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On Returning: Hamish Coleman and Emily Hartley-Skudder in conversation
Emily Hartley-Skudder chats to her partner and fellow artist, Hamish Coleman, about returning to his hometown for his first solo show in a public art gallery.
Full House: Exhibition Text
Erin Lee explores Full House, an artist-run exhibition staged in a home commissioned by artist Milan Mrkusich and designed by Aotearoa/New Zealand architect Claude Megson.
On a bright green island: an interview with Emily Karaka
Emily Karaka’s new exhibition, Rāhui, at Visions in Tāmaki Makaurau was produced during her time living and working at Parehuia, Titirangi, as the first McCahon House Artist in Residence of 2021. Francis McWhannell, curatorial adviser to Visions, visited towards the end of her stay and spoke with Karaka about the residency and resulting exhibition.
Andrew Clark on Susan Te Kahurangi King
Andrew Clark reflects on Susan Te Kahurangi King's practice, and her recent presentation at the Auckland Art Fair with Auckland Print Studio.
Make Your Mark
We speak with Sue Gardiner and Megan Shaw of Squiggla about the Chartwell Trust's new initiative, an essential tool that helps you develop creative thinking through the power of mark-making.
Resistant to Wear: Claudia Kogachi's Rugged Heart
Francis McWhannell writes about Claudia Kogachi's exhibition Rugged Heart at Visions.
Ben Sakoguchi, Chinatown
Ben Sakoguchi's witty combinations of commercial signage, history painting, and Pop Art comment on the American Dream and its fraught entanglement with xenophobia and racism. His exhibition Chinatown runs through 15 May at Bel Ami, Los Angeles.
Emily Hartley-Skudder, on kitsch and “suspicious pleasantness”
Emily Hartley-Skudder discusses her sculptural paintings in Germfree Adolescents, on view until 10 April at Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ.
We chat to Claudia Kogachi
The artist discusses the evolution of her practice, rug-making, and painting the people closest to you — in the context of her exhibition It is what it is, through 10 April at Jhana Millers, Wellington.
Yuki Kihara, サ-モアのうた (Sāmoa no uta) A Song About Sāmoa - Fanua (Land)
Yuki Kihara's evocative panoramic installation, サ-モアのうた (Sāmoa no uta) A Song About Sāmoa - Fanua (Land), on view at Milford Galleries Dunedin, 27 March–19 April 2021, Aotearoa (New Zealand).
An Interview with Tom Tuke
Tom Tuke discusses puppetry and his recent project, Paloma and the Do of Death.
New paintings by Jeffrey Harris
Jeffrey Harris presents his first major exhibition of new work in Tāmaki Makaurau in over 20 years.
Rea Burton, on friends and pests
Becky Hemus interviews Rea Burton about her painting practice, and current exhibition Mates at Robert Heald, Wellington.
In Conversation with Wong Ping
Sam Gaskin spoke to animation artist Wong Ping over Zoom about Fables 1 and Fables 2—on show through 29 May at Gus Fisher Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)—and making art in Hong Kong under increasing political pressure from Beijing.
We visit the Raumati Toi Sculpture Symposium
On until 28 March at Takaparawhau/Bastion Point, Hapimana St, Orakei, Tāmaki Makaurau.
Present Tense
Micheal Do, curator of the Auckland Art Fair Projects 2021, speaks to participating artists Casey Carsel, Tanya Martusheff, Lucy Meyle, Elisabeth Pointon, Becky Richards, and Ashleigh Taupaki, in a roundtable discussion with The Art Paper Editor-in-Chief, Becky Hemus.
Highlights from the Auckland Art Fair 2021
Five artworks that still resonate.
Timeless Vessels
Julie Cromwell sculpts timeless vessels that explore the materiality of clay through forms inspired by antiquity. We sat down with Julie to discuss her practice, alongside her exhibition with Sanderson at the Auckland Art Fair.
Outtakes from our shoot with Issue 00 cover star Yona Lee
Yona Lee's sculptural practice combines elaborate linear structures of stainless steel tubing with everyday objects of urban and domestic spaces. Our inaugural Issue 00 features Lee photographed alongside a selection of her sculptures.
In print: George Watson on Robyn Kahukiwa
“Robyn Kahukiwa’s mahi toi is direct and bold, her paintings simultaneously embrace the warmth and richness of Te Ao Māori, of our values, spirituality, and practices whilst also depicting the fraught social realities for many Māori living in colonised Aotearoa,” writes George Watson in Issue 00.