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Self-mythologising through painting
An interview with Isabella Dampney about her exhibition Britpop, currently on view at play_station artist-run space, 17 October – 9 November 2024.
Artist Q+A with Tia Barrett
We speak to Tia Barrett about her installation He Pounamu Ko Aū, currently on view as part of the group exhibition Te Mōteatea a Maumahara at Wairau Māori Art Gallery, 10 August – 24 November 2024.
Artist Q+A with Hōhua Thompson
We speak to Hōhua Thompson about his upcoming exhibition Tuku / Transfer at Trish Clark Gallery, 18 October – 16 November 2024.
Meet Ruth Ige
RUTH IGE is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to her about her oceanic paintings and the politics of Black portraiture.
Meet Pelenakeke Brown
PELENAKEKE BROWN is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to her about her performance Raking Scissor Grip, dwelling in vā and crip time, and finding poetry in the official record.
Meet Hannah Ireland
HANNAH IRELAND is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to her about her new works, home and family, and accidentally becoming a ‘glitter girl’.
Meet Jack Hadley
JACK HADLEY is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to him about figurative sculpture, anthropomorphism and AliExpress.
Meet Amit Noy
AMIT NOY is one of twenty-two artists and collectives featured in Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We spoke to him about his work Errant, a choreographed performance work which takes place across the gallery, investigating codes of behaviour and the repercussions of breaking them.
Feminine Rubble
play_station curator Angel speaks to Prairie Hatchard-McGill about her recent exhibition, Feminine Rubble, and finding inspiration in “lipstick, mascara smears, and broken acrylics on the floor.”
Print Archive: Endless Permanence
Matthew Galloway and Mohamed Sleiman Labat on phosphate extraction and food sovereignty in the Western Sahara.
“When does one thing become another?”
Zac Langdon-Pole on the malleability of history, chimeras and hybrids — on the occasion of his recently exhibited work Chimera, included in this year’s Sculpture on the Gulf.
Crawling into my mother’s belly
Yeonjae Choi on her current exhibition at Window Gallery, in conversation with curators Hugo Primbs and JingCheng Zhao.
Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper
Olivia Renouf visits the Catherine Boddy and Heather Brennan Evans x The Art Paper fashion show. We speak to the designers.
“Soon enough, I will feel the same way about myself right now as I did in the past”
We talk to Savannah Mattyasovszky about her presentation maybe twelve-year-old me would think i’m cool, recently shown at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
“A Book from a Friend I Don’t Speak to Anymore”
We talk to Isabella Dampney on the occasion of her recent presentation A Child of Divorce at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
Meet Ming Ranginui
Ming Ranginui is an artist whose recent practice explores fantasy and illusions in our turbulent times, creating satin sculptures manifest in “impractical but impactful ways.” Here, we chat to Ming about the works in her current exhibition Late to the Ball at Season Aotearoa.
Meet Iann An
Iann An is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau whose practice explores the vulnerability and frailty of being human. Her works subvert the idea of a polished, flawless body, seeking to dismantle socially constructed notions of being 'healthy', 'able' or 'perfect'.
Spin Cycle
Megan Dunn interviews Olivia Erlanger on Pergusa (Gris) (2022), included in The Mermaid Chronicles at Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi.
Meet Denise Porter-Howland
On 12 August, Denise Porter-Howland’s pop-up, Born Slippy, opens at Artspace Aotearoa, featuring hand-crafted ceramics that reflect her affinity with shoes. We chat to the multi-disciplinary artist, with an intro by Tyson Campbell.
In Conversation with Sione Faletau
Gus Fisher Gallery Director Lisa Beauchamp speaks to Sione Faletau about audio waves, the practice of performance, and looking toward the concept of vā as a way to encapsulate or engulf space. Produced in partnership with Gus Fisher Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Turning a page, starting a chapter, through 9 July 2022.