Most of us at some stage have encountered the ‘His Master’s Voice’ logo, The curious cross-breed terrier peering into the sound-horn of an old-style gramaphone. This image has become the inspiration behind Andrew Bond’s latest suite of paintings. His love of music and its pivotal role as a catalyst for image making within his… View more
In this selection of 21 photographs, assembled over decades of exploring New Zealand, Sydney-based photographer MikiNobu Komatsu invites you to cast fresh eyes on Aotearoa’s buildings, streets and landmarks – some of which are still with us, others no longer existing. These photographs reflect his artist’s eye and capture light and shadow as much as… View more
In this poignant exhibition of new paintings by Sydney-based artist Euan Macleod, figures again roam dramatic landscapes. He imagines his ageing mother, June, making her way along the familiar routes of the Port Hills and Lyttelton Harbour, walking-stick in hand. Sometimes she has her great grandson Henry in tow. The two have never met. Through… View more
An exhibition of self-portraits by one of New Zealand’s most well-respected contemporary painters. These monumental paintings on loose canvas are inventively composed and energetically created. They demonstrate Philip Trusttum’s fluidity with paint and freedom in picture-construction, confidence which comes from a lifelong commitment to art. Please join us on Sat 24 Feb,11am for a floortalk… View more
Featuring: Philippa Blair, Nigel Buxton, Rebecca Harris, Chris Pole, Thomas Hancock, Janna van Hasselt, Euan Macleod, Vivienne Murchison, Richard McWhannell, Simon Ogden. James Robinson, Chloe Summerhayes, Terry Stringer Philippa Blair Nigel Buxton Rebecca Harris Chris Pole Thomas Hancock Janna van Hasselt Euan Macleod Vivienne Murchison Richard McWhannell Simon Ogden James Robinson Chloe Summehayes Terry… View more
Jacqui Colley’s painterly dialect is clear and strong in her latest body of work. The fundamental physical attributes of the paintings are the grammar of Colley’s visual language. The flat, rectangular canvas, the medium, the texture dictate the ultimate form of each work and provide the foundation for meaning and expression. Colour is syntactical, providing… View more
‘Over four decades Simon Ogden’s painting and prints have sustained the immediate attention of all viewing his work. Indeed, this experience has been publicly accounted for by Auckland artist John Hurrell, observing that Ogden’s subjects encroach on the viewer’s space, sitting forward in surfaces that don’t recede, engaging those who look. His new exhibition Con.form.i.ty… View more
“I’m involved with this idea of our consciousness existing in a metaphysical realm. During this diaspora into this alternative world, I imagine our consciousness taking human like forms and like all migrants they introduce their own memory, language and culture to share while assimilating.” This exhibition of thirteen paintings creates a world imbued with an… View more
Christine’s Jewellery Box is about the loss of my mother and a reclaiming of memories. In 2018, I inherited my father’s garden. Three years earlier he had said ‘my gardening days are over, do what you like and make it your own.’ In one corner sits a weather-beaten greenhouse. Not just a place for my… View more
Maurice Lye suspects we never really left the Stone Age. It is from the substance of Earth – our spinning rock, one of only four non-gaseous planets in our Solar System – that we mine what we need to fabricate what we desire. Even the very latest technology wouldn’t be possible without minerals hewn from… View more