The Pumpkin is a Red Herring

Dick Frizzell 16 Nov - 11 Dec 2004 Auckland City For many it was shock when quintessential Auckland painter Dick Frizzell packed up his Ponsonby studio and moved to the Hawkes Bay. Yet it was fuelled by recent Summer excursions over the past few years to the area and resulting exhibitions such as Welcome to the Sunny Hawkes Bay ,... Read more

John Pule

19 Oct - 13 Nov 2004 Auckland City In this most recent collection of paintings, John Pule continues to investigate his Niuean culture weaving narratives by combining images, designs and text that reference both the historical and the contemporary. He fuses references from the traditional art and the history of his birth country, Niue, with his own personal... Read more

The Soft Geometrics

Paul Dibble 21 Sep - 16 Oct 2004 Auckland City The Soft Geometrics has been an ongoing thread in Dibble’s oeuvre, since their inception in early 2000, forms that he seems to be drawn to and continually reworks and adapts with subtle variations. The series originally emerged from the “harder” geometric studies (figures based on standard mathematical shapes like cones... Read more

Spring Catalogue 2004

24 Aug - 18 Sep 2004 Auckland City In keeping with our our annual tradition, in association with John Leech Gallery, Gow Langsford presents the Spring Catalogue 2004. This year's features a selection of investment artworks by artists including Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere, Shane Cotton and Don Binney. Read more

Go Figure

Richard Thompson 27 Jul - 21 Aug 2004 Auckland City This exhibition is a response to Bryan Sykes’ book Eve and her Seven Sisters . In this book Sykes proposes that the collective DNA of all people of European origin can be traced back to seven women: “The seven daughters of Eve, is a first-hand account of Bryan Sykes’ research... Read more

Josef Albers, Louise Bourgeois, Gunther Forg, Donald Judd, Len Lye and George Rickey

Group Exhibition 4 - 29 Jul 2004 Auckland City A group exhibition featuring internationally renowned artists Josef Albers (Germany), Louise Bourgeois (France), Gunther Forg (Germany), Donald Judd (USA), Len Lye (NZ / USA), Gerhard Richter (Germany) and George Rickey (USA). Although working in a variety of forms and materials each are linked by their minimalist aesthetic. George Rickey began... Read more

A Very Decided Bright Line

Max Gimblett 29 Jun - 24 Jul 2004 Auckland City Max Gimblett’s recent body of work is both a continuation of past approaches as well as an incorporation of new ideas and directions. His new exhibition A very decided bright line at Gow Langsford Gallery – Auckland is timed to coincide with a major exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery... Read more

Dale Frank

1 - 16 Jun 2004 Auckland City Australian artist, Dale Frank toured his first New Zealand solo exhibition in 1997 with his show travelling to enthusiastic audiences in Auckland at Gow Langsford Gallery; New Plymouth at the Govett-Brewster Gallery and Wellington at the City Gallery. Since then he has shown at Gow Langsford Gallery with both solo... Read more

I'd Like Painting

Judy Millar 6 Apr - 1 May 2004 Auckland City 2003 was a very busy year for Judy Millar. She was an artist in residence at Dunedin Public Art Gallery with the months painting in a disused theatre culminating in the solo exhibition I is She, As You to Me in September / October. She then travelled to London and... Read more

Karl Maughan

9 Mar - 3 Apr 2004 Auckland City Based in London, New Zealander Karl Maughan has made a name for his self among the elite of the international art scene; but unlike most of the Young British Artists Maughan does not rely on arty shock tactics to get his message across; Karl Maughan paints gardens. In Maughan’s gardens... Read more

Recent Painting

Brad Lochore 10 Feb - 8 Mar 2004 UK based painter Brad Lochore left New Zealand in 1977 and has been in London since where he has steadily gained a reputation as one of the hottest young painters in Britain today. His exhibition at Gow Langsford Gallery from 10th February will be his first solo exhibition in his... Read more

Outback: Australian Aboriginal Masterpieces

Group Exhibition 13 Jan - 7 Feb 2004 Auckland City The painting of Australia’s native Aboriginal’s has long been of interest to art historians, anthropologists and art collectors. While many aboriginal works are somewhat formulaic with designs and motifs being passed down from one generation to the next, from 13 January, Gow Langsford Gallery – Auckland will exhibit major works... Read more