you make loving fun

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

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!

v

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

blow out

glass blown with the words

of stories of ghostly encounters

in liverpool.

dane mitchell's "spectral readings (liverpool)" are
so delicate, like concretised speech bubbles.

light sweet crude

april 12 - may 11

hopkinson cundy

level 1, 19 putiki street, arch hill

auckland

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

a world undone

this is the last day you can see

"a world undone" by melbourne artist nicholas mangan.

events are dust...

there is also a lovely essay "vertical histories"

by melbourne art-writer helen hughes

immersive, dark and bewildering...

nicholas mangan

a world undone

19 october - 17 november

hopkinson cundy

1/1 cross street

mount gabriel, ruby and ash

 

amidst the clover, in a paddock in mangere

is a series of structures. part

yellowstone national park, part

yogi-bear, part school excursion, part

summer holiday. fiona connor's offering is

 refreshing, masterly and absurd. 

it rewards the intrepid.

fiona connor

mount gabriel, ruby and ash

september 13 - october 13

hopkinson cundy

190 wallace road, mangere

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inthisholeonthisislandwhereiam

being driven rather than driving

around the motorways and leafy suburbs of auckland.

the surveying becomes the surveyed within a taxi.

via a route created by the artist we visited a house in epsom,

the home of the artist, perhaps?

the cats wondered what on earth we were doing there.

when we climbed back into the taxi mani the driver asked us

"what did you see?"

luke willis thompson's solo exhibition at hopkinson cundy is

courageous, thought-provoking, slightly disturbing

and quite wonderful.

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luke willis thompson

'inthisholeonthisislandwhereiam'

march 15-31

hopkinson cundy

1/1 cross st, auckland