art, leisure, life and scandal

confronting heroes can be bittersweet,

corporate lecture halls and irritating ringtones

aren’t exactly what dreams are made of...

unfortunately I didn't make it to alain badiou's public lecture. it co-incided with the opening of an exhibition I was organising, hence the predominance of early-arriving well-wishers glowing with the anticipation of encountering a bona-fide french philosopher in our antipodean arena.

artist and curator and gallery guide and writer emil dryburgh penned the above portrait of the man himself as well as a thoughtful reflection on the enfant terrible of the online auckland art-writing entity #500 words.

an ever-energised and positive presence in both the institutional realm of the aag as well as artist run spaces (dryburgh is part of F U Z Z Y V I B E S) over the past year he has written perspicacious and tender reflections on many a topic, some favourites of which I have listed below. what they all share is an all too rare generosity, thoughtfulness, humour and charm.

on alain badiou

on farewelling gloria knight

on campbell patterson and the creative inhabitants of public institutions

on D.A.N.C.E. art club

on art and leisure

image: portrait of alain badiou by emil dryburgh.

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) 

nice cream

also, the creamy-dreaminess

of ella scott-fleming's

plaster works.

so concise and strange.

powdery and haptic.

what sorts of thresholds

might these strange keys, padlocks

and strawberry-knockers grace?

ella scott-fleming

'underfloor heating'

february 20 - march 8

gloria knight

unit 24, 8/14 madden st

auckland

like

the first offering of the year

from gloria knight is

sweet as strawberry apple crumble apparently!

see you at the opening tonight!

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stella corkery & ella scott-fleming

'underfloor heating'

february 20 - march 8

gloria knight

unit 24, 8/14 madden st

auckland

summery prt 2

-- it was lovely to see works by xin cheng and francis upritchard as part of freedom farmers at auckland art gallery. other highlights within this exhibition were works by tessa laird, dorota broda, isobel thom and dan arps. louise menzies' film work peloha is mesmerising and disquieting.

-- on another note I was pleased to see works by frances hodgkins getting an airing in the gallery too. it really is a shame to keep them locked away!

-- gloria knight continued her reign over auckland artist run spaces with stand-out offerings from: zhoe granger, francis till, juliet carpenter et al, jack hadley, oscar enberg, dorota broda and henry babbage, ooph! very consistent and with a lovely new turquoise feature wall...

-- split fountain continues to host engaging exhibitions such as those by: xin cheng, ella sutherland/ matt galloway, jack hadley and sam thomas. rm continues to tick away, consistent and tenacious.

-- additionally shows I missed but really wanted to see included: imogen taylor's porous moonlight at papakura art gallery, yona lee at enjoy in wellington, everything all year at dog park in christchurch as well as photographs by joanna margaret paul at robert heald in wellington and his exhibitions of work by richard frater, richard bryant and john ward knox.

-- all rather too auckland centric, hopefully I'll do better this year!

image: louise menzies, peloha 2009 (16mm, duration 2 mins 30 sec) from here

soft, then hard

meet you at hopkinson cundy on tuesday night

for kate newby's latest exhibition.

it is said to involve an architectural intervention, wind-chimes

and textiles washed in the atlantic ocean.

then let's wander down to gloria knight

for francis till's offering.

it's sure to be shiny and clean!

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kate newby

'what a day'

hopkinson cundy

may 22 - june 29

francis till

'stay in touch'

gloria knight

may 23- june 8

unit 24, 8-14 madden street

auckland

summer evening light

peonies, paper and light.

last week was the launch of

matters 4

at gloria knight.

it was the first evening of summer.

matters 4

newcall publishing

co-edited by georgina watson

& victoria wynne-jones

featuring work by: xin cheng, D.A.N.C.E. art club,

alex davidson, anya henis, areez katki,

sonya lacey, schaeffer lemalu, letting space

and john ward knox

touch light silk screen

such a poetic title --

evoking fingered grease on silky touch-screens-

bodies and touch undermining

the minimalist perfection of 21st century objects.

carpenter's video work projected onto a metallic wall-screen

'it is raining and I am unconscious in the living room'

is quite brilliant-
all twisting bodies, faded monochromes and speech synthesis.

juliet carpenter and dan nash

touch light silk screen

15 november - 1 december

gloria knight

unit 24, 8-14 madden street

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