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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.
Print Archive: George Watson, Filial
Lily McElhone on George Watson’s Filial; Envy6011, 9 September – 8 October 2022.
Priscilla Rose Howe x The Art Paper, Banquet
We document Banquet, an exhibition with Priscilla Rose Howe at The Art Paper HQ.
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'.
Sabotage MFG x The Art Paper, City Ceremony
Olivia Renouf visits the City Ceremony opening party, a collaborative exhibition and pop-up at The Art Paper HQ, feat. designers Baobei, Byskinny, Companion, Jess Grindell, Taylor Groves, Emma Jing, Alice Langbrown, RGK, Stockist, and more; and artworks by Zoë Gow, Ronan Lee, Ali Senescall, and August Ward.
Notes On: Utility
Connie Brown on Zoe Thompson-Moore’s Open-field; RM Gallery, 23 November - 17 December
Sanc x The Art Paper, Bottega Pradada
Olivia Renouf visits Bottega Pradada, the inaugural exhibition at The Art Paper HQ in collaboration with Sanc.
Spin Cycle
Megan Dunn interviews Olivia Erlanger on Pergusa (Gris) (2022), included in The Mermaid Chronicles at Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi.
Notes On: Fruiting Bodies
Connie Brown on Georgette Brown’s Tentacular Thinking, And Like a Web; City Gallery Wellington, 3 September – 20 November 2022.
Exuberant flowers, plants and herbs
Lorena Muñoz-Alonso on Ann Shelton, A Lovers’ Herbal; PHOTO OP., 5–26 November 2022.
Print archive: Venereal Sacraments
Julia Craig on Owen Connors’ egg tempera paintings.
Notes On: Rock Music
Connie Brown on Yukari 海堀 Kaihori’s Touching Time; Audio Foundation, 20 October – 16 November 2022.
Positions
Bridget Riggir-Cuddy on Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, Birds; Neon Parc City, Naarm, 21 October - 19 November 2022.
Art Criticism: An essay in eight parts
Fergus Porteous on Shiraz Sadikeen, Ends; Coastal Signs, 15 September - 22 October 2022.
Ornery and Opulence: In the thrall of Andrea du Chatenier’s ceramics
Commissioned by Sarjeant Art Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui and republished on the occasion of du Chatenier’s exhibition Elephant’s Ear at Anna Miles Gallery, through 3 November 2022.
Notes On: Steam
Connie Brown on Isabella Dampney’s Feast of the Ass; Te Tuhi, 25 September – 27 November 2022.
Looking for a Massage?
An essay on Sebastian Martley’s exhibition Deep Issue at Satchi & Satchi & Satchi (written by robots, edited by Beth Clemens).
Notes On: Ruffles
Connie Brown on Prairie Hatchard-McGill’s Signature Print; Neo Gracie, 28 August – 14 October 2022.
Various Saturns
An essay by Sholto Buck on Nick Mullaly on the occasion of the artist’s exhibition at KAUKAU.
Notes On: Worry Stones
Connie Brown on A Stone, an Echo, a Sign: Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial, curated by K. Emma Ng with works by Becky Bliss, Neke Moa, Shelley Norton, Rowan Panther, Moniek Schrijer, Raewyn Walsh; Objectspace, 10 September – 20 November 2022.