'

february 1 - march 2

hopkinson cundy

level 1, 19 putiki street, arch hill

auckland

dark materials

teeth and bodies, straining and stretching.

suji park's ceramic figures posture upon

worn pedestals. finely detailed, cunning,

coloured and marked this offering is

palpable, beauteous and slightly diabolical.

suji park

'former things'

may 9 - june 2

ivan anthony

cnr east street & karangahape road

auckland

images: suji park 'Bu Bu' (2012), tempera, stone pigment and gold leaf on clay, 23 cm high and 'ajani' (2012), tempera, stone pigment and silver leaf on clay, 45 cm high. images from here.