Hi there
I trust you had a relaxing weekend. Winter’s
here and the gallery is closed for the following two weeks for installation.
Then the Winter Season will be unveiled. Let me know
if you are missing your invitation to the opening Friday 22 June and I’ll
follow it up.
Upcoming show and open day info below. Some great Wellington hooks here and
beautiful images. As always let me know if there’s anything I can do for
you.
Cheers
Anna
Artist in
Conversation—Wi Taepa and
Reuben Friend
Saturday 23 June,
2pm. Free entry.
Wi Taepa began his art practice as a carver before
shifting his focus to clay. Join Curator Reuben Friend and Wi Taepa as they
discuss the ceramic art work featured in the exhibition.
Artist’s
Talks—Rohan Wealleans
Saturday 23 June, 3pm.
Free entry.
Rohan Wealleans continues his investigations into the
possibilities of paint in his new exhibition,
Apocalyptic Intuition.
Listen in as the artist discusses his recent paintings.
Architects In Conversation—Ian
Athfield and Sir Miles Warren
Saturday 23 June, 4pm.
Free entry.
Athfield Architects: People and Place traces four
decades of the firm’s history, presenting a sense of the architect and
his vision. Do not miss this opportunity to hear from Ian Athfield and Sir
Miles Warren as they reminisce and reflect on architectural history. Seats are
limited.
Artist’s Talk—Rob McLeod
Friday 29 June, 12.30pm. Free entry.
Supporting Partick Thistle draws from
the last decade of Rob McLeod’s practice and focuses on the large scale,
multi-part paintings of this period. Hear from Curator Aaron Lister and artist
Rob McLeod as they discuss the artwork on display.
Artist’s Talk— Mizuho Nishioka
and Virginia Woods-Jack
Saturday 30 June, 1pm. Free entry.
Artists Mizuho Nishioka and Virginia Woods-Jack discuss
their artwork in this must be the place:
three photographers with Curator Lily Hacking.
Artist’s Talk—Rob McLeod
Friday 29 June, 12.30pm. Free entry.
Supporting Partick Thistle draws from
the last decade of Rob McLeod’s practice and focuses on the large scale,
multi-part paintings of this period. Hear from Curator Aaron Lister and artist
Rob McLeod as they discuss the artwork on display.
Something to note. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD
LIKE A TICKET ON THIS BUS TOUR
Athfield Architects
Bus Tour with Ian Athfield and Julia Gatley
Saturday 21 July. $60 per person.
Join Ian Athfield and curator, Julia Gatley on a bus tour of buildings designed
by Athfield Architects. Seats are limited and bookings are
essential via citygalleryevents@wmt.org.nz
WINTER SEASON COMING UP: Free entry
Athfield Architects:
People and Place
23 June – 7 October 2012
Curated by Julia Gatley, Athfield Architects: People and Place traces four decades of
the firm’s dynamic history, presenting a vivid sense of the office and
its vision. Established in 1968, Athfield Architects continues to present
architectural forms that respond proactively to the pressing challenges of our
time: the need for sustainable design, quality housing, public spaces that
reflect the community, and collaborative practice. This exhibition is long
overdue for such a significant practitioner. Athfield’s voice continues
to be at the centre of architectural dialogue around the country, most recently
as part of Christchurch
rebuild discussions. The exhibition sits alongside Gatley’s major
publication Athfield Architects,
to be launched by Auckland University Press in conjunction with the exhibition.
Supporting Partick
Thistle: Paintings
Rob McLeod
23 June – 23 September 2012
Wellington painter Rob McLeod’s first and last
solo showing at City Gallery Wellington was in 1981, an exhibition of
expressionist and minimalist abstraction. His paintings return to the gallery
in 2012 utterly transformed. Rejecting their modernist origins and driven by an
ever-pressing need to take new form and acquire new energies, McLeod’s
paintings are now governed by a bawdy, cartoon-based figuration. These
paintings heave with confounding imagery, amorphous figures and riotous crowds
that have fled the frame and come off the wall to invade the physical and
psychological spaces of the viewer. It’s all driven by McLeod’s
belief that to remain relevant painting must push its own conventions and
boundaries, that it can no longer sit quietly and reverentially on the wall.
Apocalyptic Intuition Rohan Wealleans
23 June – 23 September 2012
Apocalyptic Intuition, a new body
of work by Auckland-based painter Rohan Wealleans, transforms the Gallery space
into something other, magical and alien. Wealleans further pushes his
investigations into the possibilities of paint as a life-giving physical
substance and the act of painting as a transformative or shamanistic force that
reaches far beyond rational explanation and purpose. This is a place of
enchantment, spells, quests, and paint: layers upon layers of the acrylic house
paint Wealleans uses to create these other realms and summon the characters
that dwell there.
Deane Gallery: Wi Taepa
23 June – 5 August
Recently recovering from a near-fatal health scare,
ceramic artist Wi Taepa has undergone an intense period of self reflection that
has resulted in perhaps his most intimate exhibition to date. This new series
deals with both physical and cultural survival. The works embody the struggles
of Mâori as a collective, as well as Taepa’s personal experience of
the Vietnam War and the continuing affects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
They are the reflections of an artist, soldier, father and environmentalist.
For Taepa, working with clay is a way of returning to the earth, a therapeutic
grounding and a means to deal with his demons while searching for a better
future for him and his mokopuna.
Hirschfeld Gallery: this must be the place: three photographers
23 June – 5 August 2012
Free entry
This exhibition features Katie Breckon, Mizuho
Nishioka, and Virginia Woods-Jack: three female photographers whose work
addresses the relationship between photography, place, and memory.
New Acquisitions Wellington
City Council
23 June – 7 October 2012
Investigations into natural and inorganic forms and
energies link the artists represented in a new exhibition of recent
acquisitions from the Wellington City Council collection. The art exhibited in
this exhibition has been collected by the City Council over the past five
years, and reflects the Council's commitment to acknowledging and supporting
the vitality of Wellington
arts and artists.
Represented artists include: Ngatai Taepa, Martin
Thompson, Ben Buchanan, Peter Trevelyan, Sian Torrington, Brendan O'Brien,
Diane Prince, Mary-Louise Browne, Arie Hellendoorn, Rob McLeod and Kate Small.
The Michelangelo
Pistoletto Band @ Wellington New
Zealand
22 June – 12 August 2012
The Michelangelo Pistoletto Band are a performance band
based in Seoul.
Artists Bona
Park and Eunji Cho work
collaboratively to produce and perform ambient electro-pop love songs dedicated
to the landscapes and communities affected by urban development in Korea. The
exhibition features the band’s music videos from the last two years, and
will premiere newly made work.
The band will perform at City Gallery as part of a
three-venue tour of New
Zealand in early August.
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