This year Gow Langsford Gallery is taking a different approach to the art fair model and will be hosting four different exhibitions on consecutive days.  Visitors will need to visit the stand each day to get the full impact of our art fair project. On show will be new works by gallery artists  

 

JULY 2011 / Damien Hirst on Nightline



Ali Ikram takes a look at our Damien Hirst exhibition on TV3's Nightline. View the video here.

JUNE 2011 / Judy Millar at Venice Biennale

Following the success of her exhibition Giraffe-Bottle-Gun at the 2009 53rd Venice Biennale, Judy Millar was invited to exhibit again at this years Venice Biennale. This is the first time a New Zealander has been invited to exhibit in this context and affirms Millar's international reputation which continues to gain momentum. Millar, approached by Dutch curators Karlyn De Jongh & Sarah Gold has created a new work for the exhibition Personal Structures: Time, Space, Existence, a collateral event of the Biennale, on show at the prestigious Venetian Palazzo Bembo. The line up of artists is extraordinary and includes revered American minimalist Carl Andre, Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner and Marina Abramovic.

 

JUNE 2011 / Katharina Grosse exhibitions

 

Katharina Grosse's current and recent exhibitions include: Ellipse, Quadriennale 2010 Dsseldorf (September 10, 2010 - July 17, 2011), One Floor Up More Highly, MASS MoCA, USA (December 22, 2010 - October 31, 2011), MNNER SOLLEN FRAUEN WOLLEN, Galerie Barbara Gross, Mnchen (May 19 - July 16th), Breaking News/ Fukushima and the consequences, curated by Leiko Ikemura, KW Berlin (June 9 - July 17, 2011) and IN SEVEN DAYS TIME permanent outdoor installation at Kunstmuseum Bonn.  

(image: Katharina Grosse, In Seven Days Time, 2011, photo: Olaf Bergmann, Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011) 

JUNE 2011 / Reuben Paterson in Current at October Gallery in London

Current showcases six contemporary artists from New Zealand and the Pacific: Andy Leleisi'uao, Nic Moon, Virginia King, James Ormsby, Filipe Tohi and Reuben Paterson. Each artist, in his or her own unique way, addresses environmental sustainability in the region and draws upon specific cultural traditions to explore, renew and express 'current creative identity'.  The exhibition takes place during the three week long programme of the City of London Festival 2011 with this years theme Arts and Culture of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and coincides with 'Origins: Festival of First Nations', which brings together groundbreaking artists from the cultures of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA, in venues across London. (source: October Gallery, London)

 

JUNE 2011 / Auckland Art Fair Early Bird Tickets

This year at the Auckland Art Fair we will be hosting four different exhibitions.   On show will be new works by gallery artists Karl Maughan (Thursday), Reuben Paterson (Friday), John Pule (Saturday) and Paul Dibble (Sunday). Visitors will need to visit the stand each day to get the full impact of our art fair project so make the most of the Collector's Package discounts and Early Bird Ticket prices. Early Bird Tickets to the Auckland Art Fair ( 3 - 7 August) are on sale now until the end of this month. Be in quick to get your discounted tickets. More information here.

JUNE 2011 / Darryn George and Simon Ingram in the current issue of Art New Zealand

In the current issue of Art New Zealand Shelley Jahnke writes about Darryn George's practice in and his project for Scape Biennale in Seismic Activity (p.31 33) and Susan Bollard discusses Simon Ingram's work in Cultivating Frequencies (p. 34 -37). Issue Number 138 / Winter 2011 on sale now.

MAY 2011 / Radio Painting gets great reviews

Simon's Ingram's Radio Painting has enjoyed great reviews this month. Read T.J McNamara's NZ Herald review here and John Hurrell's Eye Contact review here.

MAY 2011 / Max Gimblett confirmed at Andy Warhol Museum

The Word of God: Max Gimblett, Buddhanature will be on show at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, this year.  September 17- November 27. 

The Word of God exhibition is made up of five one person shows, representing the world's major religions, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Gimblett represents Buddhism.  The show opens in September and is curated by Eric Shiner Acting Director and Curator.   

 

APRIL 2011 / SARA HUGHES AT GOVETT BREWSTER ART GALLERY


 

Sara Hughes' The Golden Grain is now installed at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. Hughes was invited to create a new work for the Gallery cafe as part of the exhibition Steeling the Senses.

The cafe space is re-imagined as a social art installation and presents Hughes' vibrant graphics, colour and repeated patterns in various materials on all surfaces of the interior and exterior space to make the connection with specific economic, political and social environments. Using the tools and data of statistical analysis, Hughes creates a dialect between abstraction and social reference systems. Here, the artist looks at historical wheat production in Taranaki against a background of global change in traditional food usage and related economies. Wheat production in Egypt, for example, was a particular area of research. During the making of the work, changes affecting the output and distribution of this essential grain occurred as a result of recent political turmoil. (source: Govett Brewster website) Read more about The Golden Grain here.

The project is set to remain in situ for the coming years and the plate is also the 3rd Govett Brewster Artist edition, available for purchase, single or as part of the set of 6.

APRIL 2011 / REUBEN PATERSON IN E TU AKE: STANDING STONG AN INTERNATIONAL TOURING SHOW AT TE PAPA

Reuben Paterson has two works, his DVD Te Putahitanga o Rehua and the painting Nemesis in the exhibition E Tu Ake: Standing Stong, an international touring show opening at Te Papa Tongrarewa on April 9. Tino rangatiratanga (the ability to choose one's own destiny) lies at the heart of  E Tu Ake: Standing Strong  an exhibition in which ancestral Maori treasures from Aotearoa New Zealand stand alongside contemporary works. E Tu Ake reflects the artistic depth and political aspirations of the vibrant indigenous culture of Aotearoa. (source: Te Papa website)   On 9 April until 26 June.

APRIL 2011 / SIMON INGRAM UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS ABROAD


 

Simon Ingram extends his international exhibition schedule this Winter with shows at The Suburban (Chicago) in July and the Great Poor Farm Experiment (Wisconsin) in August.   His solo exhibition Radio Painting opens at Gow Langsford Gallery after Easter.   

APRIL 2011 / SARA HUGHES IN LIVING ROOM

Curated by Andrew Clifford this year Living Room is a 10-day public takes place from 8-17th April. Featuring local and international artists who have created new projects re-imagining our day to day urban surroundings. Sara Hughes is creating a poster project that will be a constantly changing installation that responds to digital maps and apps, layers of virtual way-finding and how this new technology can compete with physical experience, often with commercial intent. Hughes explores this electronic overload to deconstruct the conventions of the poster-wall, where images crinkle and fade in the tactile environment of paste and paper, pedestrians and weather. Her project can be seen on the poster hording on Mayoral Drive, behind the Central Library. Read more about Sara Hughes work for Living Room here.

APRIL 2011 / MAX GIMBLETT NEWS

Max Gimblett has been awarded the Christchurch at Gallery Inaugural Artist Patron Award honouring his gift of 210 paperworks to the gallery. His oxherding exhibition has been reviewed in Tricycle Magazine.

MARCH 2011 / REUBEN PATERSON POUR WORLD

Reuben Paterson has again teamed up with fashion label WORLDman in an inspired range of menswear. The new collection Ice Cream and Muscles was launched at their High St store last week which Paterson has turned into a must-see temporary Sex Museum.

An earlier WORLD-Paterson collaboration is also currently on show at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. The piece is included in Man Style, an exhibition that explores the extremes of masculine style and some of the most influential ideas that have pervaded menswear over the past three centuries". (source NGV website). The exhibition runs until October 30, see their website for more details

MARCH 2011 / DAVID McCRACKEN WHANGANUI COMMISSION

David McCracken has recently installed a new work as part of the city's riverside development programme. The 2.8 metre diametre stainless sphere with a fissure that is representation of the Whanganui river was a bequest to the city of Whanganui from an anonymous donor. Now permanently installed at Taupo Quay.

 

March 2011 / WHITE NIGHT MOVIE NIGHT Saturday 12th March
 

As part of the Auckland Arts Festival, galleries across Auckland will be open late this weekend with events for the whole family. WHITE NIGHT is on this Saturday 12th March and has over 50 participating venues. Galleries in the Auckland Art Precinct will all have their doors open late so WHITE NIGHT promises to be a great opportunity to see lots of art in one visit.

At Gow Langsford Gallery we are hosting a special event WHITE NIGHT MOVIE NIGHT. View Australian artist Lisa Roet's work, inspired by the relationship between humans and primates, and bring along your own bean bag or cushion to watch a screening of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Film screens at 7.30 pm. Join us for art, film, The Supernatural wine, popcorn and smooth brews from Coffee Supreme. Free admission.  The gallery will be open 10am - 10pm.

February 2011 / Sara Hughes Against the Odds and upcoming installation at Govett-Brewster Gallery



Sara Hughes has designed a life sized horse for the charity event Resene's fastest Art Exhibition. The project is a collaboration with Sara Tetro and Sign of the Times to raise money for CanTeen and the children living with cancer that this important organization helps to support. Against the Odds can currently be seen around Auckland city. For more information on the event see the CanTeen website. You can bid for this unique artwork online here, all funds raised go to CanTeen.

Sara is currently working on a major new installation that opens at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery on 12 March. Watch this space for more information.

February 2011 / Gow Langsford and John Leech Galleries survey

Thank you to everyone who participated in our survey at the end of last year. We received lots of helpful feedback and look forward to putting it to use in the gallery soon. Congratulations to the winner of the Chefs Tasting Menu for 2 at The French Cafe who will be notified via email by the end of the week.

February 2011 / Katharina Grosse Exhibitions

Katharina Grosse continues a busy exhibition schedule with four exhibtions running concurrently. Ellipse is now on at the Quadriennale 2010, Dusseldorf (until July 17) and works are included in Portfolio Berlin 01, Rostock (until March 21). In Stuttgart her work can be seen in the exhibition Kosmos Rudolf Steiner and  her exhibition One Floor Up More Highly is on in Massachusetts (until October 31). (image: One Floor Up More Highly, installation detail)

February 2011 /  Reuben Paterson at Pataka Musuem and Gallery

 

Visit Pataka Museum and enjoy Reuben Paterson's She Beauty, She Beast.  Extending the body of work exhibition in dear beauty, dear beast at Gow Langsford Gallery last year, this show combines both his iconic pattern works and his newer animal paintings in his signature glitter style.

FEBRUARY 2011 / KATHARINA GROSSE AT MASS MOCA

 

Katharina Grosse: One Floor Up More Highly now on at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. "Katharina Grosse is known for the vibrant palette and exuberant gestures of her large-scale canvases and raucous installations which merge painting, sculpture, and architecture. Wielding a spray gun instead of a brush, Grosse often paints directly on the walls, floors, or facades of her exhibition sites, altering the logic and scale of architecture itself. In an effort to liberate her works from the Euclidian space of wall and floor, Grosse also incorporates into her multidimensional paintings a variety of unexpected objects, including beds, clothes, balloons, shaped canvases, and soil. Joining these incongruous elements in a continuous flow of color, Grosse opens up a new path for painting while rearranging conventions, hierarchy, and our very habits of seeing.

At MASS MoCA the artist has applied her atmospheric veils of paint to four mounds of soil which seem to spill from the upper balcony into the enormous space below. Stacks of Styrofoam shards rise out of the seductive mountains of color, mirroring the white of the gallery walls -- the metaphorical canvas of Grosse's tremendous painting. While the sprawling installation provokes associations with a psychedelic, glacial landscape, Grosse's work is not representational. Her electric, sometimes dissonant palette is meant to temper the impulse to read the work as a recognizable image. Instead, the anarchic work embraces a state of ambiguity that allows for alternative ways of processing what is seen - whether in the installation's vast changes in scale or the shifting identities of its components in which mountains become piles of raw pigment and sliced Styrofoam appears tectonic."  (source Mass MoCA website)

The exhibition runs through October 2011. Read an interview with Grosse in Art Forum's 500 Words Column here.



JANUARY 2011 / GREGOR KREGAR at Cairo Biennale

A new work by Gregor Kregar is included in the 12th Cairo Biennale. The Cairo Biennale is a major event on the international art calendar and this year included a list of significant contemporary artists including: Winner of silver lion at Venice Biennale 2009, Nthalie Djuberg, Shaun Gladwell, Mounir Fatimi and Hector Zamara.  The calibre of artists was further reflected in the number of exhibiting artists who represented their countries at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009 including Gareth Brown (Ireland) and Goce Nanevski (Macedonia) and guest artist Yoshitomo Nara.  The jury committee was a stellar line up including Rosa Martinez, Fumio Nanjo, Gerardo Mosquera, Fulya Erdemci.

Kregar's work Liquid Geometry 2 is a suspended aluminium and light work installed in the entrance of the Palace of The Arts, the main venue for the 12th Cairo Biennale.

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 / GREGOR KREGAR IN  McCLELLAND SCULPTURE SURVEY AWARD, MELBOURNE



Gregor Kregar is a finalist in the 2010 McClelland Sculpture Survey, one of Australias most significant outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Displayed throughout 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, the McClelland Sculpture Survey is intended to provide sculptors the opportunity to present their works in an outdoor exhibition context. The exhibition is accompanied by a major comprehensive catalogue and the finalists are eligible for a $100,000 acquisitive award.

His Reflective Simulations is also on show at theMcClelland Sculpture Survey Award until 20 February.  (image: Kregar, Reflective Simulations, 2010)

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.

 

JANUARY 2011 / SARA HUGHES AND REUBEN PATERSON IN TOP TEN AT GUS FISHER GALLERY



Celebrating ten years of the Gus Fisher Gallery, which opened in March 2001, Top Ten introduces a selection of works most recently added to The University of Auckland Art Collection. Since 2006, the collection has been managed by the Centre for New Zealand Art Research and Discovery, which also looks after the Gus Fisher Gallery and Window.

Artists featured include Sara Hughes, Megan Jenkinson, Andrew McLeod, Alex Monteith, Roger Mortimer, Seung Yul Oh, Fiona Pardington, Reuben Paterson, Yvonne Todd and Daniel von Sturmer. On until 5 March.  (image: Hughes, Chromatic Interactions, 2010)

JANUARY 2011 /  FRIEZE EXHIBITION REVIEWS

Our current exhibition Frieze has attracted great reviews and feedback. You can read John Hurrell's EyeContact review here and listen to Virginia Were on Radio NZ here. The exhibition runs until January 28th.

JANUARY 2011 / SIMON INGRAM AT SNO 67 SYDNEY




SNO 67 presents The Last Group Show: Dashper, Gardiner, Ingram, Nixon opening 22 January. Simon Ingram will be creating three new paintings for the exhibition.  At SNO "the selected projects generally reflect a wide variety of approaches to the plastic arts, new media, or any form that may provide a deepening of the contemporary investigation into non-objective, concrete, and abstract art in general. SNO attempts to critically balance different levels of artistic experience, and the specialist program aims to sustain a policy of innovation and integration of new ideas, often by presenting established and emerging artists together." (Image: Ingram, Green Square, 2010)

 

JANUARY 2011 / MAX GIMBLETT Sumi Ink Workshops

Max Gimblett will be hosting a series of sumi-ink workshops in Auckland on February 21 and 22. Sumi-e is an ancient form of Japanese ink painting that developed from the practice of Japanese and Chinese calligraphy and is spiritually rooted in Zen Buddhism. Sumi-e literally means "ink pictures". The aim is to depict the spirit, rather than the semblance of the subject matter.

These workshops are an amazing opportunity to learn about sumi drawing from Max Gimblett, a renowned artist and practising Zen Buddhist. See the Auckland Art Gallery website for more information or call 09 307 4540 to book. Numbers are strictly limited so book early to reserve your place.