Coming to terms with impermanence
Bronwynne Cornish’s upcoming survey exhibition combines her groundbreaking ceramic installations with smaller figurative sculptures that navigate between the sacred and the divine.
Bronwynne Cornish’s upcoming survey exhibition combines her groundbreaking ceramic installations with smaller figurative sculptures that navigate between the sacred and the divine.
During its short but dynamic existence, Snake Pit became one of Auckland’s most talked-about exhibition spaces. Sam Thomas looks back on running the space and what followed in his career as an artist.
Fiona Pardington describes photographs as ambiguous, powerful, dangerous and confusing—and that is what she loves about them. She tells Virginia Were about her recent still life series.
Tessa Laird’s new book and her rainbow-hued ceramic sculptures celebrate colour as a powerful, palpable force. Virginia Were reads between the lines.
Australian artist Fiona Hall’s most recent paintings on barkcloth are compelling, angry and dark; the urgent response of an artist observing the demise of the natural world.
Artist Denis O’Connor and filmmaker Stephanie Bennett have collaborated on a documentary about artists’ spaces. The ‘O’ in Studio will be released later this year. O’Connor reports on the genesis of the project.
Tony de Lautour’s latest paintings continue his ongoing exploration of colonisation, control and ownership of land—only now they reflect on the post-quake landscape of Christchurch.
Auckland artist Rohan Wealleans opens a large show about wizards in Wellington, and collaborates with British artist Sarah Lucas in London.
David Craig, co-curator of the upcoming Barry Brickell retrospective at The Dowse Art Museum and co-author of an accompanying publication, looks at the life and work of this unique New Zealand artist.
Shigeyuki Kihara’s recent award-winning performance videos are lamentations for the victims of the recent tsunami—and the scars of Samoa’s colonial past.