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That includes works from the Chartwell Assortment by thirty-eight New Zealand, Australian and different worldwide artists, the present examines creative responses and relationships to home structure from the Seventies to in the present day and the way artists have labored with the supplies and psychology of ‘dwelling’.
The exhibition introduces two new up to date artworks: one by Los Angeles-based New Zealand artist Fiona Connor and one other by rising New Zealand artist Tim Wagg. Every has been specifically commissioned by the Gallery for the exhibition.
Andrew Curtis
Fiona Connor’s Partitions #1–#6 and #8 (that includes Rob Gardiner) recreates seven inside partitions from round Tāmaki Makarau Auckland and the Waikato on which dangle artworks by founding father of the Chartwell Belief, Rob Gardiner. Tim Wagg’s work is a video portrait of a younger actual property agent set in opposition to a backdrop of the commercialised panorama of central Auckland.
Throughout the present, audiences will encounter a variety of creative approaches from using scaffolding and grids to sculptural partitions, home furnishings and residential furnishings, and reflections on the psychological traits of inside area and the outdoor.
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Auckland Artwork Gallery’s Senior Curator of International Up to date Artwork, Natasha Conland says the theme of this exhibition displays how the connection between artwork and the house has modified because the Chartwell Assortment was first established in 1974.
“When the Assortment was established, social and home attitudes of the post-war interval have been quickly altering. Artists in Aotearoa have been making use of recent second-hand marketplaces and recycled home wares, each of their observe and for inspiration,” she says.
“Since then, attitudes to the house have modified. Nevertheless, none of those modifications has been so seen or acute as these we’re experiencing now: a broad-scale housing disaster coupled with the results of Covid-19 lockdowns, working-from-home tradition and ongoing constructing provide points.”
“Partitions to Dwell Beside, Rooms to Personal asks audiences to mirror on the evolving relationship with artwork and residential life; sharpening our consideration to the fabric and social circumstances of our housing setting.”
Exhibition particulars:
When:
Saturday 3 September 2022–Saturday 26 March 2023
10am–5pm day by day
The place:
Auckland Artwork Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley Streets
Auckland, New Zealand
Admission:
Free entry
Artists featured in Partitions to Dwell Beside, Rooms to Personal:
Anoushka Akel (NZ, 1977) / Hany Armanious (Aus 1962) / Eve Armstrong (NZ 1978) / Dan Arps (NZ 1976) / Stephen Bambury (NZ 1951) / Andrew Barber (NZ 1978) / Andrew Beck (NZ 1987) / Ruth Buchanan (NZ, Te Āti Awa 1980) / Matt Calderwood (IE 1975) / Ben Cauchi (NZ 1974) / Derrick Cherrie (NZ 1960) / Fiona Connor (NZ 1981) / Martin Creed (SCT 1968) / Paul Cullen (NZ 1949–2017) / Don Driver (NZ 1930-2011) / Oscar Enberg (NZ 1988)/ Alicia Frankovich (NZ 1980)/ Alberto Garcia-Alvarez (ESP/NZ 1928)/ Starlie Geikie (AU 1975) / Diena Georgetti (AU 1966)/ Peter Hawkesby (NZ 1950) / Mary Heilmann (US 1940) / Nikau Hindin (NZ / Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tūpoto 1992) / Julian Hooper (NZ/TONG 1966) / Imi Knoebel (DE 1940)/ Allan McDonald (NZ 1951)/ Daniel Malone (NZ 1970) / Mick Namerari Tjapaltjarri (AU/ Pintupi 1926-1998)/ Kate Newby (NZ 1979) / Suji Park (KOR/NZ 1985) / Oliver Perkins (NZ 1979) / Shona Rapira-Davies (NZ/ Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi 1951) / Peter Robinson (NZ Kāi Tahu / 1966) / Isobel Thom (NZ 1965) / Geoff Thornley (NZ 1942) / Tim Wagg (NZ 1991) / John Ward Knox (NZ 1984) / Justene Williams (AU 1970)
Partitions to Dwell Beside, Rooms to Personal is supported by the Chartwell Belief.
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