Exhibitions 2008

A Question of Water and of Earth - Neil Miller Neil Miller, Question of Water and of Earth Joined by Karl Maughan, Charlotte Fisher, Paul Hartigan, Louise Purvis, Jo Pegler, Allan McDonald and Andrew DeBoer Exhibition Dates: 1st March – 6th April 2008 Opening: Friday 29th February, 6pm Neil Miller presents his new body of work, an exhibition of landscapes in watercolours and oils, juxtaposed with a selection of work by artists who have influenced his art practice. Question of Water and of Earth is the title of a cosmological treatise written by the 13th century poet, Dante Alighieri. The watercolours, titled Song of the Siren, are narratives of colour and light with each painting also being attributed to a fragment of the story of the Song of the Siren as a title. The title of the abstract low relief oils, In Media Res (in the middle of things) is a literary and artistic technique where the narrative starts in the middle of the story instead of from the beginning. Neil Miller will be giving a floor talk in the gallery on Saturday 1st March at 11am (coincides with Waitakere Open Studio Weekend)

ReMasters - Sarah Munro, Jon Chapman-Smith and Clay Bodvin Exhibition Dates: 25th January – 24th February 2008, Opening: Thursday 24th January, 6pm Can an artwork be deemed as ‘made’ solely by the artist when technology is part of the art process? ReMasters confronts the debate surrounding the use of digital processes and software in art making. Clay Bodvin, Sarah Munro and Jon Chapman-Smith personally manipulate technology in differing degrees to create their work – digital technology therefore becomes a tool, inextricably bound into their art practice, much like the traditional paintbrush and canvas.

Nascent - Recent Graduates Exhibition Kirsten Roberts works Exhibition Dates: 25th January – 24th February 2008, Opening,Thursday 24th January, 6pm A showcase of the ‘standout’ students from the various tertiary institutions of wider Auckland. Including, Ross Forbes, Anna Boyd, Sarah Graham Read, Clinton Phillips, Kirsten Roberts and Sheena McKinnon

Trish Campbell - Tour of Duty - A Tribute to Domestic Toil Tour of Duty, Installation view Exhibition Dates: Friday 11th April – Sunday 11th May 2008, Opening: Thursday 10th April, 6pm Tour of Duty pays tribute to the domestic warrior. An accolade for our mothers and fathers who dedicated themselves to a lifetime of service in raising their children and all that encompasses. It is an acknowledgement of all the hours of unsung, repetitive, loving duty performed by the heroes of everyday life. Image: Trish Campbell, Tour of Duty Installation detail.

Marica McEwan - HMS Neptune installation view, HMS Neptune Exhibition Dates: Friday 11th April – Thursday 11th May 2008, Opening: Thursday 10th April, 6pm An installation in memoriam to the 150 New Zealand sailors who lost their lives on board the HMS Neptune in December 1941. The repetition of daily tasks combine with loss and grief in an uncomfortable alliance, to portray a powerful message about the impact of war and combat.

E Hanga nga Tahuhu Korero - Creating Histories E Hanga nga Tahuhu Korero - Creating Histories - Gallery Various artists Friday 16th May – Friday 13th June 2008 Opening Thursday 15th May, 6pm Creating Histories – E Hanga nga Tahuhu Korero celebrates the traditional and contemporary in Maori carving and sculpture.

RECOVERY - Catherine Davidson Catherine Davidson, Piqeteros, Recovery exhibition Portraits and narratives taken 5 years after Argentina’s ‘Popular Uprising’ of 2001. Tuesday 17th June – Sunday 27th July 2008 Opening Monday 16th June, 6pm This exhibition will focus on Catherine Davidson’s series of photographs exploring a selection of Argentinean worker co-operatives, the Piqutero groups and the Mothers of the Disappeared. Catherine’s work looks at how these groups have reached a sense of recovery and power through self-organisation. Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography. Catherine will also be speaking as part of CEAC’s Artspeak programme on July 7th at 7pm.

Terror - Habeas Corpus Collective Support the Troops by Donna Sarten Habeas Corpus Collective - Bernie Harfleet, Jude Nye, Dustin Rabjohn and Donna Sarten Mixed Media Installation 1st August – 7th September 2008; Opening Thursday 31st July, 6pm Every day, the media warns us of terrifying acts of aggression and impending dangers. The risks to us personally, nationally or globally become difficult to assess with this mass onslaught of information. Consequently we live immersed in an anxious menacing environment over which we seem to have little control. T[error] delves into the real and implied effects of terror in our daily lives both locally and globally, exploring the differing forms of generated fear, atrocities and invasion of our minds, bodies and nations.

Western Gothic Various Artists 12th September – 12th October 2008; Opening Thursday 11th September, 6pm ‘Gothic’, as a term, conjures up images of misty moors, ruined castles and black clad figures doing dark deeds. The gothic in New Zealand art is hard to pinpoint to a particular genre or area. Instead it exists as a ‘warping of the familiar’ or a blatant fantastical anomaly . Western Gothic presents an exhibition of multi-discipline art works with distinctly gothic undertones, by artists with links to the West. Part of the Going West Books and Writers Festival

Waitakere Arts Laureates Exhibition 2008 Lemi Ponifasio, Fatu Feu’u, Peter Siddell, Patricia Wright Friday 17th October – Sunday 16th November 2008 Opening Thursday 16th October, 6pm Work from the 2008 Waitakere Arts Laureates, Patricia Wright, Soprano, Fatu Feu’u, Artist, Peter Siddell, Painter and Lemi Ponifasio, Mau Dance Group Director will be exhibited, along with portraits of the Laureates, by photographer Catherine Davidson.

Render Catherine Fookes, Arwen Dilger and Dan Mills Friday 17th October – Sunday 16th November 2008 Opening Thursday 16th October, 6pm An explorative exhibition into texture, technique and process in painting.