Open now until 18 June 2023 is Reuben Paterson's The Only Dream Left at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi.
"The Only Dream Left is the largest exhibition to date of the world-bending practice of Reuben Paterson (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi). Paterson's work first seduces with lavish colours, forms and materials, harnessing the magical and transformative properties of light. The swirling, optical energy of these works-often using his signature material of glitter-then pry open the complex issues and tensions that sit just beneath the surface of all things.
Paterson's work revolves around the relationships we have with our bodies, desires and cultures-and those we share or negotiate with others. Made in celebration of exchange and encounter, hybridity and fluidity, spirituality and sexuality, his work is especially attuned to the dynamics of queer identity and whakapapa-based modes of cultural knowledge.
Curated by Aaron Lister and Karl Chitham, The Only Dream Left roams across Paterson's twenty-five years of practice, moving between painting, sculpture, installation, and video. Little known and reconstructed works intermingle with celebrated pieces drawn from the collections of Aotearoa's major public galleries-including two of the epic kaleidoscopic paintings from the Whakapapa Get Down Upon Your Knees series commissioned for the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art." - Text Excerpt from City Gallery Wellington
Reuben was featured on Radio New Zealand speaking about the exhibition here, and was interviewed by Andre Chumko for Stuff, see here for the full article.
For further details about the exhibition, visit the City Gallery website here.
