Thursday, July 30, 2015

art-agenda review of In Motion at Starkwhite





This link takes you to Claudia Arozqueta's review of our exhibition In Motion published by art-agenda.
Images: installation views of works by Alicia Frankovich, Lazslo Moholy-Nagy and Grant Stevens in the Starkwhite exhibition In Motion.  

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

In Motion continues at Starkwhite




Our exhibition In Motion continues this week and through to 8 August. You can read an insightful review of the show here.
Image: Installation videos of In Motion - Alicia Frankovich (upstairs), Rebecca Baumann & Brendan Van Hek (downstairs)

Monday, July 27, 2015

Len Lye Centre opens to great acclaim


The much-anticiapted Len Lye Centre opened over the weekend alongside the refurbished Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Controversy has swirled around the Centre ever since it was first mooted, dividing the city council, as well as citizens, into opposing camps. However, the new mirror-finished building is now proving to be a hit with locals, with just under 8,500 people visiting over the weekend - and this from a city with a population of 69,000.
Image: entrance to the new Len Lye Centre, designed by Auckland-based architect Andrew Patterson

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Art Basel appoints new director of Americas


Art Basel has a new director of Americas. The current director of The Armory Show, Noah Horowitz, has been appointed to the role which includes overseeing Art Basel Miami Beach fair. In a recent interview with ARTINFO he spoke about his appointment, his legacy at The Armory Show and how he plans to address challenges facing Art Basel Miami Beach. Read more...
Image: Noah Horowitz

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Artistic director of the 2016 Gwangju Biennale named


Maria Lind has been appointed artistic director for the 2016 Gwangju Biennale. "I will make sure next year's Gwangju Biennale will be a place where artists, the public, people working in the art industry , and local residents gather to discuss, relate and communicate in the name of art," Lind said during a precent press conference. The previous edition of Gwangju Biennale, curated by DIA Art Foundation director Jessica Morgan, was marked by controversy and led to the resignation of Biennale Foundation president Lee Yong-Woo.
Image: Maria Lind

John Reynolds' Epistomadologies at the Auckland Art Gallery













John Reynolds' Epistomadologies opened at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki last night and runs to i November. Read more...
Images: from John Reynolds', Epistomadologies series 2001

Thursday, July 16, 2015

How do artists confront troubling national histories?



Reparative Aesthetics: Rosangela Renno and Fiona Pardington is showing at the University of Sydney Art Gallery to 25 September. Curated by Sue Best, the show addresses the question: how do artists confront troubling national histories? Renno and Pardington are positioned as artists who have have pioneered a reparative approach to the representation of the colonized and disenfranchised.
Image: Fiona Pardington, Portrait of a life cast of Koe (front), Timor, 2011; Rosangela Renno Three Holes 1998, from the Vulgo series (Alias) 1998-99

Monday, July 13, 2015

Rules of Nature in public space






Jin Jiangbo's interactive projection Rules of Nature was launched recently on Auckland's Dominion Road. The work is in the manner of Chinese ink and wash painting, presented as a video projection with software that allows it to respond to the movement of viewers on the street. Commissioned by the Auckland City Council and the Albert-Eden Local Board, the projection runs each night after dark at the New Zealand Chinese Bookshop, 672 Dominion Road, Mt Eden.
Images: stills from Jin Jiangbo's Rules of Nature (2015).

In Motion at Starkwhite







In Motion runs at Starkwhite this week and through to 8 August. The show includes work by Rebecca Baumann and Brendan Van Hek (AUS), Alicia Frankovich (DE), Len Lye (NZ) Laszlo Moholoy-Nagy (US) and Grant Stevens (AUS). Read more here...
Images (top to bottom): Rebecca Bauman & Brendan Van Hek, Untitled (2015), acrylic and aluminum; Alicia Frankovich, Becoming Public: Actor (2015), C-print & The Female has Undergone Several Manifestations (2015), curtain, ribbon, fan, cord, plug; Len Lye, A COLOUR BOX (1935), Laszlo Moholy-Nagy,  Ein Lichtspiel: schwarz weiss grau (A Lightplay: Black White Grey)(1930), film still; Grant Stevens, Particle Wave (2013), six lenticular panels. A COLOUR BOX (1935) is presented in In Motion courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation and the British Postal Museum and Archive, from material preserved by the BFI National Archive and made available by Nga Taonga Sound and Vision. The Len Lye Foundation also acknowledges the support of Technix Group Ltd. Ein Lichtspiel: schwartz weiss grau (A Lightplay: Black White Grey) is presented in In Motion courtesy of the Moholy-Nagy Foundation.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Last few days for Laith McGregor's Somewhere Anywhere


Laith McGregor's exhibition Somewhere Anywhere closes at Starkwhite on Saturday, 3pm. You can read a review of the show here.
Image: Laith McGregor, Somewhere Anywhere, installation view