past exhibitions
1 may - 4 june May: Elizabeth Thomson, Darryn George, John Reynolds
Producing monochromatic, abstract and geometric art Elizabeth Thomson, Darryn George and John Reynolds are artists who achieve the essence of something refined and pared down to just what is needed; speaking through the medium of pure form.
20 march - 28 april 2010 ben webb
Not surprising that Ben Webb's still life and portraiture has been described as having a certain European sensibility, unburdened of guilt and un-judgmental. His flowers are a case in point; still life objects which beg to be viewed as both beautiful and disarming. Embracing a dispassionate post expressionist trajectory, Webb produces his painted photographs as simultaneously wonderful and awful in a way that invites us to stand back and simply observe them as that. Deliberately so, the images are neither politically engaging nor socially critical. Webb art entreats us not to make judgment, but to appreciate these paintings for what they are.
20 february - 17 march 2010 : christine boswijk before words
In this major installation Christine Boswijk further extends her practice in exciting and innovative ways including new materials, surfaces and techniques. Referencing Russian artist Rodchenko and symbols from other great traditions, Before Words is about communicating both before and without words.
23 january - 16 february: jeff thomson
Thomson produces an extraordinarily diverse range of sculptures, all from corrugated iron. Celebrating what is distinctly of this land Thomson playfully explores objects from New Zealand’s culture and draws on a wide array of motifs from gumboots to feathers.
18 december - 20 january: beyond the image
Darryn George and Noel Ivanoff combine their trajectory with works that defy image retention . Their work is not predicated on image but on the experience. The experience is either evoked through line and process or through colour and plane. In contrast, Laurence Aberhart, Chris Charteris, Simon Kaan, Kelcy Taratoa and Ben Webb use the image to evoke experience beyond the defining image.
14 november - 16 december: and light
Exhibits the art of, Elizabeth Thomson, Gerda Leenards, Raewyn Atkinson and Megan Jenkinson.
10 october - 12 november: whakamarāmataka
Simon Kaan’s paintings have a certain stillness and quiet, transcendental quality. They evoke contemplation and thoughtfulness. The allure of Kaan’s paintings, if you allow them to, is their ability to still your thoughts and bring you into the quietness of the moment.
september-october: "the gloves are off"
The seven new large oil paintings comprising this exhibition highlight Frizzell’s ability to juxtapose his commercial art work and fine art practice.
july- august: no man's land
kathryn madill turns us, the viewers, into explorers in this land by presenting a trajectory of allegorical, ethereal like figures, and objects set in landscapes laden with meaning and mystique.
june - july: abstraction darryn george keeps good company
darryn george’s new work continues to explore traditions of customary maori art forms and western abstraction.
april-may: toss in the usa
Toss Woollaston's paintings of the landscapes in which he lived, and his preoccupation with capturing a sense of place have led art historians to claim him to be a regionalist artist, distinctly of New Zealand. This exhibition reflects a more insightful dedication to painting landscape per se.
february - april: isolation, llumination and intimacy
a group show including works by Kelcy Taratoa, Elizabeth Thomson, Laurence Aberhart, Chris Charteris, Tim Greenhough, Christine Boswijk, Toss Woollaston, Ralph Hotere and Peter Robinson.
january - february: john reynolds
Reynolds has deliberately reacted against the expectations of the art school tradition of expressionism or anxious images.
november - january 2009: 'taper'
internationally acclaimed sculptor Neil Dawson explores new ideas, with an exhibition which transitions from the Gallery to the outside with a series of slender sentinels.
october - november: robyn belton
illustrations and working drawings of Herbert: The Brave Sea Dog, are from the recently published book written and illustrated by Robyn Belton.
september - october: its about painting
selected works from various collections throughout new zealand, focusing on contemporary painting.
august - september: chris charteris
'spaces between'
'spaces between' is a sculptural exploration of the realm of feeling and intuition where the material itself expresses its own life energy
july - august: glen schaeffer collection
'selected works'
Glen Schaeffer has a significant private collection including many acclaimed New Zealand and international artists.
june - july: toss woollaston
'at mahana'
Toss Woollaston. Probably best known for the large landscapes of his sixties and seventies, the gallery exhibited several of his works in july.
may - june: elizabeth thomson
'horoeka'
On the boundary between two- and three-dimensionality, elizabeth thomson's paradoxical works inhabit both wall- and air-space.
march - april: laurence aberhart
An excellent exhibition of this artist's compelling recent work, which provoked an enthusiastic response from patrons, both local and nationally.
chris charteris
'spaces between'
11 august - 11 september
‘Spaces between’ explores this artist/medium reciprocal relationship at another level. Here the navigation of spaces between, around and within each sculpture are integral to how the sculptures relate to each other, to their environment and to the creator of their form.