Past
Works by Sara Hughes and Aiko Groot are currently on exhibition at the Gus Fisher Gallery. Titled Clean Machine: homages to engineering in contempoaray art, the show is curated by Nicole Edwards and Linda Tyler and runs from 20th July - 1st September. Hughes work Elk Cloner and Red Code were selected along with Aiko Groot's Square Angle and Large Boxes which was recently installed at the Auckland Art Fair 2007 |
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Katharina Grosse in Australasia
In July the Queensland Art Gallery’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) will host gallery artist, Katharina Grosse’s first museum based exhibition in the southern hemisphere. For those unable to traverse the Tasman, the public will have access to Grosse’s extraordinary vision in Auckland at Gow Langsford Gallery between the 5-27 July 2007. Both venues will be completely transformed by Grosse’s ambitious site specific interventions; the spaces assaulted with explosions of spray painted hues and invaded by enormous inflatable spheres. Similar projects were undertaken at the Contemporary Arts Centre in Cincinnati which recently concluded in May. Currently on show in the U.S. is Grosse’s installation for the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago which will run until June 10.
Art Unlimited I Art Basel 38
Art Unlimited is a special section of Art Basel which offers artists and galleries a platform for works that are beyond the scope of exhibition booths at art fairs, and frequently even of galleries, museums, and other traditional exhibition venues. This means: outsize sculptures, video projections, installations, wall paintings, photographic series, and performance art. Featured artists include gallery artist Katharina Grosse, New Zealand artist Micheal Stevenson, and installation artist Ai Wei Wei.
Darryn George at the City Gallery
Darryn George has been invited to participate in one of four artist’s projects curated by Sarah Farrar for the City Gallery in
Reuben Paterson I Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
Reuben Paterson will be included in Te Papa's second volume Taiawhio II, Conversations with Contemporary Māori Artists, author/editor: Huhana Smith. This new volume profiles a fresh range of contemporary Māori artists, including gallery artist Shane Cotton. An opening reception/release party is planned for 10 July, to be held in the Te Papa reception area from 6.15pm - 8.15 pm.
In August, Paterson will take up residence at Cambelltown Art Centre, Sydney, from the 22 August - September 3 2007. He has been commissioned to create a floor work for the exhibition News From Islands, curated by Aaron Seeto. The exhibition runs from August 31 - November 31 2007.
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery presents Reuben Paterson When the Sun Rises and the Shadows Flee,
28 April - 11 November 2007. The artist will give a floor talk at the Gallery on 23 September at 3 pm.
Bernar Venet at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul
Currently on show in South Korea is a retrospective survey of works by gallery artist, Bernar Venet. Bernar Venet: A Retrospective 1961 - 2007 runs until July 1st at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul and features works that span an exceptional career and which demonstrate the artist's extraordinary dexterity among a variety of genres that include sculpture, painting, photography, sound and performance.
Darryn George secures Deutsche Bank commission
Darryn George has been successful in securing a major commission for Deutsche Bank New Zealand. George’s artwork was selected among four designs proposed to adorn a 16 metre long wall made of ‘smart glass’ located in Deutsche Bank’s Wyndam St premises. George’s design will exploit the unique properties of the glass which is charged with an electrical current. When the current is disabled the glass becomes opaque thus concealing certain aspects of the design. When activated the glass becomes fully transparent revealing a full 16 metre long art work. It is proposed that the commission will be completed by mid June 2007.
Frank Habicht and the Auckland Photography Festival
The Auckland Festival of Photography is a signature visual arts event that treasures a city abundant with great photographic talent. Being held this year between 1-24 June, this fast growing annual festival programmes a multitude of exhibitions and events, encouraging more people to celebrate the art of photography through free public access. To coincide with the festival Gow Langsford gallery will exhibit a fascinating collection of photographs captured during the 1960's by German photographer Frank Habicht. The Sixties: High Tide & Green Grass will run from 30 May- 29 June.
Sara Hughes I Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
A new installation by Sara Hughes is on show at Te Manawa Gallery in Palmerston North until the 15 July. Entitled Flower Wall (2007), the work is comprised of thousands of brightly coloured hand-painted die-cut paper flowers, seamlessly blending technology and the hand-made. A comparable work entitled Flower Field(2007) can be viewed in the In Fluorescents show at Gow Langsford Gallery until 30 May.
The Big Stick Up, an installation by Hughes that was first seen at the Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery in New South Wales, has recently been installed at The Suter Art Gallery in Nelson. The exhibition runs from the 20 April - 10 June, 2007.
Hughes will also exhibit in a curated group show at Pataka Gallery from the 13 May - 12 August and will feature alongside Andrew McCleod, Kelcy Taratoa, Tim Thatcher and Gow Langsford Gallery artist, Darryn George. New Painting: Digital Age, curated by Helen Kedgley, highlights the reconciliation of digital technology with traditional painting techniques which are central to the practice of this group of influential young artists. The exhibition opens with a panel discussion with the artists on the 13th May 2007.
At the end of May, 2007, Hughes will take up a residency at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Programme) in New York as the recipient of the Paramount Prize in the Wallace Art Awards (2005). Following the ISCP residency she will take up another at The McColl Center for Visual Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina, from January through April, 2008.
New Prints by Dick Frizzell |
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Darryn George now represented by Gow Langsford Gallery Gow Langsford Gallery is pleased to announce that artist Darryn George will be joining its stable of represented artists. By combining modernist abstraction, customary Maori kowhaiwhai design and references to Judeo-Christian theology, George’s paintings offer a unique response to the complexities of identity and assimilation. The artist currently lives and works in Christchurch. For more information, please contact the gallery. |
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Recent Publication I John Puhiatau Pule Another Green World To co-incide with his 2006 exhibition, Another Green World , Gow Langsford Gallery have produced a small publication of new paintings by John Pule. Divided into two parts, the catalogue depicts nine works from Pule's potent green and red series. Accompanying the works is an essay by professor Nicholas Thomas, Director of the Cambridge University Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. |
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Judy Millar and ARTLINK |
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Judy Millar exhibits in Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand
This years Telecom Prospect at the City Gallery, Wellington, is curated by Senior Curator Heather Gailbraith. The exhibition runs from the 11 February - 29 April 2007. For more information go to the City Gallery.
Limited edition screen-prints by Karl Maughan
For his current show, Karl Maughan: Recent Paintings and Prints, Maughan has produced 4 limited edition prints which are available and currently on show at the gallery. Images and details can be viewed in the Editions section of the website.
John Pule to participate in the 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
John Pule, will represent New Zealand in the upcoming 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5) held at the Queensland Art Gallery between the 2nd December 2006 and 27 May 2007. This will be Pule’s third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, having participated at APT’s in 1996 and most recently in 2002.