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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.
Field Skjellerup, Absolute Reality
PERSIAN RUG GALLERY, 22 – 31 JULY 2022
Kezia Whakamoe, HĀUKATI
Ahuriri Contemporary, 08 – 31 JULY 2022
Print archive: Smooth Signs
From The Art Paper Issue 02—Romily Plourde Marbrook on Taylor J. Wagstaff’s Smooth Signs.
Life after Punk
An essay by Jenny Watson on Rea Burton’s Punk Paintings. Commissioned by Robert Heald Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition.
Dipping Mortal
Lachlan Taylor on Barbara Tuck’s painting Dipping Mortal (2014)—republished from an exquisite collection of essays in the new book Delirium Crossing, edited by Anna Miles and Christina Barton.
News: Artist Jack Hadley collaborates with Emma Jing and Taylor Groves on new fashion collection
Beth Clemens reports on the collection, which includes tops spray painted with EMMA JING and BORING, described by Hadley as “the dumber the better…”
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.
Print archive: On Openings, Daniel Strang’s filmic event
Daniel Strang’s digital video Openings is structured around a narrow schema: near-exhaustive documentation of every scene that depicts art exhibition openings from the history of cinema (1945 to 2020), arranged chronologically by the year of each film’s release.
News: Catherine Boddy Socks Sing the CanCan!
“I was so bored by socks!” Catherine Boddy avows. Parisa Torkaman relishes in the 22-year-old designer’s new collection of sockwear—with photography by Constance McDonald.
Casting shadows in space
Hannah Crichton speaks to Polly Gilroy about her recent exhibition, Traces.
Rumpus (Room)
Hannah Mahon speaks to Kirsty Lillico about her recent installation with Yu Mei.
Print archive: Imperial Vegetables, Lachlan Taylor on Ayesha Green’s I thought I heard you crying in the forest
“It’s a painting about power, and the ways that power is gained, maintained, coveted, stolen, and mourned through systems of representation.”
Print archive: Robyn Maree Pickens on Zina Swanson
In Zina Swanson's All My Sticks Have Auras, ”Meaning quivers between viewer and work, plant and human, and between each decomposing twig and the vibratory aura the artist depicts,” writes Robyn Maree Pickens in Issue 00.
Nayan Patel and Taylor J. Wagstaff, Blowout
Envy6011, 29 APRIL – 28 MAY 2022
Kogachiworld
K. Emma Ng on Claudia Kogachi’s exhibition Heaven must be missing an angel at Jhana Millers.
Turumeke Harrington, (Tīkaro) Slowly Dawning
Page Galleries, 21 APRIL – 14 MAY 2022
“One strand of flax is easy to break, but many strands together will stand strong.”
Robbie Handcock speaks to Wai Ching Chan and Tessa Ma’auga about their current collaborative exhibition Kāpuia ngā aho 單絲不綫 at The Physics Room, Christchurch.
Max Speed
Max Fleury and Sabina Rizos-Shaw discuss fantasy painting and visual enjoyment in the context of Fleury’s exhibition Max Speed.
Dreamy Era
Moya Lawson on Sione Monū’s Volver at Robert Heald.