November 2011 / Judy Millar in Sculpture Magazine

Judy Millar is featured in this month’s issue of the American publication Sculpture Magazine. In Redefining Limits: A Conversation with Judy Millar Karlyn De Jongh, Sarah Gold, and Valeria Romagnini talk to Judy Millar about her recent projects in Venice.



September 2011  / Judy Millar upcoming exhibition in Warsaw, Poland

Judy Millar will be included in Abstract Overture, an exhibition organized by the Dutch art collector and curator Iwan Yamin. He will present three artists that challenge the way abstract paintings are created, presented and can be interpreted. Through influences ranging from marketing strategies to mimicry and new techniques of reproduction Ronald de Bloeme, Joachim Grommek and Judy Millar have started a new chapter for abstraction, focusing on visual codes and processes of recognition.

Abstract Overture, presented by Bochenska Gallery and E1 Nation Art projects, opening 3 November. Warsaw, Poland.  See their website for more information.



JANUARY 2011 /   Judy Millar invited to show alongside Carl Andre and Marina Abramovic at Venice Biennale 2011

Following the success of her exhibition Giraffe-Bottle-Gun at the 2009 53rd Venice Biennale, Judy Millar has been invited to exhibit again at the upcoming Venice Biennale. Millar, approached by Dutch curators Karlyn De Jongh & Sarah Gold will create a new work for the exhibition Personal Structures: Time, Space, Existence, a collateral event of the Biennale. The line up of artists is extraordinary and includes revered American minimalist Carl Andre and 'the mother of performance art' Marina Abramovic.

For Judy Millar, the opportunity to show again at the Venice Biennale and alongside Marina Abramovic has a "strange synchronicity" and  is "simply unreal". Talking to her recently she noted that "sometimes life throws up strange synchronicities - my stay in New York on a residency at ISCP studios in early 2010 coincided with Marina Abramovic's huge retrospective at MOMA. As she was sitting in the gallery performing a work for the duration of the exhibition, I popped into MOMA almost daily to see her performance unfold. Her exhibition, and her presence at MOMA finished the day I left New York, so I felt that my stay in the city was somehow marked by her appearance. To now be invited to show alongside her is simply unreal."

Personal Structures: Time, Space, Existence will be on show at prestigious Venetian place Palazzo Bembo, located on the Grand Canal by the Rialto Bridge. Each artist has been nominated a room within the palace and will be creating new works for the show.  Millar's work will integrate with the architectural elements of the space and her 3m meter tall canvas will literally fold out the palace window where it will be seen from the Grand Canal. Read more about Millar's Venice 2011 project here.

In the lead up to this exhibition Millar will also be exhibiting new work in The Ring at Rohkunstbau, Berlin. The Ring is based on Wagner's The Ring of Nibelung and is particularly interesting for Millar, as a New Zealand artist because of its shared relationship to The Lord of the Rings.  Aucklanders will be treated to a solo exhibition of new works at Gow Langsford Gallery opening on 29 March.

(images left to right: (one and two) working model for Venice 2011 project, Palazzo Bembo where Personal Structures: Time, Space, Existence will be shown, Millar's exhibition Giraffe-Bottle-Gun at La Maddalena during the 2009 Venice Biennale)

JANUARY 2011 /  JUDY MILLAR AT WINDOW, AUCKLAND AND IN PUSHERS AT WAIKATO UNIVERSITY


New works by Judy Millar will be on show at Window Gallery in a show curated by Selena Foote, opening 25 January 2011. Her work is also included in Pushers, at the University of Waikato. Curated by Karl Chitam the exhibition looks at the work of four New Zealand painters (Matt Heays, Toni MacKinnon, Judy Millar and Rohan Weallens)  pushing the boundaries of contemporary painting and show includes work from the University Collection alongside new work. (image: Millar, Untitled, 2009). Opens Thursday 10 February and runs to 27 March.

May 2010 / Judy Millar in Berlin

Judy Millar's exhibition A Better Life is now showing at Hamish Morrison Galerie in Berlin.

Following on from her recent installations Giraffe-Bottle-Gun at La Maddelena in Venice and New Works at Gow Langsford, Millar continues to examine the enigmatic relationship between painting and the world that it seeks to both represent and form a part of.

"Millar's installation, then, is not just an object that we are asked to quietly inspect. Demanding, playful, and sometimes outright confrontational, it pushes and pulls us towards new experiential discoveries. In doing so, it holds the promise of a better life; an optimism about our experience of the world around us, and the vital, human role that art plays within it."  (source: Hamish Morrison Gallery website 06.05.2010)

A Better Life runs through June 5.



February 2010 I Judy Millar at Te Papa

New Zealanders have the chance to see works from Judy Millars exhibition Venice Biennale exhibition Giraffe-Bottle-Gun at Te Papa. New Zealand at the Venice Biennale opens to the public on the 26th of this month and includes works from by Millar and Francis Upritchard. For more information see Te Papas website.