April 2012
April 2012 / Katharina Gross exhibition They Had Taken things Along to Eat Together in Berlin
Katharina Grosse's exhibition They Had Taken things Along to Eat Together is now on at Galerie Johan Koenig in Berlin. Until 26 May, see their website for more details.
April 2012/ Simon Ingram and James Cousins public talk at Gus Fisher Gallery
April 2012 / Simon Ingram on the radio
Listen to Simon Ingram discuss his latest installation with Radio NZ’s Eva Radich here . Ingram has placed a large satellite dish on top of Adam Art Gallery that reads transmissions from our atmosphere and beyond and uses them to control one of his well-known painting machines. This work is part of the exhibition Dark Sky, scheduled to coincide with this month’s transit of Venus.
April 2012 / Judy Millar Upcoming Exhibitions
6 October – 5th November: Contact; Artists From Aotearoa/ New Zealand: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
1 November – 1 March 2013: Artists for Tichy – Tichy for Artists: Gask, Gallery of Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. This exhibition dedicated to the memory of Miroslav Tichy (1926-2011) draws from the collection built through the endeavours of Roman Buxbaum. Artists represented in the collection include Richard Prince, Rosemarie Trockel, Neo Rauch, Thomas Ruf and younger artists such as Andy Hope and Andro Wekua. This unique collection will be shown for the first time in GASK. The curator will be Noemi Smolik and the exhibition will be accompanied by an extensive publication that will also act as a small overview of international contemporary art.
Hot off the press is Dick Frizzell's newest editions Mickey to Tiki (reversed). See more information and other editions by Dick Frizzell here on our website.
Coinciding with the second and the last transit of Venus of the century on 6 June 2012, the Adam Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition titled Dark Sky. Curated by Christina Barton and Geoffrey Batchen the exhibition includes a new work by Simon Ingram. Departing from this extraordinary phenomenon, the exhibition Dark Sky delves into the relationship between photography and astronomy to examine the intriguing photographic consequences and new territories discovered from capturing the skies. Exhibition runs from 1 May - 8 July 2012.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our special viewing of Max Gimblett’s The Sound of One Hand at our Pop-up space last week. It was a huge success so look out for more temporary events to come.
April 2012 / Chartwell Collection at Auckland Art Gallery
April 2012 / Gallery Artists involved Dear Heart publication
In 2011 Max Gimblett exhibited The Word of God: The Sound of One Hand a solo exhibition at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, USA.
Curated by Museum Director Eric Shiner The Word of God exhibition examined major world religions and their texts through the lens of contemporary art. Max Gimblett: The Sound of One Hand was the fourth exhibition in the series and represented Buddhism, amongst Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
As Max Gimblett’s primary dealer we are pleased to be showing a selection of works from the exhibition. All of the works shown here were chosen by Gary Langsford from the exhibition at the Warhol Museum in 2011. These works are on show at an offsite location in Auckland as part of our ongoing Pop-Up gallery initiatives for one night only, Thursday 12 April, 2012 following which they will be available for viewing by appointment only. Contact us for more information.